On this day in 1927: The musical version of Edna Ferber’s novel “Show Boat” debuts at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Ferber researched “Show Boat” not on the Mississippi River but on the N.C. coast — she had never even laid eyes on the Mississippi. She heard about the James Adams Floating Theatre, a […]
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‘Show Boat’ had its origins on Pamlico River
Posted in On This Day, tagged bath nc, edna ferber, pamlico river, show boat, ziegfeld theatre on December 27, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Smithfield loses out on Ava Gardner costumes
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged ava gardner, ava gardner museum, debbie reynolds auction, donna bailey-taylor, marilyn monroe, mogambo, show boat, smithfield nc, the great sinner, the sun also rises, virginia postrel on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Among the disappointed underbidders at the recent Debbie Reynolds memorabilia auction was the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield. According to Donna Bailey-Taylor, acting director, the nurse’s uniform Gardner wore in “The Sun Also Rises” fetched $2,500 (plus premium), $1,000 past the museum’s limit. The museum had already returned to the Reynolds collection several items on […]
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