Salina Art Center

The Stars of Kansas

Saturday, July 11, 2009
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
at the Art Center Cinema

Salina, KS – Eric Monder, professor of film and English at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, will present a celebration of Kansas’s rich cultural history and an entertaining overview of the many talented actors and performers who hail from Kansas at the Art Center Cinema, 150 S. Santa Fe, on Saturday, July 11, from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm.
During this special Art Center Cinema event, Monder will examine how their Kansas roots have played a role in the development of the careers of many Kansas film stars. Highlights include rare and never-before-seen footage of Dennis Hopper (Dodge City), Buster Keaton (Piqua), Annette Bening (Topeka), Zasu Pitts (Parsons), Hattie McDaniel (Oscar winner as Mammy in Gone With The Wind, Wichita), Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (Smith Center), Emmett Kelly (“Weary Willie” the Circus Clown, Sedan), Larry Parks (Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, Olathe), Kirstie Alley (Wichita), Louise Brooks (Cherryvale), Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, Cherryvale),  Don Johnson (Wichita), Mary Howard (Ann Routledge in Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Independence), Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet on Batman, Kinsley), Dwight Frye (Igor in Frankenstein and Renfield in Dracula, Salina), Eugene Pallette (Robin Hood’s Friar Tuck, Winfield), Oscar Micheaux (Murder in Harlem star and director, Great Bend), Patrice Wymore (Mrs. Errol Flynn, Miltonvale and Salina), Jeanne Eagels (Kansas City), Charles “Buddy” Rogers (Mr. Mary Pickford, Olathe), Ed Asner (Lou Grant, Kansas City), Steve Brodie (El Dorado), Carl Spitzer (Alfalfa in The Little Rascals, Pretty Prairie), and many more!
To register for The Stars of Kansas, please call the Salina Art Center at 785.827.1431, by Tuesday, July 7.  The fee is just $20 per person, and there must be a minimum enrollment of 10 people.
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For more information regarding The Stars of Kansas, or for Art Center Cinema showtimes and film reviews visit the Salina Art Center website at http://www.salinaartcenter.org, or call the Art Center at 785.827.1431. The Salina Art Center is located at 242 S. Santa Fe, and the Art Center Cinema is located just a block away at 150 S. Santa Fe.  Art Center galleries are open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 5:00 pm, and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 pm.  Business office hours are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.