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Bride from page 7 ly on Ferche’s Century Farm in rural St. Stephen, the farm on which he was born and raised. During an interview before the premiere, Ferche told the Newsleader “Catalog Bride” is only his second video production. For many years, Ferche managed a real-estate rental business, but a few years ago he got a sudden hanker-
photo by Dennis Dalman
Ben Ferche of St. Stephen and Angie Reisinger of Sauk Rapids are the two co-stars in “Catalog Bride,” which Ferche conceived and directed.
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ing to make a video about a mail-order bride. He hired the services of Jim Mcallister’s Tel-A-Vision Productions in St. Joseph. The movie was completed just three weeks ago. Ferche said the first parts and some of the last parts of “Catalog Bride” were meant to be comedic, although the elegy by Ben’s son was meant to be serious, an homage to his father and grandfather and their life of hard work on the farm. The comedy parts certainly worked with the audience.
Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 There was lots of laughter throughout the movie, especially during the death-agony scene, which Ferche obviously enjoyed doing in a veritable fit of overacting. The ringing bell on the coffin also brought gales of laughter, as did Ben’s rambling monologue about how the future is going to be so razzle-dazzle for him and his new bride. Several times, Banche the Spotted Horse earned laughter and applause from the audience. Banche, indeed, proved himself to be a star in his own right.