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January 30, 2015
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Posters from movies made in Florida on display at museum From Historic Pensacola Village
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f you have not visited the “Beaches, Creatures, and Cowboys: Florida Movie Posters” exhibit at the T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum, you better hurry. The exhibit is scheduled to close Feb. 5. Florida has provided the perfect backdrop for movie magic for many years. For a short time in the early 20th century, Florida even rivaled California as a place for movie making. The posters and lobby cards in this exhibit from the Mu-
seum of Florida History depict some of Florida’s most famous films from the early 1920s to the present. The exhibit presents a selection of colorful, eye-catching posters that advertised films. The exhibit is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday in the T.T. Wentworth Jr.
Florida State Museum, which is part of the Historic Pensacola museum complex and UWF Historic Trust. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, activeduty military and dependents and AAA members and $3 for children (ages 3-15). Admission is free for UWF Historic Trust members. Tickets for the complex may be purchased at the Tivoli High House Shop, the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, the Pensacola Children’s Museum, and the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center in Downtown Pensacola. As a special bonus for
movie fans, there will be a screening of “Return of the Creature from the Black Lagoon” at 6 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 31, in the first floor classroom of the J. Earle Bowden Building, 120 Church St. A social mingle is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m., and anyone who comes in costume will have the chance to win tickets to Pensacon, which is scheduled for Feb. 27 to March 1. The film is the final of three creature features screened in January. The other films included “Jaws II” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” For more information, call Many of the scenes for “Crea595-5985 or go to www. ture from the Black Lagoon” historicpensacola.org. were filmed in Florida.