The Ellenshaw Museum: Johnny Tremain (1957)
What a weekend! Thanks for all who participated. The town is quieting down now. The population plummeting back down to double digits. The place is a bit of a mess. Thanks to Mr and Mrs Doc who hung around to clean up.
I have read how Jeff W has been running quite often back in Iowa, and it shows. Tonight, after selling his fried corn right next to Chumshop Earth, he broke the land-speed record at least twice racing over to the port-a-pottys.
The town is recovering, even though nobody can explain why there is kitty litter all over the ride vehicles on Gillian and Charo’s safari.
But after such a high this weekend, I hung around downtown as the crowds disippated. I took in tonight’s Patriotic film, Johnny Tremain, and immediately headed over to the Ellenshaw museum…
Even though the film Johnny Tremain began as a two part television special, the amount of matte work done for the film is astonishing. The display in the museum had some nice offerings to highlight the work.
Here is a piece of concept art and the subsequent film painting:
Here is another view of Ellenshaw’s paintings of Boston including the LIBERTY TREE which played so prominently in the film.
I’ve got the film Johnny Tremain on my mind now so I’ll probably talk about it for a couple days, but tonight I’ll close out with a photograph of one of Ellenshaw’s greatest fans showcasing his work on Johnny Tremain.
I hope you had a happy and healthy Independence Day for those who celebrate it, and I look forward to seeing you all again back in Passamaquoddy.
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