Hellman Wyler Festival: Demopolis Events
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March 3rd |
10 a.m. - 12 noon |
Robertson Banking Company |
Mr. Wyler's Oscar for Best Director of "The Best Years of Our Lives," the Best Picture winner of 1946, will be displayed to the public for a limited time. |
| 2:00 p.m. | Old School Auditorium |
Performance of the play, "The Little Foxes," scorching family drama inspired by Reconstruction Demopolis, by the Canebrake Players. Tickets: $10 adults, $4 students; for tickets click for order form or purchase at the door. Mr. Wyler's Oscar for Best Director of "The Best Years of Our Lives" will be displayed for audience members. |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Old School Auditorium |
Post performance panel discussion TALLULAH SPURNED! THE ADVENTURES OF HELLMAN AND WYLER IN MAKING “FOXES” ON FILM. Moderated by Don Noble of APT, the panel of visiting scholars and Wyler family members discuss the making of "Little Foxes" for the screen by William Wyler and Lillian Hellman with Bette Davis instead of Tallulah Bankhead in the lead. Clips will be shown from the Wyler film. FREE |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Lyon Hall |
Gala with the Demopolis cast of "Foxes" at Lyon Hall, a model for the play's Lionnet, featuring the Demopolis Singers performing songs from the opera Regina. Sponsored by The Two Rivers Arts Council and The Marengo County Historical Society. Reservations only. Tickets: $50; for tickets click for order form or call the Canebrake Craft Corner at Bluff Hall 334-289-9644. |
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March 4th |
2:00 p.m. | Old School Auditorium |
WRITING ALABAMA, PRESERVING A HERITAGE: Alabama Writers Bert Hitchcock and Billy Cobb discuss "The Little Foxes" with Jewish historian and culture scholar Stuart Rockoff from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Jackson, Mississippi. Moderated by Dr. Alan Brown from the University of West Alabama. FREE |
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2:30 p.m. | Old School Auditorium |
Screening of the film "The Little Foxes." FREE |
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March 7th |
10:00 a.m. |
Demopolis Public Library |
NEVER OUTFOXED: TALLULAH OF ALABAMA Tallulah Bankhead Scholar Frances Robb speaks about Alabama's notorious first lady of theatre, Tallulah Bankhead, whose greatest stage hit was "The Little Foxes." She will discuss the rocky relationship between Bankhead and Hellman, two headstrong descendants of Alabama dynasties. FREE |
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March 8th |
3:00 p.m. | Old School Auditorium |
Screening of film "The Children's Hour" with introduction and commentary by Hellman biographer Bernard Dick. FREE |
| 7:00 p.m. | Old School Auditorium |
Canebrake Players' performance of "The Little Foxes." Tickets: $10 adults, $4 students; for tickets click for order form or purchase at the door. |
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March 9th |
10:00 a.m. | Bluff Hall |
THE LEGACY OF LIONNET: Hollywood historian and Hellman scholar Bernard F. Dick speaks on Hellman's "Little Foxes" in one of the local ante bellum homes that inspired a plantation setting in Hellman's play. The program features performances by Demopolis Singers of excerpts from the "Foxes" opera "Regina" written and composed by Marc Blitzstein. FREE |
| 7:00 p.m. | Old School |
Canebrake Players' performance of "The Little Foxes." Tickets: $10 adults, $4 students; for tickets click for order form or purchase at the door. |
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March 10th |
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Marengo County Historical Society's Historic Demopolis Pilgrimage featuring Jewish Heritage and History Sites. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 under 12; for tickets click for order form or call the Canebrake Craft Corner at Bluff Hall 334-289-9644. |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Old School |
Canebrake Players' performance of "The Little Foxes." Tickets: $10 adults, $4 students; for tickets click for order form or purchase at the door. |
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March 11th |
11:00 a.m. |
Trinity Episcopal Church |
Sermon by The Reverend Aaron Raulerson about the Biblical themes within "The Little Foxes." |
| 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Marengo County Historical Society's Historic Demopolis Pilgrimage featuring Jewish Heritage and History Sites. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 under 12; for tickets click for order form or call the Canebrake Craft Corner at Bluff Hall 334-289-9644. |
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| 3:00 p.m. | Lyon Hall |
Dramatic reading of "The Children's Hour" by Birmingham Festival Theatre. Reservation only, limited seating. Tickets: $20; for tickets click for order form or call the Canebrake Craft Corner at Bluff Hall 334-289-9644. |
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Addresses for locations listed above:
Bluff Hall, 407 N. Commissioners Ave. |
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| For Information
contact: The Hellman Wyler Festival Birmingham Festival Theatre: 205-933-2383 Marengo County Historical Society: 334-289-0282 |
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