The Movie Queen 1939

Overview

Boston-based itinerant filmmaker Margaret Cram (Margaret Cram Showalter) traveled to towns in New England making “Movie Queen” films. Local townspeople were cast in the films that document a movie queen on a return visit to her hometown as the whole town shows up to welcome her. (This one features twenty-five year old Vera Sleeper from Bar Harbor as the movie queen).The film then follows her visits to local stores whose owners invite her to admire their merchandise. Cram’s movies all include a