[Lincoln Movie Queen]

1493.0001
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1936
Original print of Movie Queen film shot in Lincoln, Maine. Local residents appear. Crowd greets Queen at train station. Parade with marching band and caravan of cars, including one open car with 'Movie Queen' on side. Two fire engines and other trucks, sign on one trucks reads: 'Ioof Hall, Monday August 26. See yourself on the screen. Lincoln Goes Hollywood. Motion pictures are now being taken for the Movie Queen. Tickets 40 cents. Philgas range free.' Ice. Mack's Bread. Car with canoe. Tracy Artesian Well Co. Queen is presented key to city. Handwritten title: 'Patronize your local merchants. They deserve it.' Casino Motor Co. Queen looks under hood. She test drives car. Some machinery. Kids swimming at lake, possibly a day camp? Children play duck-duck-goose game. Boys play ball. Other games, all in town. Bangor Hydro-Electric. Movie Queen inspects refrigerators. Nation wide Service Grocers. Sack of flour delivered to Movie Queen's car. Bon-Ton Lunch. Restaurant. Ballantines [beer] on tap. Poses beside mileage sign with numerous cities and towns from across the United States listed. Movie Queen given beer in mug on front steps of restaurant, toasts, drinks. Lincoln House. Hotel porch. Lincoln filling station. Rawding Tours bus. Disembark at Lincoln House. 'Sightseeing motor tours.' Leen's Cafe. Lunch, regular dinners. Enthusiastic apronned employees. Beer. Dainty dinnerware for camp or cottage. Movie Queen inspects. Gatway Motors. Pontiac demo. Gas up. 1935 Massachusetts license plate. Small Tire Service Co. John Deere tractor. Nissen Bakery truck. McKinnon's Market window display. Kool Aid demo. Delivery boy. Hardware store. Townspeople perform the kidnapping and robbery: gangsters, holdup bank, grab woman in middle of the street with rope. Hero embraces Movie Queen.

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