1921 Silent Film Screening
You’re invited to an exclusive screening of the digitally re-mastered 1921 Lost Colony silent film! In 1921 the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction appropriated $3,000 for the making of a silent film. Through the untiring efforts of Dare County Schools superintendent Mabel Evans Jones, state officials selected as the film’subject the English attempts to colonize Roanoke Island between 1584 and 1590. ”Miss Mabel” delved into research, wrote the script, organized residents, and assembled a cast of 200, mostly locals. After the films release, Jones kept her fledgling actors busy performing in annual outdoor pageants based on the film. These pageants eventually led to the more permanent Waterside Theatre and Paul Green’s The Lost Colony in 1937. This film has not been seen in such black and white splendor in over 85 years!
Sponsored by:
Director Elizabeth Grimball filming The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island in 1921
- 3:00PM, Sunday, February 5, 2012
- Free
- Pioneer Theatre Downtown Manteo
