Playlands of Michigan movie
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DVD of a 9-minute color short film about Michigan tourist destinations narrated by James A. FitzPatrick. The first 3 minutes focus on Saugatuck with footage take from a boat cruising downriver by the Mt. Baldhead Hotel and a scene of an art class at Ox-Bow.
The remainder of the Traveltalk visits Zeeland, where descendants of Dutch settlers perform traditional Dutch dances wearing wooden shoes; the Silver Lake sand dunes, where specially outfitted cars race; and Colon, "The Magic Capital of the World", which hosts an annual gathering of magicians.
2023.57.13
Digital
Mt. Baldhead Hotel 1933-1959/Tourists' Home 1901
Media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM distributed the Traveltalks series under the title FitzPatrick Traveltalks. Beginning with 1934's Holland in Tulip Time, the Traveltalks were filmed in Technicolor, and the series was among the earliest regular vehicles for color film in the American film industry. "Playland" from 1949 shows Saugatuck during a period of high river water levels and the growing interest in water skiing.
1930+ Tourism, activites, tours and attractionsNautical1910 Ox-Bow
Winthers, Sally
1949
119 D CDs Donated Content
Artist's Palette sign, Saugatuck
12/09/2023
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