"Hollywood in the Heartland" of Iowa

It's so good to be back with our friends John and Helen here in Iowa. The fair doesn't start for a few more days, so we have time to take in the featured exhibit at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines.

Des Moines, capital of Iowa

 

 

Susan with her new pet, a baby mastodon

 

 

These are just a random sampling of Iowa actors

 

 

 

 

Donna Reed and Cloris Leachman

 Ashton Kutcher

 

 

                                                            Lillian Russell   






















                    John Wayne. We went to see his birth place last time we visited Iowa in 2014

 

                                                                   
                                                                        Don Ameche

 

                                                                       

                                                                                  Tom Arnold

 


Some of the pictures filmed in Iowa include Bridges of Madison County, Field of Dreams, Music Man, Michael,  and Cold Turkey

                                     Watching a film clip of the Bridges of Madison County

 
                                                Watching a film clip of Field of Dreams

 

          A cool clip display of Cold Turkey in the window of a Ford, in honor of the drive-in movies

 

                                                            Music Man                                                                 

 

                                                      Power's 6B 35mm Projector

 

 

                                                                     Look at those prices!

                                                                        State Fair

 

 

So on to the Iowa State Fair