On the Bridge

Nov 30, 2008 | Black and White, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns | 4 comments

Susie Aber & Cheryl Unruh take a slow walk over the Halstead suspension bridge. The movie ‘Picnic’ was filmed, partially, in this park (1955). I believe my family watched part of the filming, but I was very young and can’t remember much of it. What does stay in my mind is the bright lights over the set, and a feeling of excitement.

Follow this link for a YouTube clip from the movie.

4 Comments

  1. Roger
    Roger on November 30, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    I always thought there were many more trees in the film than what I see here and in Cheryl's several shots on flyoverpeople.net

  2. Roger
    Roger on November 30, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    I love the theme from Picnic/Moonglow. Darkness does wonders. The mind fills in the trees.

  3. cheryl
    cheryl on December 1, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Susie would probably know – but maybe they tore out some trees when they built the dike. She said it was a much prettier scene before they built that.

  4. Marcie
    Marcie on December 6, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Nice composition. Especially love the silhouettes and processing.