Blissveldt Romance.

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Title

Blissveldt Romance.

Subject

Reeds Lake, 1915

Description

A 1915 Grand Rapids and East Grand Rapids, Michigan silent film.
View include Reeds Lake, Edward Lowe and his wife Susan (Blodgett) Lowe's mansion, Holmdene (now on Aquinas College property), Horseradish Twins.
"Frederick Adolphus (F. A.) Wurzburg, son of Frederick William (F. W.) Wurzburg who opened the first Grand Rapids department store in 1872, was music director at Powers’ Opera House for 9 years during the 1880s. Then a William M. Wurzburg is music director and conducts the Regent Theatre Orchestra in the 1920s. William M. Wurzburg’s daughter, Irene, will share the big screen in September 1915 with him and cast of Grand Rapidians as they perform in Blissveldt Romance, the first local film shot in Grand Rapids August 1915". Courtesy of Jim Winslow - Powers Family relative

Date

1915

Rights

Public Domain

Format

Moving picture

Citation

“Blissveldt Romance.,” East Grand Rapids History Room, accessed May 17, 2024, https://egrhistoryroom.omeka.net/items/show/27.