ROLL 'EM! Daniel Campbell and Graham Gordy, both of North Little Rock, are filming Antiquities in central Arkansas. The film stars Andrew J. West (Freeform's Greek, AMC's The Walking Dead) and Ashley Greene (Twilight).
The indie comedy is being shot in North Little Rock, Little Rock, Hot Springs and Eureka Springs over several weeks. Two locations were Shogun Japanese Steakhouse, and Rosemont Inn and Cottages in Little Rock.
"There are 4,000 people at my house right now," Rosemont owner Susan Maddox said Wednesday, laughing. "They are in my hallway at 6 in the morning, and I have to wait until they say, 'cut,' before I open my bedroom door."
The crew, working from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., rented the entire main house for three days, but some paying guests remained in the rear cottages.
"I warned the guests in advance what was going on but they didn't care," she says. "They thought it would be fun."
The film, produced by Arkansas native Kathryn Francis Tucker and Mortuus Pater Pictures LLC, centers on Walt, who after his father's unexpected death, moves to his father's hometown to learn more about him. Working at a local antique mall, Walt is surprised to learn more about himself.
The film's current stop? Galaxy Office Furniture in North Little Rock's downtown Argenta district. They began Friday and are expected to be there for the next two weeks.
"The left half of the store is set up to look like an antique mall but on the right side, office furniture will still be available for purchase," says owner Wayne Hogan.
WALKING THE LINE: The Southeast chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians has given the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, a heritage site of Arkansas State University, a "Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture" award.
The modest early 20th century farmhouse (now a museum) and several other historic buildings in Dyess, founded as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1934 New Deal resettlement communities, began restoration in 2011 and opened in August 2014.
"The committee found your team's work remarkable in its commitment to the accurate restoration and interpretation of this modest home," committee chairman Susan W. Knowles wrote to the project's leader, Ruth Hawkins, in notifying her.
MEA CULPA: Ethelene Moore, mentioned here last week after recently being inducted into the National Honor Society more than half a century after graduating from Little Rock Central High, was a member of the class of 1961.
Contact Linda S. Haymes at (501) 399-3636 or lhaymes@arkansasonline.com
Metro on 10/30/2016