The General 90th Anniversary Keepsake Program
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From the Jan. 24, 1927 Sentinel:
'The General' to Show Five Days at Arcade
Cotta ge Gr ove’s Ow n
Pictur e H a s Thr illing
Scenes; Com m ittee
Appr oves.
Cottage Grove’s own m ovie, “The
General,” which Buster Keaton film ed
here last sum m er, will open for a five-
day showing starting Tuesday at the
Arcade Theater. It is expected that a
large num ber will attend from the sur-
rounding country.
A cham ber of com m erce com m ittee,
which saw the picture in Portland as
guests of the Majestic theater, report-
ed being favorably im pressed with
the com edy and with the way Cottage
Grove scenery showed up. The film is
still showing in Portland.
One of the outstanding scenes of the
picture is that showing a locom otive
crashing through a burning trestle.
Thousands were attracted to Culp
Creek the day that this was taken.
Many papers in the country have
claim ed that this scene was taken in
m iniature. One ingenious writer even
told how the locom otive was lowered
on cables to prevent it from being
dam aged in the crash. Thousands in
this territory will bear witness to the
authenticity of this thrilling scene.
Many residents of this city took part in
the picture and these are looking for-
ward to seeing how they appear on the
silver screen.
Matinees will be held each day of the
engagem ent, the Arcade theater m an-
agem ent states.
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