“STEEL MAGNOLIAS” Scrapbook Memories of Movie Making in a Small Town Dolly Parto

Description: Steel Magnolias Scrapbook Memories of Movie Making in a Small Town NSU Press Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana 2nd Printing - October 1999 Copyright © 1989 NSU Press When I was in my teens and early twenties, I traveled alot... whenever and wherever I could. On these travels, I used to buy all the trinkets and tourist paraphernalia that I could get my hands on. I'd be so loaded down with stuff, I could hardly get through customs. Then one day, someone much older and wiser said to me, "Why burden yourself with all that garbage?" I told her this stuff wasn't "garbage." These were souvenirs... things to help me remember my good experiences. The friend laughed at me. She said that was nonsense. All these objects, she explained, were basically useless. "That kind of junk," she went on, "gets broken, gets lost. All you need are your memories ... they're the only things that can never be damaged or stolen." At the time, that sounded a little too boringly philosophical to me. But after living through what I've lived through the past couple of years, I have to admit, she's right. Memories are the most important thing. Other playwrights have made me aware of what a singular experience I've had. What's happened to me with Steel Magnolias has never happened to anyone else. I wrote a very personal story about a community I love. Its success as a play exceeded anyone's wildest dreams. It was sold to become a motion picture. That motion picture was cast with the most remarkable collection of actors imaginable. Then, the producer decided to shoot the film in and amongst the community I love ... the community that inspired the story in the first place. You have to admit, as far as experiences go ... it's been pretty swell. The filming of Steel Magnolias was an experience for Natchitoches, as well. The summer of 88 will always be remembered as a time of special magic. Not just the Hollywood kind, but the kind of magic that happens with new relationships, new adventures, new encounters. We'll all have the two hour motion picture to share ...but we'll also have all those special private moments that belong to only us. The photographs on these pages serve to capture many things besides Sally, Dolly, Shirley, Daryl, Olympia, Julia, Tom, Sam, Herbert, and Ray. There's also joy, surprise, love, embarrassment, fatigue, friendship, sadness, laughter ... everything that went into the making of Steel Magnolias. This is not a book of pictures... it's and experience. Robert Harling August 1989

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