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See
a Johnstown Flood that you’ve never seen before! “The Johnstown Flood” silent
movie, produced in 1926, will be presented at 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 30, at The Grand Halle on Broad Street. This 90-minute Hollywood production will be musically illustrated by the
nine-piece Ivy Leaf Orchestra and features a young Janet Gaynor in
the role that launched her career. The movie’s director, Irving Cummings, went
on to direct Shirley Temple movies (among many others) in the 1930s and ‘40s.
Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and Clark Gable all were uncredited extras. The
film will actually be 16 mm film shown on a movie projector set amid the
audience, and there will be free popcorn!

 

The music for the film was compiled by Eric
Cook of Kittanning. Members of the orchestra include Martha Capone-flute,
Marykate Kuhne-clarinet, Larry Conway-cornet, Chris Dickinson-trombone, Rob
Reams-percussion, Eric Cook-piano, Christie Kecskemethy-violin, Liz
Cramer-cello, Roger Whisler-string bass, and Dennis Cramer-conductor.



B & L Wine Cellars will be there selling wine, and Batter Bakeshop will be
selling cupcakes and other beverages. Sponsors of this special, 125th
Anniversary of the Johnstown Flood event include Jeanne and Robert Gleason,
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Peoples Natural Gas, 1st Summit Bank and Mr.
Kim Rauch. 



Thanks to these sponsors, the cost for this special show and performance will
be only $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors and students. Tickets will be
sold at the door, which will open at 6 p.m. (There will be no advance ticket sales.) The show begins at 7:00 p.m. 
The
Grand Halle (former Immaculate Conception) is located at 306 Broad Street, the corner of Broad and Third Avenue in the Cambria City Cultural District (Johnstown 15906). For more information, call (814) 536-7986
or e-mail dave at steeplesproject.org.  An
8-foot-high painting that survived the 1889 Johns­town Flood will make a rare
appearance as part of the 125th anniversary of the disaster.

The 19th century painting, depicting the Virgin Mary with angels, had been in
the possession of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh for more than 100
years. But when the sisters moved to a smaller convent, they no longer had room
for it. The sisters knew the history of the painting and contacted Johnstown
Area Heritage Association and offered to donate the work.

It was returned to Johnstown in June and will be on display to the public May
30 during a special showing of the 1926 silent film “The Johnstown Flood” at 7 p.m.

“The painting will be on display for people who come to see the movie,” said
Dave Hurst, project manager for the Steeples Project. “We are proud to be the
kickoff event for the 125th commemoration of the flood anniversary.”

The painting was donated to the Steeples Project, a nonprofit that is entrusted
with three Roman Catholic Church buildings in Cambria City: St. Columba, SS. Casimir & Emerich and Immaculate Conception. The
group agreed to accept the historic painting and made arrangements to transport
it to Johnstown.

This painting originally hung in the high altar of St. Mary’s Church, the
forerunner of Immaculate Conception. The 1852 church was the predecessor to the
current Immaculate Conception, which was built in 1908. A photograph of the
church’s interior taken after the flood shows the painting behind the altar,
hanging high enough to have escaped water damage.

Since its return, the painting sits on the exact site where it hung 125
years earlier. It is not now on public view. The painting was commissioned and
donated to the church by Joseph Stibich, who lived in the Johnstown area and had fought in the Civil War.

Following the 1889 flood, the painting was given to the Benedictine Sisters
because Stibich had a daughter who was a member of the religious community. http://www.tribune-democrat.com/news/x493486331/Painting-that-survived-flood-on-display-during-film-event http://ivyleaforchestra.com/on-tour/ http://www.jaha.org/125thCommemoration/May30.html 

































http://www.steeplesproject.org/whats_happening.shtml
To tie this into this list---Johnstown Traction had about 15 horsecars and 5 times that number of horses.
Dennis F. Cramer 
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