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4 unusual facts about Jim Fields


Jim Fields

Designed by the architect Richard L. Crowther, the Cinerama theater was considered his greatest achievement.

Prior to his film work, Fields wrote and directed the musical comedy Little Red and the play Scarlett Fever.

After graduating from the University of Nebraska, Fields wrote the play Little Red about the 'Bugeaters', a 1915 University of Nebraska football team that went on to become the Cornhuskers.

Richard L. Crowther

In 2006, Crowther was interviewed by filmmaker Jim Fields, for his documentary movie Preserve Me A Seat, about the grass-root failures and successes of activists working to preserve historic movie theaters in Boston, Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake City.



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