Source: The Rock River Times May 23, 2018 vol. 25 no. 32
Movies
Rockford Peaches 75th Anniversary Celebration – May and June 2018
Source: The Market Street Press, May 2018, Vol. 7, Issue 7, page 10
www.internationalwomensbaseballcenter.org/events
www.illinois200.com
Nothing in Common (movie) – 1986, Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason
Tom Hanks, Rockford news media’s Rod McDonald (an extra), Sela Ward
[film also included Jackie Gleason, Eve Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong and more]
Director: Garry Marshall
City scenes filmed in Chicago. Farm scenes filmed at Fox Valley Shires, Marengo, IL.
Source: Rockford Register Star Go Section, 11/19/2010 and www.imdb.com
Andra Martin, actress, born in Rockford, IL
Andra Martin: born July 15, 1935 in Rockford, Illinois. Actor/Director. Voice of Mama Gromble in Aaaaah! Real Monsters!
Photo source: www.imdb.com
James Garner’s leading lady in the film “Up, Periscope!”
Daughter/secretary in the Perry Mason TV series: “The Case of the Prodigal Parent.”
She also played Wahleeah in “Yellowstone Kelley.” 1959
Birth name: Sandra Rehn. Married 3 times: Philip Stein, 1970 – present; David May II and Ty Hardin.
Source: Wikipedia.com
from www.imdb.com:
A Fever in His Blood 1961
Street of Sinners 1957
The Roaring 20’s 1960-1962 TV
Wagon Train, TV epidsode
Bachelor Father 1961 TV
Perry Mason, TV epidsode
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, TV episode
Wells Fargo, TV episode
Maverick, TV episode
Rockford Labor News, Friday, September 6, 1985 – Page 3
Source: The Rockford Labor News, Friday, September 6, 1978, page 3
Movie Ads – Sept. 13, 1943
Source: Rockford Register Star microfilm 9-13-1943
Rockford Labor News, Feb. 22, 1967 – Chicago Auto Show issue
Ronald Reagan; the Deep Hometown Roots of an American President – 4 of 8 pages
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Fall 2010, Vol. 7, No. 3; by Karla Nagy, Associate Editor
Actual article contains 4 additional pages. Rockford Public Library has a copy of the magazine in the Local History and Genealogy Room.
Beloit International Film Festival, 2 page ad, annual event – 2015
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Cabin Fever Winter 2015, Volume 12, Number 1
“Rockford Film a hit at Sundance” – 2018, “Minding the Gap”
Source: Rockford Register Star 1/22/2018. Article and photos by Adam Poulisse