Pinckneyville Scenes, Part 1

In the 1940s and 50s, traveling Hollywood film studios would visit towns across America, filming local people and places, and from what I can tell, partnering with the hometown movie theaters to show the films they had made starring the local townsfolk. Such an occurrence took place in Pinckneyville, Illinois in late January of 1951. The film was scheduled to be premiered in the Capitol Theater. Perhaps some of the old-timers out there can confirm if it ever actually debuted there. This upload was obtained from a copy of a VHS Video Cassette, which had been recorded from even earlier copies of film reels. This version has been given to me from the Rennison family of Pinckneyville, kudos to their part in making this broadcast possible. Nearly sixty years, and several generations of video later, as a member of The Pinckneyville Historical Society, I can say with growing certainty that no one actually owns the rights to this film, lest some aged traveling Hollywood executive speak up from the back of the room it would be for all intensive purposes be listed in the Public Domain. Enjoy!

Thank you,
- Eric,
Chairman, Founder & CEO of E. Lambert Productions.


Part One Features:

- The Pinckneyville Fire Department
- City Hall
- North Walnut Street
- Hagler Furniture
- The Ritter Coal Company
- The Chat N Nibble

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pinckneyville Illinois
• Panther Basketball
• Southern Illinois
• Farming
• Coal Mining
• High School
• 1950s
• Chasin After The Wind.

[dahmer09]

yes this is pinckneyville illinois right?

[WDQNRadio]

You are correct. You can find out more commentary and information to the right of the vid, in the more info section. Thanks for posting!

[IcemanIceman007]

How does this have so many views?

[WDQNRadio]

Its a very rare glimpse of a friendly little city from a different time. The video shows a charming place where folks can always come back home to, but in a time that can now only be experienced through fables, legends, and these pictures that still remain.

[ilililhy1]

@WDQNRadio After doing much research on my family roots, I learn that i have much family History in Pinckneyville,iLL(.Perry County)All Great and Great Great Grandfathers born and raised there and died there.A Willian Joel Cheek,Born 1865,died 1910,his father Shadrack,born 1873,and his father John S.Cheek,born 1809,died in pinckneyville before1860,they come from the Catawba ,Cherokee Indians .

[fortykk]

I miss Pinckneyville

[PolizeiPaul]

I never knew Pinkneyville had a Kohlsdorf's store..I (as did most of the city) watched the one in Zeigler burn years ago.