https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Love_(film)
It was filmed at a trotting track known as “The Red Mile.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Mile
This was a very big deal …. having a movie being made where I lived….
There was a big race scene and half the town was there as extras…. in the seating.
The movie stared Pat Boone and Shirley Jones and they were young stars then….
So …. all of the teenagers were into it….
One night, I was at the hotel where the cast was staying for dinner with my parents and I got Pat Boone’s autograph.
I was in the 8th grade and one of my student teachers was in the movie in the shooting gallery scene. You can’t miss him.
I organized my class’ 30-year reunion and when I called him to ask him to attend, he told me that being in the movie had made him a kind of celebrity throughout his life.
Lexington is where John Stewart’s father was born. I once asked John if doing shows in Lexington ever had any personal significance …. he said … No.
Rather oddly … a few days ago, I just finished reading Shirley Jones’ autobiography. It’s a rather provocative book….where she tells about all of her sexual exploits…not something I expected…. She says at 80 something … she’s happy with masturbation…something her first husband taught her to do … using Vaseline…yep…you heard it here folks…never a dull moment at Folk USA….
Max
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