Corea has become a lively community of intellectuals & artists. Marsden Hartley is in residence & appears in this reel. Mabel & Ruth have bought adjoining lots on the water; Ruth is having a cabin built. Two local young women, Louise Z. Young and Miriam Colwell, have become warm friends with Ruth, Chennie, and Mabel. Romance is in the air.
Maine II
Maine II
Video:
Identifier:
RS-002
Collection:
Ruth Storm Collection
Date:
1940-1942
Original Format:
16mm
Color:
Color
Duration:
10:54
Abstract:
Maine II picks up where Maine I left off. Mabel & Ruth have bought adjoining lots on the water; Ruth has built a cabin. Two local young women, Louise Z. Young and Miriam Colwell, have become friends with Ruth, Chennie, and Mabel. Chennie & Mimi became romantically involved; lived together in NYC for a time & then in 1941 returned to live full time in Maine. They are a gregarious couple and gradually their circle enlarged to include local friends and friends from away, including the filmmaker Jean Oser, painter Marden Hartley, photographer Paul Strand, painter Jane Doggett, and many others. Mabel Griffin died in 1942.
Subject(s):
Dowsing, Lesbians, Lumberyard, Maine
Place(s):
Tunk Lake, Maine; Big Chief Indian Camp, Maine ; Trenton, Maine
Rights:
Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights.