Shadow Waltz
Shadow Waltz (released on VHS as Rebel Love)) was a feature film produced and shot in Bessemer, the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park and Shelby County in the summer of 1983 and released in 1985.
Birmingham investor Milton Bagby Jr formed Ravencliff Productions to make the $167,300 feature, using local crew members and talent. Bagby wrote and directed the picture, his first. Shirley Crumley and John Quenelle joined on as producers. Joseph Whigham was cinematographer; Mellena Bridges was editor; William Teague was production designer; and Bobby Horton provided the music.
Jamie Rose starred as "Columbine Cromwell", an Indiana woman widowed during the Civil War. Terence Knox played "Hightower", an injured Confederate spy, posing as a peddler, whom she nurses back to health. Despite learning the truth about him, she falls in love with Hightower and protects him from Yankee patrols. Former Auburn Tigers football player Thom Gossom Jr played "Pompeii", a slave. Other cast members included Fran Ryan, Carl Spurlock, Rick Waln, Larry Larson, Harry Howell, and Charles Hill as "The Captain".
During filming, a park employee's automobile struck a horse being used in the production. Knox helped calm the horse and slow the bleeding by leading it into the waters of Mill Creek until a veterinarian could be brought to the site. The horse's owner credited Knox with saving the horse's life.
Though the film film had its world debut at the Mercato Int. del Film in Milan, Italy in October 1985. Its U.S. premiere was at the 1985 USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas a month later, where it was a finalist for the festival prize. It was distributed by Troma Entertainment for its limited theatrical release and was distributed on videocassette by Vestron. It also aired on the Showtime cable network.
References
- Boyer, Michael (1991) "On Location". Old Birmingham magazine. Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 12
- Bagby, Milton (n. d.) "Remembrances" TerrenceKnox.com
- "Rebel Love" (October 23, 2010) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - accessed October 23, 2010
External links
- Rebel Love at the Internet Movie Database