The current Olympic Center and Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum located in Lake Placid, New York is within the Olympic Park that was used for both the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. The site is also home to the original 1932 rink and the 1980 rink where the famed "Miracle on Ice" was played. In addition to artifacts from the Lack Placid games, the Olympic Museum also features metals and torches spanning all of the Winter Olympic Games.
Also known as the Jack Shea Arena, this 1932 rink in Lake Placid, New York was the first indoor arena used for the Winter Olympics. More images from the Olympic Center here.
With interviews for the Monarch Theatre documentary kicking off this month, I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to one of the interviewees - Alice.
Alice will be 95 years old this year. Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking with her about her time working at the Empress and Monarch theatres as a teenager in the early 1940s. From the uniform she wore to first seeing Gone With the Wind, moments like this - capturing memories and untold first hand experiences - are what make documentary filmmaking such a thrill.
Still razor sharp, her memories tap into a time when very little was written about these cinemas. This is what's been so exciting. The process unlocks doors that haven't been opened in decades.
Much more to come about this latest film project.
