Name/Title
Playlands of Michigan movieEntry/Object ID
2023.57.13Description
DVD of a 9-minute color short film about Michigan tourist destinations narrated by James A. FitzPatrick. The first 3 minutes focus on Saugatuck with footage take from a boat cruising downriver by the Mt. Baldhead Hotel and a scene of an art class at Ox-Bow.
The remainder of the Traveltalk visits Zeeland, where descendants of Dutch settlers perform traditional Dutch dances wearing wooden shoes; the Silver Lake sand dunes, where specially outfitted cars race; and Colon, "The Magic Capital of the World", which hosts an annual gathering of magicians.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
DigitalSubject Person or Organization
Mt. Baldhead Hotel 1933-1959/Tourists' Home 1901Context
Media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM distributed the Traveltalks series under the title FitzPatrick Traveltalks. Beginning with 1934's Holland in Tulip Time, the Traveltalks were filmed in Technicolor, and the series was among the earliest regular vehicles for color film in the American film industry. "Playland" from 1949 shows Saugatuck during a period of high river water levels and the growing interest in water skiing.Collection
1930+ Tourism, activites, tours and attractions, Nautical, 1910 Ox-BowCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.57Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
Box
119 D CDs Donated ContentRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Artist's Palette sign, SaugatuckCreate Date
December 9, 2023Update Date
January 3, 2025
