Thu 9/25 @ 5:30-9PM
There has been a great deal of effort lately to promote northeast Ohio as a fertile location in which to film movies, and it has been relatively successful. More and more films have been added to the handful Clevelanders have long loved to boast about and cling to as examples of the area’s filmic attraction: most notably, 1978’s The Deerhunter, starring Robert DeNiro, with some scenes filmed at familiar historic locations in Tremont, and more annoyingly, 1983’s A Christmas Story, which featured some local exteriors including a house, also in Tremont, that is now a tourist attraction. (Most of it was filmed in other locations, including Canada.)
Recently, however, major movies have done more of their filming here, including the new Superman film released this summer. It’s a good time for the Western Reserve Historical Society to mount a new exhibit called, perhaps just a tad grandiosely, Hollywood on the Cuyahoga: Northeast Ohio and the Movies.
“While people are becoming more aware that movies are made in Northeast Ohio, there has never been a comprehensive look at how this industry has, over the years, blossomed into a major part of our cultural landscape and an economic engine for the region, and all of Ohio,” says WRHS President/CEO said Kelly Falcone-Hall.
Th exhibit will focus on the pieces of movie history connected to this region, including the actors, writers and directors with roots here, and the work of the Cleveland Film Commission in promoting the area and attracting more production work here.
The show opens with a gala event Friday September 25 (get tickets here) and will be on view through October 2026.