NTCC Honors to premier original film

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Northeast Texas Honors will present the Premiere of their original film

Modern Icarus,


The Story of Morris Sheppard


Mount Pleasant Library ? February 1 ? Noon

It was one of the most ambitious and unprecedented moral reforms in history - to outlaw the sale and manufacture of alcohol in a major Western nation. The point man for that effort? Senator Morris Sheppard from Texarkana, the author of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This film shows how Sheppard, who was born in Naples, Texas, became the most influential - and now most forgotten - son of Northeast Texas.

Morris was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1903 to 1913, and a U.S. Senator from 1913 to 1941. †Three great nieces of Morris Sheppard will be in attendance at the premiere.

Members of the Northeast Texas Community College Webb Society, the student chapter of the Texas State Historical Association, and NTCC Honors researched, wrote, directed, and produced the film.† This Premiere marks the 100th†anniversary of Sheppard?s push in the Senate to obtain a constitutional amendment to prohibit alcohol in the United States.

The movie was mostly filmed in Jefferson, Texas.†The character list and actors of the film are as follows:

Morris Sheppard: Johnathan Chambers

Narrator: Ashley Perzel

Richard, early antogonist: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Hannah: Alisha Richardson, Presidential Scholar

Wyoma, Symbol of the Woman?s Christian Temperance Union: Emily Peacock,

Luella: Elizabeth Griffin

Warren: Stephen Milburn, Presidential Scholar

Thomas: Philip Yox

John Sheppard (Father): Andrew Yox

Alice Sheppard (Mother): Bonnie Spencer

Olga Sheppard (Sister): Elizabeth Griffin

John Bankhead (Political handler of John Levi Sheppard): Philip Yox

Amaziah Smith (Advisor of Morris Sheppard): Noah Griffin, Presidential Scholar

Clifton Sheppard (Brother) Jacob Richardson

John Fairfax: Noah Griffin

Joe Cannon (Speaker of the House): Jacob Richardson

Theodore Roosevelt (President): Andrew Yox

Anna Gordon (WCTU President): Bonnie Spencer

Lucile Sanderson (Wife): Alisha Richardson

Wayne Wheeler (President of Anti-Saloon League): Noah Griffin

Andrew Volstead (Sponsor of the Prohibition Law): Andrew Austin, Honors Scholar

Billy Sunday (Leading Protestant Evangelist): Andrew Yox

Rev. Frank Norris (Pastor of Fort Worth Church) Noah Griffin

William Upshaw (Prohibitionist Congressman from Georgia): Philip Yox

Newspaper Boy: Jacob Richardson

Theodore Kirchhoff: Andrew Austin

Sol Bloom (Anti-Prohibitionist New York Congressman): Andrew Yox

Tom Connally (Texas Senator) Stephen Milburn

Janet Sheppard (daughter): Elizabeth Griffin

Daisy: Emily Peacock

Dancers:† Elizabeth Griffin, Philip Yox, Emily Peacock, Stephen Milburn, and Alisha Richardson

Singers in Northeast Texas Sound-Track Chorus: Hannah and Emily Peacock, Cristina Strudthoff, Andrew, Joshua, Paul, Philip, and Rebecca Yox, Bethany Zittel (Andrew Austin, Technical Director)

Researchers who traveled to the Dolph Briscoe Center of the University of Texas at Austin:† Andrew Austin, Julia McCurry, Aaron Screws, Bonnie Spencer, Andrew Yox

Costume Director: Alisha Richardson

Makeup Director: Elizabeth Griffin

Director of Student Research: Bonnie Spencer

Technical Director: Andrew Austin

Editorial and Script Committee:† Andrew Austin, Johnathan Chambers, Noah Griffin, Bonnie Spencer, Andrew Yox.

 

 

We give special thanks to:

The Friends of NTCC Honors, without whose support, the film would have been impossible.

Producer Andrew Austin, Honors Scholar at NTCC, who researched the narrative, recorded the film choir, filmed the acting, and edited the film.

Professor Chuck Hamilton of NTCC for his work filming, and for donating time with his professional filming rig.

The Chamber of Commerce of Jefferson, Texas: Juanita W. Chitwood, and Ron Hollomon

Consultant:† Dr. Karl Hagstrom Miller, History Professor, University of Texas at Austin

NTCC Vice President Ron Clinton for his support.

NTCC Librarian Donna Griffin for technical assistance

NTCC Secretary Debra Anthony for financial work

James, Rebecca, and William Di?Angelo for filming on their Titus County land.

Bill McCay, Sheriff of Marion County, Texas for the use of the Marion County Courthouse.

Donna Lang and the Benefield House of Jefferson, Texas

Timm and Karen Jackson of the Hale House of Jefferson

Dave and Tammy Doriot of the White Oak Manor of Jefferson

The Bakery Restaurant of Jefferson

The City of Jefferson