What is the williamsburg film festival?

Answer 1

The Williamsburg Film Festival began as a small group of western movie fans meeting in 1987 to watch old cowboy movies on a big screen.

Several had attended film festivals in Charlotte, Knoxville,Memphis and Asheville over the years and realized the importance of preserving the Golden Years of Hollywood.

In 1997, the group decided to sponsor their own festival. They felt that the charm of Colonial Williamsburg and the interest in Hollywood's Golden era would make a successful combination. It was decided to trial a festival that would honor not only Hollywood's Golden era in film but also the early days of Television.

The First Festival was held at the Comfort Inn in Williamsburg in March of 1997. The facility was small but intimate and everyone felt that the first effort had provided a real foundation for the future.

The first festival was so successful that they needed larger facilities so they moved to The Holiday Inn 1776 in March of 1998 for the second year. Again, a larger than expected crowd attended. More fans and more dealers required more space.

In 1999, they moved to the Holiday Inn Patriot for the Third Festival in February. A larger facility that served a larger crowd and more dealers. In 2000, they returned to The Holiday Inn Patriot and adopted it as their permanent home.

The Holiday Inn Patriot is a great facility that provided sufficient space to house 2 theaters, a large Star Interview Room and an oversized Dealer Memorabilia Room.

The Holiday Inn Patriot is now the home of The Williamsburg Film Festival.

It is the Guest Stars that make Williamsburg Film Festival the Premier Film Festival on the East Coast.

A list of previous guest stars:

1997 Williamsburg Film Festival - Comfort Inn

Dale Berry

James Best

Peter Boone

Gene Evans

Will Hutchins

Willie Phelps

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

1998 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn 1776

James Best

Peter Boone

Conrad Brooks

James Drury

Willie Phelps

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Dale Robertson

Roberta Shore

Sonny Shroyer

Johnny Western

Peggy Stewart

1999 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

James Best

Peter Boone

Peter Breck

Ben Cooper

Jan Merlin

John Mitchum

Billie Murphy

Willie Phelps

Paul Picerni

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

2000 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Rex Allen, Jr.

Dale Berry

James Best

Peter Boone

Joseph Campanella

Harry Carey, Jr.

Gary Gray

Will Hutchins

Willie Phelps

Mala Powers

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Gale Storm

Johnny Western

2001 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

James Best

Peter Boone

Jim Bowman

Jerome Courtland

Beverly Garland

Will Jordan

Ruta Lee

Lucky Bill Parrish

Willie Phelps

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Marion Shilling

William Smith

Peggy Stewart

2002 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Jane Adams

Ben Cooper

The LeGarde Twins

Jimmy Lydon

Donna Martell

Jan Merlin

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Lucky Bill Parrish

Frankie Thomas

2003 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Kathryn Adams

Joseph Campanella

Dick Jones

Ed Kemmer

Jan Merlin

Ann Rutherford

Frankie Thomas

William Schallert

Johnny Western

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Mike Culver

2004 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

John Alderson

John Calvert

Joe Canutt

Alex Cord

Kim Darby

Tommy Farrell

Robert Fuller

Kay Linaker

Steve Mitchell

Betsy Palmer

Ann Robinson

William Smith

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Lucky Bill Parrish

2005 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Kathy Garver

Ty Hardin

George Hamilton IV

Anne Jeffreys

Joan Leslie

Denny Miller

Don Stroud

Morgan Woodward

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

Lucky Bill Parrish

The Virginia Rounders 2006 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

James Best

Ben Cooper

Beverly Garland

Will Hutchins

Dick Jones

James Lydon

Jan Merlin

Lucky Bill Parrish

Mala Powers

Ted & Ruth Reinhart

William Smith

Peggy Stewart

Frankie Thomas

Johnny Western 2007 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Richard Anderson

Audrey Dalton

Margia Dean

Ed Faulkner

James Hampton

David Huddleston

Heather Lowe

Andrew Prine

Neil Summers

Eli Barsi

Ed & Bobbi Beard

Sterling Riggs 2008 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Lesley Aletter

Roger Davis

Richard Devon

Richard Herd

Gene Lesser

Lee Meriwether

Don Kay Reynolds

Jacqueline Scott

Gregory Walcott

The LeGarde Twins

Ed & Bobbi Beard

Blue River Bluegrass Band

2009 Williamsburg Film Festival - Holiday Inn Patriot

Ed & Bobbi Beard

Joe Canutt

George Hamilton IV

Ron Harper

Loren Janes

Dick Jones

Steve Kanaly

Larry Maurice

Steve Stevens

Peggy Stewart

Jacqueline White