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Milwaukie High Schools' first Thespiam film was made in 1970 and included a large cast from the class of '70 as well as underclassmen and other teachers at Milwaukie High.
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I had worked on several personal films by this time, this was my first experience working in the role of cinematographer for a large cast that included a director.
This film was the beginning of a life long friendship with Richard Geer and we would produce many films during the next decade.
The information to the right is from the program that was handed out at each showing. The cover art was created by Jerry Kallioinen.
Richard's short film "Reflection"
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Turn of Youth depicts the experiences and realizations of Bob Walters and Jennifer Ann Tresko, two independent adolescents who are forced to encounter a world foreign to their own sharply contrasted environments. Prior to their mutual journey, Bob and Jennifer are acquainted only indirectly, having been worlds apart in a high school classroom. The inexplicable cruelty of Alan Conrad and the irony of life chance to join them in an escape flight.
Their travels bring them into contact with a variety of human types and environments. Alone or together, they meet constant obstacles and offers of help. After witnessing Alan's brutality and accepting Randy's ulterior offer to share a barn, Bob's distrust and self-reliance intensify. He immediately encounters Maybelle Dewberry, who appears kind and concerned but still has her own odd motives for entertaining him. Effie von Tringle, on the other hand, uses her clairvoyant abilities to send out disinterested aid, even though she inadvertently endangers Jennifer. Refuge is later offered to the two fugitives by the rustic Olson sisters. The sisters' contrary motives seem ' to conflict until time proves similarities. Bob and Jennifer's final and essential escape comes through the spontaneous, unselfish assistance of Chad, who is also peculiar but gives them the chance to reveal their mutual growth.
Though each of the teenagers has a parent who cares without success or ability for proof, neither feels secure nor adjusted. Both had avoided or rejected sincere human contact, but they finally realize that they need one another. Eventually Bob and Jennifer begin to recognize the necessity of asking for help as well as caring for others.
JENNIFER ANN TRESKO (An independent, self-centered adolescent)- Anne Rutherford
MRS. SYLVIA TRESKO (Jennifer's sophisticated, solicitous mother)--- Peggy Allen
ALAN CONRAD (An insensitive, clever killer)----------------------------------- Nick Dalby
KATHY (Jennifer's understanding friend) --------------------------------------- Kelly Hallmark
BILL HOFFMAN (Jennifer's athletic admirer)---------------------------------- Brian Jarmer
BOB WALTERS (A rejected and dejected teenager)------------------------- Bob Stull
ANNETTE (An easily influenced non-student)- ------------------------------- Sara Siergist
TONY (Kathy's casual boyfriend):------------------------------------------------- Tim Enriquez
MRS. BARNES (An idealistic English teacher):------------------------------- Geraldine Hoyt
STUDENTS (Relatively normal)
Cindy Bilstad, Kathy Black, George Clark, Dan Folwick, Jeannie Franklin, Kim Gibson,
Deborah Haley, Janice Harlan, Deborah Harris, Claudia Harryman, Lisa Johnson,
Diane Olmscheid, Janene Felly, Mark Phillips, Mark Purkey, Barbara Schmitt,
Yvonne Simon, Patricia Simpson, Debbie Smith, Cynthia Standerfer, Shelly Tichenor, Renee Vandeberghe, Cheryl Wilson, Julie Wisner, Gayle Zinsli
MR. JOHN WALTERS (Bob's lazy, bitter father)------------------------------- Jack Rudfelt
SALLY WALTERS (Bob's obnoxious sister)------------------------------------Sherrie Gustin
MRS. MARY WALTERS (Bob's ineffectual, worm-out mother)------------- Katherine Rudfelt
RANDY (A wily runaway)------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Tabor
MRS. MAYBELLE DEWBERRY (A would-be social entertainer)-----------Susan DeVito
MAYBELLE'S DOG (An animal replica of its mistress)--------------------- Toughy Devito
MR. OSCAR DEWBERRY (Maybelle's simple, confused husband)----- Mike Borho
RUNAWAY DOG (A fugitive animal with a mind of its own)----------------- Liesl McGinnis
MRS. HAXAN (Effie von Tringle's austere housekeeper)-------------------- Cecelia Tschida
PETER VON TRINGLE (Effie's potentially dangerous & lonely son)----- Dennis Cerveny
MRS. EFFIE VON TRINGLE (A concerned spiritualist)---------------------- Linda Eggener
WILHELM (Effie's mischievous but obliging poltergeist) -------------------Jerry Kallioinen
MR. HAXAN (Effie's mentally unbalanced gardener)-------------------------Steve Dimitrovich
MR. AGUSTUS VON TRINGLE (Effie's neurotic brother)-------------------- Mark Woolley
PEARL OLSON (A sentimental recluse who loves birds & children)---- Stephanie Morterud
MYRTLE OLSON (Pearl's aggressive sister)----------------------------------- Debbie Cillo
CHAD (An unconventional hippie artist)------------------------------------------ Richard Geer
POLICEMAN (A servant of the law who likes picnic lunches)-------------- Mark Berg
OTTO (A sloppy country boy with refreshments)----------------------------- Tom Hughson
MITZI (Big Mama's self-assured and coy protegee)-------------------------- Shirley Jahn
RUSTY (A slow-witted entertainer with eyes for Ruby Rock)----------------Gene Schreiber
RUBY ROCK (An interpretative dancer at Big Mama's)-------------------- Leona Brownlow
HENRY (Big Mama's hard-working waiter)------------------------------------- Bill Burbach
CUSTOMERS ("Way-out") : Greg Blaumer, Diane Grina, Karen Dobroth, Mark Godfrey
BIG MAMA (A vivacious hostess of a wayside retreat)----------------------- Sandi Cowling
Reflection
A Short Film Created, Edited, and Directed by:
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The Girl ------------------------------------------------------Susan Divito |
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