Did you know “The Purple Rose of Cairo” was filmed in Piermont in the early 1980s? Visit the Hudson Room at the Piermont Public Library (this week only) to see, through photographs by Sally Savage on limited loan from the Piermont Historical Society, how Piermont was transported back to the 1930s during filming. And then come see “The Purple Rose of Cairo” screened this Friday, February 27th at 1:00 pm at the library. Free popcorn for all!
Summary: Fantasy about a housewife and her movie hero, who walks off the silver screen and into her gray life. They begin a romance as she shows him around her world and he takes her into his.
Directed by Woody Allen
1985
Rated PG
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
84 minutes
Starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Van Johnson