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The Love and Valor Movie

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“Rough Cut” showing of the Love and Valor Movie

In preparation of film festival submissions

As part of the Cedar Rapids Public Library “Forever Free” Series

Friday May 18, 2007

Cedar Rapids Public Library

500 First Street SE

Cedar Rapids, IA  52401

1:30pm – Discussion of the Love and Valor story, including the book and a showing of the opening 20 minutes of the Love and Valor Movie, with participation by Henry Davison of the HD Youth Center, members of Ushers Ferry Historical Village; movie and book Q&A

Short Break

2:30pm – Showing of the remainder of the Love and Valor Movie, continued movie and book Q&A

Contact:

Nancy Olinger - Cedar Rapids Public Library - Community Programs Specialist

(319) 398-5123

olingern@crlibrary.org

Charles Larimer

(708) 567-5491 (cell)

clarimer@prodigy.net

The Love and Valor Film is based on the book Love and Valor - Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner, edited by Charles F. Larimer, which is a rare and fascinating compilation of romantic and extremely articulate letters between Captain Jacob Ritner and his wife Emeline during the Civil War.

Jacob Ritner of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa initially enlisted as part of Lincoln's first call for 75,000 volunteers, then re-enlisted and remained in Grant's and Sherman's Army of the Tennessee, all the way through to the end of the war.

Through amazing good fortune and perseverance, Charles F. Larimer, great great grandson of Jacob Ritner and his wife Emeline, tracked down both Jacob and Emeline's letters and other family correspondence from the Civil War era.

The Love and Valor movie tells the story of a Union soldier who longs to return to his wife and family in Iowa, but not before he helps end slavery, preserve the Union and win the war. His wife struggles to raise four small children and manage the family farm. As many women in her community become widowed from the war, she hopes for Jacob's return some day.

After two years of pre-production, filming began on the Love and Valor movie on September 17, 2004 at Usher's Ferry Historic Village located on the outskirts of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

In early November we had our second shoot, which included one day at Spindrift Farm, located just north of Iowa City, and then another day back at Usher's Ferry.

Voices

Narrator

Jacob Ritner
Emeline Ritner
Ghost Stories

Brian Dennehy

Rom Barkhordar

Patti Voglino

Charles Larimer

Actors

Jacob Ritner

Emeline Ritner

Brian Pittman
Ann Cejka

Josie, Mariah, Logan, Grace, Chad, Shelly, Andy, Eric,

Jim Klopfenstein, Heidi Klopfenstein, Bill Klopfenstein,

Billie Beach, Mike Dooley, Nate Dooley, Carol Klopfenstein,

Henry Davison, Jeremy Campbell, Harry Walker, Chuck Zehner, Zaak Walton, DJ Long Smierciak,  Dale Hughes, Larry Olmstead, Debbie Caldwell, Addi Reynolds

Larry Reynolds, Alan Behrends, Janet L. Kleffmann, Dave Yanecek, Eric Simmons, Diane Buganski, Christina Holbrook, Jennifer Burke, Brian McGlaughlin, James A. Brewer, Roxane Bartlet, Marty Williams, Zach Laudner, Zachary Creery, Alex Behernds, Andy Crow, Janet Stahr, Katrina Kleiss-Jorgensen, Betty M. Pittman, Meagan Porter, Olivia Whittier, Kelly Jones, Mary Jones, Jennifer Hunt, Jane E. Beck, Dave Gordy, Amy O’Shaughnessy, Don Luedtke, Chad Locke, Tony Viswander, Carolyn Richard, Lisa M. Dousharm, Brian J. Chemerys, John-Thomas Richard, Christopher Scanlon, Andrew Scanlon, Cathy Cropp-Scanlon, Steven Platteter, Billie Beach Jr., Tiffany Strahen, Shelly Eisbach, Margaret M. Gilbert, Richard K. Schultz, John W. Austin, Heidi Klopfenstein, Sue Sprague, Roni Caleb Lown, Linda Hanover, Randy Hanover, Mariah McSweeny, Tianna Martinez, Hannah Laird, Michaela Coder, Bayley Kea, Grace Kea, Josie Popelka, Kenneth Felts, Larry D. Reynolds, Addi Reynolds, Larry Olmstead, Alan Behrunds, Dale Hughes, Janet Kleffmann, Deb Caldwell, Scott Weisinger, Sara Van Haren, Tyler Holzschuh, Kat Brannaman, John E. Kramer, Jeffrey Olson, Andreas Transo, Vickie Wendel, Stacy Overby, Amanda Wendel, Marlene Walters, Linda Edwards, Linda Lyon, 1st Wisconsin Company C, 8th Regt. Illinois Calvalry, Battery G 2nd Illinois, Thomas J. Nichols III,  Joe H. Harrell Jr., Scott Endsley, William Hartwig, Daniel K. Chroninger, Jim Newley, Greg Dely, Tony Lobello, Steve Scheflow, William M. Hartgrove (Stephen Douglas), Max Daniels (Abraham Lincoln), Donna Daniels, Jerry Kowalski (General Thomas), JoEllen Kowalski, Helen Milana, William L. Teshner, Jerry Mortenson, Leroy Martin, Victor T. Young, David L. Christen, Court Stahr, Tanner Creery, Shane Christen, William Amberg, Kevin Castleberg, James Wolf, Steve Valley, Patrick Allison, Kevin Pearson, Patrick Collins, David Grill, Carl J. Fulk, Cody Boesen, Howard Ketuver,   Gary H. G,  Joseph Kahn, Gary E. Wilie, Jenny Stolte, Katie Mineck, Larry Werline (General Grant), William L. Teshner (General Sherman), Paul W. Wood (General Lee) Tom Peacock (General Custer), Rebecca Sutera Tulloch, Emily Adams, Elaine Morin, Stephanie Karlovich, LeAnn Spivey, Vivian L. Houghton, Virginia Temme, Ramona Tritz, Kevin P. Healy, Matthew Decowski, James Clark, Tim Keierleber, Dan Hess, Brian Mensching, Mike Taylor, Tom Pekny, Scott H. Paulson, Trevor Steinbach, John Thomsen, Robert D. Fox, Robert Norton, Chris Pehm, James S. Tulloch, Zaak Walton, Jim Newby, Helen Kagin, Edwin Kagin

    Writer, Director,  

    Producer:

Charles Larimer

Co-Directors of Photography: 

Additional Camera:

Assistant Director:

Casting:

Locations:   

Ann Cejka, Brian Pittman, Mike Dooley  

Historical Consultant:

Crew:

Editing:

Script Consultant:

Music:

1st Brigade Band

Bob Welch

& Others

Marketing:

DJ Long Smierciak

Grip

Jack Hatfield

Special Thanks:

H. D. Youth Center

and Henry Davison

1006 3rd Street S.E.
Cedar Rapids, IA
(319) 363-5239

Ushers Ferry Historic Village
5925 Seminole Valley TR NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52411

Contact: Vicki Hughes

Phone: 319-286-5763
FAX: 319-286-5764

River Cruises on the Twilight

Departing from Le Claire, Iowa

Mailing Address:

PO Box 406
Galena, IL 61036
Phone:  815-777-1660 or
            800-331-1467

Mike Dooley and Family

2915 Newport Rd NE
Iowa City, IA 52240

Muskets and Memories - Boscobel, WI

Theresa Pendleton and

Marie & Ken Leifheit
26886 Kinney Ln.
Soldier's Grove, WI 54655
Phone: 608-872-2274
E-mail: cirushwk@mwt.net

Thunder in the Hills

email:   mcreery@netins.net