A view from the top

Published 12:00 am Sunday, October 11, 2009

Local extras for the cast of “The Crisis” pose on the front lawn of the Old Court House when the movie was filmed here in 1916. A Civil War drama, it was the first to be made in Mississippi. Local men were used as soldiers, but if one donned a Yankee uniform he had to be paid twice as much as a Confederate. No one in this photo is identified. The picture is from the Old Court House Museum collection.

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