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Fall 2006 Lecture

Public Invited to Screening Of New Chevy Chase Documentary,
Conversation with Producers
November 15, 2006

Area residents are invited to learn how a helicopter, a 1915 ragtime tune and
computer animation helped flavor the new documentary film, “Chevy Chase,
Maryland: A Streetcar to Home,” in a conversation with the producers at the
Chevy Chase Historical Society’s fall meeting on Wednesday, November 15,
at 8 p.m. The meeting, which includes a screening of the new film, will be
held at the Town of Chevy Chase Town Hall in the Leland Center, 4301 Willow
Lane, and the public is welcome. 
 
Co-producers of the documentary, Martin Huberman and Mary Anne Hoffman,
will describe what it took to tell the story of one of the nation’s early streetcar
suburbs, suggest special features the audience can look for in the film, and
then answer questions following the 32-minute show.

Work began in November 2005 on the project, which was funded by the
Chevy Chase Historical Society and contributions from Chevy Chase Village,
the Town of Chevy Chase, Section 3, Section 5, Martin’s Additions and Chevy
Chase Bank.

Longtime Chevy Chase residents Fred B. Winkler and Marion Esch Potter --
who remember riding streetcars on Connecticut Avenue until the mid-1930s –
were interviewed for the film, along with local historians Judith H. Robinson,
William Offutt, Eleanor Ford, Elizabeth Jo Lampl and Kimberly Prothro Williams.

The screening of the documentary will follow a brief business meeting, and
light refreshments will be served.

Chevy Chase, Maryland: A Streetcar to Home will be available for sale in
DVD format at the meeting. DVDs also can be ordered online.