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Lewes couple to discuss film industry work March 9

March 3, 2021

Many live workshops are available at no charge to the general public as part of the 5th Annual Ocean City Film Festival, streaming through Thursday, March 11. These include live question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers as well as a live workshop with an Eastern Shore connection.

In 2001, the historic town of Berlin, Md., was chosen as the location for a Hollywood film called “Tuck Everlasting.” The movie crew that came to Berlin that year included Steve and Lorrie Walker, current Lewes residents, who were prop masters on the film. The Walkers opened their historic Lewes home to the 2019 Lewes Garden Tour.

The Walkers will livestream a free workshop about their Berlin experiences, and also their work in the film industry in and around Baltimore for more than 30 years. The free workshop, titled Props: The Little Things That Make a Movie Work, is scheduled for 4 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, at watch.eventive.org/ocmdfilmfestival2021/live.

Beginning in the early 1980s, the pair designed, constructed, and dressed sets for hundreds of television commercials and small films. In the 1990s, they moved on to work predominantly as property masters on feature films and television series including “Homicide,” the Washington, D.C. location filming of “The West Wing,” and movies by John Waters, Barry Levinson and Bruce Beresford. Four of the movies – “Clara’s Heart,” “Silent Fall,” “Swimmers” and “Tuck Everlasting” – were shot mainly on the Eastern Shore.

Steve Walker was also an extra in “Tuck Everlasting,” portraying the card dealer, a small role that depended on his props knowledge of how the cards should be played. This year marks the 20th anniversary of filming in the town, according to Ivy Wells, director of Berlin’s Chamber of Commerce, where the movie runs in a loop at the Visitor’s Center.

For more information and to purchase festival passes, go to OCMDFilmFestival.com

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