In the Summer of 1972, Mid-Missouri went Hollywood.
Jodie Foster, 1972
A movie musical version of Mark Twain’s classic, Tom Sawyer , was set to be filmed in Arrow Rock, Missouri —just a hop, skip and a jump from my hometown of Columbia .
I begged, pleaded and subsequently hyperventilated until my parents agreed to take me to the open call for movie extras. After all, at the age of ten, my potential child star days were quickly running out.
Conquer movie stardom first. Then, I was...
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