Historical Society to premiere documentary featuring local love story
The Laguna Beach Historical Society will present the world premiere of the documentary, “The Remarkable Life of John Weld,” on Friday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at The Laguna Beach High School Artists Theater on Park Avenue. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the movie starts at 7:30 p.m. with an introduction by one of the executive producers, Roger Jones.
The documentary features the ever-evolving life of John Weld, a newspaper reporter and screenwriter. The film also focuses on the love story between Weld and Gigi Parrish, an actress, who was also a resident of Laguna Beach. After appearing in nine films, Parrish stepped away from her acting career and married Weld in 1937. Together, Weld and Parrish ran the Laguna Beach News Post from 1949 to 1965.
Tickets are $15, and all proceeds will be donated to the nonprofit, Laguna Beach Historical Society/Murphy Smith Bungalow. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at johnweldofficial.com.
I bet it is a great story that needs to be told. Two keys to make one very happy on this earth; a true love and a city like Laguna Beach.. THEY were both blessed!
Might be wrong, but in the picture above, it looks like John Weld is interviewing a young Craig Lockwood——looking forward to seeing Roger Jones’s premier documentary on February 8th!
This has been a labor of love. I can’t wait to see the finished product.