For Immediate Release:
March
4, 2006
by Frances
Stewart |
West Union, WV
- The office of Governor Joe Manchin III, the 34th
Governor of West Virginia, has issued a Proclamation declaring December 22,
Clyde Ware Day.
A native of West Union, West Virginia, Clyde Ware has been awarded the WV
International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (2002). His distinguished
career in motion pictures and television includes direction and production as
well as screenwriting.
His work is so synonymous with Americana, many trivia games and crossword
puzzles use it as reference. Some of his credits are:
The Innocents; Episodes for Gunsmoke, The Hitchcock Hour, Bonanza
1975, THE HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS, ABC-TV
DIRECTED BY: Clyde Ware
CAST: Jack Palance, Steve Forrest, Richard Hatch, James Keach, Robert Carradine,
Joe Estevez
(southern West Virginia)
The writer of countless screenplays and TV scripts since moving to California,
Clyde's earlier work included two critically acclaimed novels, The
Innocents (1969) and The Eden Tree (1971).
Ware's novels include The Eden Tree and The Innocents. He is a script writer for
television and movies and the founder of a film production company.
West Virginia has not forgotten Clyde Ware, and Clyde Ware has not forgotten his
homeland. Two of Ware's films were shot on location in north central West
Virginia, Doddridge County:
1972: "No Drums, No Bugles" Cinerama Releasing
DIRECTED BY: Clyde Ware
CAST: Martin Sheen, Davey Davison, Elaine Giftos
The film is based on the West Virginia legend of a conscientious objector during
the Civil War who spent three years in a cave rather than fight.
and, 1973: "Where the Line Goes Through" All Seasons Video
DIRECTED BY: Clyde Ware
CAST: Martin Sheen, Tillie Allen, Dick Barton, Vicki Carroll, Davey Davison
Another film on the Coal Mining Industry "Rough Diamonds", is scheduled for
production this Fall in West Virginia. A love story with a background of coal
mining. that Clyde expects will put his beloved Doddridge County and West Union
on the international map.
Clyde Ware plans to attend the West Union Festival on July 22, 2006, honoring
the 125th Anniversary of the Town of West Union.
FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
FRANCES STEWART
304 873-3379
info@westunionfest.org
101 MAPLE STREET, WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA 26456
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