Monday, January 25, 2010

Appearance by Mary Badham from The Bewitchin' Pool

Mary Badham from The Twilight Zone episode “The Bewitchin’ Pool” is scheduled to appear at the kick-off of Spokane, Washington’s Big Read program on February 16th. Badham is best known for playing Scout in the 1962 (Gregory Peck) movie adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In February and March, The Big Read will focus on To Kill a Mockingbird.

In “The Bewitchin’ Pool” Badham plays a girl named Sport. Sport and her brother Jeb seek to escape from their squabbling parents by passing into a fairy tale like world. Earl Hamner, Jr., who also created the TV series The Waltons, wrote “The Bewitchin’ Pool” and several other Twilight Zone episodes.

For more information on Badham’s appearance see:http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/24/badham-of-scout-fame-will-kick-off-big-read/

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