The Tropic Cinema invites you to join them for Peggy Dow Days starting Friday, December 9th through Sunday, December 11th, as they pay tribute and celebrate with non-stop Peggy Dow movies all weekend, culminating with a special screening event on Sunday.
Tickets to each screening are available for a $5 donation; Sunday's Cinema Paradiso event is a $25 donation.
Friday, December 9th
Bright Victory at 2:30 p.m.
Harvey at 5:00 p.m.
You Can Never Tell at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 10th
Harvey at 2:30 p.m.
Woman in Hiding at 5:00 p.m.
Undertow at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 11th
Cinema Paradiso with champagne and treats at 6:00 p.m.
About Peggy Dow
A model and radio actress, Peggy was spotted by a talent agent and offered a seven-year contract by Universal Studios in 1949. Bypassing the starlet bit-part route, she showed depth and range in a series of crime thrillers including Woman in Hiding, and her star began to ascend. She co-starred as the lovely Nurse Kelly in the classic James Stewart farce Harvey (1950) and appeared opposite Arthur Kennedy in the touching war drama Bright Victory (1951).
These two different roles showed Hollywood that Peggy could handle comedy and drama with equal finesse - but she decided just a year later to retire from show business, marrying Tulsa oilman Walter Helmerich and embarking on a life as a wife, mother and philanthropist. Peggy and Walter remained married for 60 years until his death in 2012, raising five sons (including former Tropic Cinema Executive Director Matthew Helmerich) and becoming well-known supporters of libraries, education and the arts.