Movie is a boon for biz

Movie is a boon for biz

Filming generates economic ripples By Martin Luttrell WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE September 19, 2009 WORCESTER — When set designer Jay R. Hart walked into the Putnam Hallmark store in Webster Square Plaza last week, Daniel B. LeBlanc was interested in knowing...
Playhouse to reopen as theater for foreign films

Playhouse to reopen as theater for foreign films

By D.C. Denison Boston Globe September 18, 2009 Forget the Sundance Channel. Those who love watching independent and foreign films on a big screen in a real movie house are going to have a new venue right in Boston’s Theatre District. More than 10 years after the last...
Playhouse to reopen as theater for foreign films

Brush with celebrity

Hub art galleries, shops get a business lift from movie-making boomlet By Johnny Diaz Boston Globe September 17, 2009 When movie set decorator Debbie Cutler needed sculptures and paintings for one of the character’s homes in the Bruce Willis futuristic thriller...

SLIDESHOW: Are the tax credits working?

The following slideshow describes the local economic impact of the film tax credit program from 2006 to 2009: Mass Film Office (Ppt) Feb 22 2010View more presentations from Mass Film Office.