Using only an iPhone, a clip-on lense and microphone from Amazon.com and a light from Home Depot, one-time short film producer and director Jon Cannell collaborated with a team of actors and volunteer crew over the weekend of August 29 to create short film “THE LOVELIES”. The film was shot on Olivia Street in Key West, and has been entered in the third annual Tropic Cinema 72 Hour Film Challenge. The five minute ten second comedic black and white piece was written, shot and edited in 72 hours, in the “Film noir” genre. It will be shown September 9 and 10 at Tropic Cinema in Key West, along with films from almost twenty other local film making teams.

“THE LOVELIES” stars Key West actors George Gugleotti, Christina Cannell, Ronnie Carruthers, Rock Solomon

George Gugleotti has been involved with the theatre in Key West since 1979 when he was cast by Tennessee Williams to play the French Instructor in Will Mr. Merriwether Return From Memphis?, the play that opened the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center; as the Boy in American Buffalo, for the Red Barn’s inaugural season and as Vito in P.S. Your Cat Is Dead at the Waterfront. Before coming to Key West, George appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, a national tour of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown and countless Off-Off Broadway shows. George is a past President of the Key West Players, Inc. at the Waterfront Playhouse. He has acted on most of the stages in Key West and directed over a dozen plays and musicals at the Waterfront Playhouse. He is also a recipient of the Key West Players’ Florence Recher Award. In 2010, he had the pleasure of returning to the boards as Juror #9 in Twelve Angry Men.

Ronnie Curruthers is a performing singer-songwriter who has entertains nightly at Chicago’s on Greene Street in Key West. Ronnie recently released a recording of his original song “Greet The Day” on Zen Records. He is also a fine artist; his paintings can be seen at the Gallery on Greene in Key West.

Christina Cannell is an amateur stage actor and photographer, as well as a business owner. She was a member Charlotte Players in Port Charlotte, Florida where she played the role of Elizabeth in myster-comedy Catch Me If You Can by by Robert Thomas.

Rock Solomon was first introduced to big band music at age 10, when he began helping his father, a Jazz Hall-of-Fame inductee, set up for 22 piece jazz big-band performances at various venues in Washington state. Solomon’s father began playing jazz at the height of the big band era in 1942, and has since performed with countless jazz greats, including Sammy Davis Jr., Billy Holiday, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Nelson Riddle.

Rock Solomon is a Key West entertainer studied music directly under his father, a Jazz Hall-of-Fame inductee. Rock acquired a unique perspective and intimate understanding of the jazz big-band genre under the tutelage of his father. As a band leader, musician and vocalist, he gained the rare ability to preserve the musical integrity of the Great American Songbook, while simultaneously bringing refreshing interpretations of the music to new audiences. Now Solomon carries the torch and tradition of his family, emerging as a young crooner with an old soul and unique authenticity.

All local Key West actors, filmmakers,and general creative-types were invited to participate in the third annual 72-Hour Film Challenge, to be held during the weekend of August 28th, 2015. Filmmaking teams had 72 hours to write, shoot, and edit a complete short film of seven minutes or less in length. All entries will be shown at a screening open to the public on September 9th and 10th at the Tropic. This Film Challenge was open to the public, for locals of all ages and experience levels.

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