A free showing of the film “Happy Homes and Fertile Farms on Smiling Waters” will be held on Friday, July 12 at the Mathews Museum. Doors open at 6 p.m. and showtime is at 6:30.

The event is being held to mark the 25th anniversary of the film by the late Eugene C. Hudgins. Eugene’s son, Coles Hudgins, will tell stories of his father’s production of the movie.

The 1999 movie is an homage to Mathews and its people. “As we travel on the road of life, many times the sweetest part of the trail is that part that leads back home. Our home and surrounding area have a beauty which bring us a calmness which most of us really appreciate,” the elder Hudgins wrote.

Hudgins narrated the 111-minute film and it includes many notable features of Mathews, as well as people. The movie was shown to a packed house at the museum, located at 200 Main Street, last year.
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