The Daniel Lapointe Collection consists of a single 16 mm. film, "Movie Queen," made ca. 1936 as part of a local talent production. The film consists of shots of the town's businesses and people. The so-called movie queen is a local girl who visits business proprietors in and around Van Buren, obtaining goods and services such as a milkshake and automobile towing. Automobiles and automobile service are prominent in the footage. A hotel, a lumberyard with rail service carrying the finished lumber to market, and potato fields are also included. The Gayety Theatre is shown with emerging matinee customers. The film appears to be shot toward the end of the summer as there is footage of a fair with a sideshow, an entertainment likely to travel in the summer. This version of "Movie Queen" does not have the comedic kidnapping component that is present in many other surviving versions.
