Lady in White

Infobox Film
name = Lady in White


caption = original film poster
director = Frank LaLoggia
producer = Frank LaLoggia
Andrew G. LaMarca | writer = Frank LaLoggia
starring = Lukas Haas,
Len Cariou,
Alex Rocco,
Katherine Helmond
music = Frank LaLoggia
cinematography = Russell Carpenter
editing = Steve Mann
distributor = New Century Vista Film Company
released = April 22 1988
runtime = 112 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = $4,700,000cite web | work=imdb.com | title=The Lady in White | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095484/business| accessdate=2006-09-04]
imdb_id = 0095484"see also: White Lady (ghost) for the paranormal phenomena.

Lady in White is a 1988 film of the ghost/mystery genre. Much of the film was made in and about Wayne County, New York, taking advantage of appropriate local color.

The film was produced and written by Frank LaLoggia, a native of nearby Rochester, NY. Starring were Lukas Haas, Alex Rocco, and Katherine Helmond.

Plot

A young boy is locked in his school's cloak room on Halloween night by some school bullies. While he waits to be let out, he witnesses a ghostly murder, and is nearly killed himself when the murderer returns for something he left behind. The boy then befriends the ghost of the young girl he saw killed, and works to figure out who killed her before they can kill again, and to bring some solace to the mysterious lady in white who roams the town in which he lives.

Production

In order to prepare him for an emotional scene, director Frank LaLoggia tried to convince young star Lukas Haas that his mother had been killed.

References

External links

*imdb title|0095484
* [http://www.dareland.com/emulsionalproblems/laloggia.htm LA Weekly, May 20, 1988: Interview with Frank LaLoggia on the making of "Lady in White"]