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impressive knowledge of vintage merchandise labels ensured the vendor kiosks were period-correct. Edward wanted to recreate specific striking Penn Station vignettes that had been uncovered during research, such as a woman seated on a set of period luggage and a uniformed soldier giving his beloved a farewell kiss. "Then we pass by Beth kissing her fiancé Russell," Edward casually noted when he first spoke of this last vignette several months earlier. Always preferring to stay behind camera, I laughed this off assuming Edward was joking. Joking he was not! On the day of filming, I was whisked into a hair and makeup chair, and Amy Roth slipped a delightful 1950s dress over my head and wedged my feet into the aforementioned dainty high heels. My handsome fiancé, Production Designer Russell Barnes, agreed to play the dashing soldier, possibly regretting the full wool uniform once the sixth hour of high-temperature movie lighting rolled around. We dutifully played the role of Edward's "Penn Station Lovers," not being deterred when the good-humored first assistant director Adam Escott (purposefully?) forgot to tell us we weren't even on camera as we smooched for minutes on end during the first take. While most people believe Edward was born to be an actor, I'm a firm believer that he was also born to be a director. And I have him to thank for the fact that whenever I give Russell a kiss, I hear his direction: "Heel up, Mickle!" Beth Mickle, Production Designer Michael Ahern, Art Director Jason Christiansen, Assistant Art Director Jill Beecher, Illustrator Dan-ah Kim, Graphic Artist Kara Zeigon, Set Decorator F G H © WBEI