Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame honors Charles B. Pierce

By: Aaron Brand - Texarkana Gazette

File photo. Arkansas filmmaker Charles B. Pierce is pictured in this 1983 file photo by the Texarkana Gazette. Film posters of two of his films, “Bootleggers” and “The Legend of Boggy Creek,” can be seen on the wall behind him. Pierce died in March at the age of 71.

The late Arkansas filmmaker and former Texarkana resident Charles B. Pierce has achieved lasting honors in his home state with induction into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.

Pierce, director of such cult films as “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” re...

Published: 09/19/2010