Filming of The Exorcist movie at Georgetown University

Ad for movie extras, The Hoya, October 13, 1972 (a Friday)

Digitized issues from 1920-1999 can be browsed and searched via DigitalGeorgetown. The Date Created facet in blue on the right side of the screen (scroll down to see it) can be used to limit searches to a particular time period. To search within any item on a list of search results: click on the title in blue, then click on the blue ViewOpen link at the top of the screen, then hold down the control and f keys on the keyboard at the same time, and enter a search term in the box which appears in the top right corner. Relevant Hoya articles include:

• Ads for movie extras, October 13, 1972

• “Cameras Roll this Monday,” October 20, 1972

• “Before the Exorcist: The Mount Rainier Possession 1949,” October 20, 1972 [Reprinted from the Washington Post, August 26, 1949]

• “‘Exorcist’ Filming: Hollywood Comes to Georgetown,” November 3, 1972

• “Vivat ‘Exorcist.” Letter to the Editor from Clifford T. Chieffo, Chair of the Fine Arts Department and GU Liaison with Warner Brothers Studio for filming, November 10, 1972

• “Film Crew Meets Faculty in Benefit” by Jim Nagle, November 10, 19772

• “Demons Exorcise Tinsel Hoopster” by Ken Click, November 17, 1972

•  “Satan Targets GU Jesuits in Exorcist Sequel” by Eugene Sloan, September 8, 1989

 

Physical copies are available for use in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. Request them via the Aeon request system.
Relevant articles include:

• “Exorcist’ Comes Home,” October 3, 1972 [cover story]

• “Exorcist Extras Start Work" by John Halebian,, October 25, 1972

• “Exorcist Mishaps” by John Halebian, March 6, 1973

 

 

Physical copies are available for use in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. Request them via the Aeon request system. Relevant articles include:

• “Exorcist Filmed,” November 1972

• “‘Exorcist’ Arouses Media’s Interest,” March 1974

 

 

Digitized issues can be browsed and searched via Digital Georgetown. The Date Created facet in blue on the right side of the screen (scroll down to see it) can be used to limit search results to a particular time period. To search within any item on a list of search results: click on the title in blue, then click on the blue ViewOpen link at the top of the screen, then hold down the control and f keys on the keyboard at the same time, and enter a search term in the box which appears in the top right corner. Relevant Hoya articles include:

•  1988.  Page 256: “The Exorcist -Remembering” which profiles Professor Clifford T. Chieffo and his connections to the filming

• 1989. Page 249: References filming scenes for Exorcist III in the Tombs.  Page 347: “‘The Exorcist’ Returns to Georgetown”

 

 

Physical copies are available for use in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. Request them via the Aeon request system. The May/June1989  issue includes an article on filming of "The Exorcist III"