This Week in Vanderbilt History

This Week
In Vanderbilt History ...

The spring semester of 1983 showed an unusual amount of activity on the Vanderbilt campus due to the filming of The Cradle Will Fall, a CBS TV movie. The Tennessee Film Commission recommended Vanderbilt as a possible location to shoot portions of the film, which was based on the mystery novel by Mary Higgins Clark, The Cradle Will Fall. The story is of a woman who finds her life in danger from a deranged doctor. Chancellor Emeritus Alexander Heard's Office served as the doctor's office, and other portions were filmed at the Medical Center. During the filming, Vanderbilt was host to many notable actors, including Lauren Hutton, James Farentino, Ben Murphy, and many stars from the cast of the soap opera Guiding Light.

Source: Vanderbilt Register, March 18, 1983
-- Alyson Fant