Brooklyn Roses

where truth meets fiction

a film memoir by Christine Noschese

Christine's Backstory

Dolly joins the W.a.v.e.s,. Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, and marries Tommy

Grandpa, Dolly, and Grandma in the backyard.

Dolly stationed in San Francesco

Dolly and Tommy (Frankie) get married.

Tommy (Frankie) stationed in the Philippines.

at home in brooklyn

Sackett St.

Christmas with Tommy (Frankie), Dolly and baby Christine.

Dolly and baby Christine

Baby Christine with Godmother Nelly Perez

Aunt Anna, Aunt Rosemary and baby Christine at Carroll Park

Christine in the backyard

Christine at birthday party

Christine on swings

Easter with Christine directing

Christine up a tree

Cousin Bobby, Aunt Anna and Christine at Coney Island.

Christine at home with Dolly and Tommy (Frankie) during Christmas.

The boarding school

Certificate from kindergarten at boarding school.

Christine dressed up to go to boarding school.

Dolly at Boarding School

Cousin Bobby and Aunt Anna visiting me at boarding school.

Christine's graduation from kindergarten.

Aunt Rosemary, Christine, Aunt Anna and Bobby

Grandpa and Grandma with Christine and Bobby at boarding school.

Tommy (Frankie) with Christine at boarding school

Maypole dance tradition on May 1st.

Home for the holidays

Christine and family at boarding school

Christine's letter home

ten years later

Christine begins filming her grandparents and neighborhood

Christine in the 60's

Christine Self-Portrait

Christine takes photos of Grandpa and Grandma

Grandpa and Grandma at dinner

Grandma Portrait

Grandpa during dinner

Grandma during dinner

CHRISTINE BEgins making films

christine begins making movies and makes her first film about three generations of italian women

Christine going over video equipment with a friend

Christine on the set of her first film Mary Therese

In Mary Therese, Christine had her mother Dolly play the role of the mother

Christine and grandparents at the premier of her film Mary Therese

christine turns the camera back on her childhood

Christine directing on the set of Brooklyn Roses

Christine with Sari who plays Rosemarie and Shareen who plays Dolly in Brooklyn Roses

Christine during the filming of Brooklyn Roses

Christine approving of her cousin Madlyn's, who plays Aunt Anna in the film, makeup

Christine guarding the camera on set

Christine giving directs to Shareen, who plays Dolly

Christine in between takes

Christine and Shareen on set

Christin and the cinematographer setting up for the shot

Christine giving directs to her cousin Madlyn, who plays Aunt Anna in the film

Sari and christine stay in each others lives during the in between years of the film

Sari and Christine's wedding

Sari was an fan of horseback riding

Just as Christine was around Sari's age

Sari playing the guitar

Sari having fun while being fitted for a dress