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==Culture== <!-- encyclopedic? ===Events=== Marlinites have enjoyed the revival of the Marlin Music and Blues Festival since 2011, but it has not been active at all since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marlindemocrat.com/news/article_a70c6e28-8643-11e0-a688-001cc4c03286.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128115100/http://www.marlindemocrat.com/news/article_a70c6e28-8643-11e0-a688-001cc4c03286.html|url-status=dead|title=Blues Festival is a great success - The Marlin Democrat: News|access-date=Aug 18, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref> Originally the Wood Street Blues Festival from 2003 to 2005, the event was held in late May on consecutive days in honor of musician [[Blind Willie Johnson]], a former resident of Marlin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marlindemocrat.com/news/article_81983d64-5549-11e0-9b83-001cc4c03286.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904060804/http://www.marlindemocrat.com/news/article_81983d64-5549-11e0-9b83-001cc4c03286.html|url-status=dead|title=The 'Blues' are back Festival, numerous activities fill May 20β21 calendar - The Marlin Democrat: News|access-date=Aug 18, 2019|archive-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> In May 2013, after a hiatus, the famous Marlin Festival Days returned to the city park, but has long been closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marlindemocrat.com/news/article_24a9597e-a69d-11e2-9097-0019bb2963f4.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629201615/http://www.marlindemocrat.com/news/article_24a9597e-a69d-11e2-9097-0019bb2963f4.html|url-status=dead|title=Marlin gears up for the return of Festival Days - The Marlin Democrat: News|access-date=Aug 18, 2019|archive-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref> --> ===Filmed in Marlin=== *''[[Leadbelly (film)|Leadbelly]]'' (1976),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Marlin,+Texas,+USA|title=Filming Location Matching "Marlin, Texas, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)|website=IMDb|access-date=Aug 18, 2019}}</ref> starring [[Roger E. Mosley]], was filmed on and around Wood Street in 1974. *''[[Infamous (2006 film)|Infamous]]'' (2006),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26749|title=ePodunk|website=www.epodunk.com|access-date=Aug 18, 2019}}</ref> starring [[Sandra Bullock]], was filmed around Falls County Courthouse and unrestored homes of Marlin. * [[List of Fixer Upper episodes#Season 3 (2015β16)|''Making New Family Memories in Rural Texas'']] (2016), was filmed <!-- on and around 106 Tbd Cir --> in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magnolia.com/our-show/episode-07-paw-paws-house/|title=Fixer Upper | Season 3 Episode 7 | Paw Paw's House}}</ref>
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