SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill

February 7, 2008 —

The set designer for the film Public Enemies will be going through the cabins of the Birchwood Lodge to see what they have to offer for the film. Filming is set to start in April.

"Public Enemies," the John Dillinger film directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp, is a go. It will start filming in Wisconsin in April.

Ruth Gardner owns and runs Voss's Birchwood Lodge in Manitowish Waters with her son, Chris, and his wife, Vanessa. Ruth's mother, Audrey, was a sister to Nan, the wife of Emil Wanatka. Emil Wanatka owned Little Bohemia Lodge at the time of the Dillinger episode.

"I just know they are scheduled to begin shooting in April," said Gardner. "One of the people with the film company, the set designer, called me. They're supposed to come up and go through our cabins to select furniture and other stuff. They want to re-create what Little Bohemia looked like, especially upstairs. I'm probably one of the last people around that knows what it looked like."

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