NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The City by the Sea will be front and center in the Hallmark Channel's "A Newport Christmas" later this year.

In a social media post Wednesday, Bowen's Wharf announced that it was the "only Newport location" to be featured in the film.

The brand new holiday movie stars Gianna Claire Mason and Wes Brown, according to Hallmark. It showcases a time travel romance between Ella (Mason), a charitable and spirited Newport socialite, and Nick (Brown), a sailor and local historian.

In the movie, Ella finds herself mysteriously traveling from 1905 to the present day after wishing for a different life on a comet passing through the sky. She then meets Nick and falls in love, which makes her reluctant to return to the past.

But her legacy — and Newport's history — are at ris

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