They arrived at the Prytania Theatre early, with glitter and blankets and friends from book club, for the first chance to see a romance they’d loved on the page transformed for the screen.

To them, and to the film and book industries courting them, the screening of “People We Meet on Vacation” this week in New Orleans was a big deal.

The first of author Emily Henry’s wildly popular romance novels to be turned into a movie. The first screening of that movie in any theater.

The fans were bright and buzzing about the film, much of it shot in New Orleans, even before Henry herself burst through the theater’s side doors.

"The reason we are all here, folks,” said the film’s director, Brett Haley, as fans screamed. Henry stepped onto the stage, waving, her long, blond curls bouncing.

“Omigos

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