Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-17
-Chs Daily Magazine
SCHOOL CHILDREN
WILL LOVE
BUFFALO BILL FILM
BY CONSTANCE PALMER

Noihs
csCHooL children arc going to bless
- the filming OF the serial I'm the
4 lays of Buffalo Bill" for it Will make
the learning of history visual pleasure
instead Of an obscure and befogging
ask. They are having great times at
the studio trying to get the picture
Technically correct. Such questions as
who was in the theatre when Lincoln
was shot, and what effect his assassina-
ION had upon the settling of the West,
are agitating officials considerably.
Another serial Of interest to students
= "with Stanley in Africa" Who
went with Henry NJ. Stanley into the
dark continent searching for the lost
I,r. David Livingston? Did that his
toric expedition carry with IT ordinary
single shot rifles or the repeating guns
that were not yet OF the market!
They have been able TO locate people
who were living at the time these events
took place. The keeping OF, diaries
Was I'm vogue then. fortunately, and
many such records have been turned
over to the company. Ono or our Dig
railroads has not only opened its books
of the period. but has secured some OF
the engines and cars used at that time
AS n personal example of the general
informative value of pictures, "n'h
several people were gathered ut III!
house the other evening, wanting 10 90
something rather unusual, we startcu
asking each other questions, the answers
TO which every one should know just on
general principles. You'd be surprised
at the things we found we didn t know.
The star of the class was Alfred Ner'
ler, Miss Pickford's = assistant direCIoI'
We simply cOuldn stump MN Tu W.
ancient history. How the dickens u"
Won know all these things we asked
iie grinned sheepishly and admitted,
Intolerance | used to be advance
man for the picture" Then VIC began
10 wonder lust what films had given US;
albeit without our knowing 1t, genera
information. We listed these: ne
R;rth Of n Nation" Intolerance,
''Tbeodora." Passion" Deception
and ''The Three Musketccrs.'
While the historical accuracy Of thes"
nictures may be questioned, they surely
give us a comprehensive knowledge OF
the manners and customs OF the periods
in which they are laid. So It behooveS
the makers of costume pictures to DC
careful. It's so easy to go wrong-and
what a storm of abuse will swirl around
their heads from the public they tried
10 deceive, People are no longer swal-
lowing pictures whole.
EyERDINAND PINNEY EARLE IS
Il going to make Faust" for his sec
ond venture in celluloid. He is taking
all the versions of the story that have
been written, and is Culling from them
the human and humane attributes Of
the characters. He considers Faust
and "Romeo and Juliet the purcst
and most enduring romances of all time,
and will base his effort on that thesis.
He will use even more extensively than
he did in The Rubaiyat' backgrounds
II paintings. He says he will be even
more daring in his use of light and
shade.
1t is impossible to estimate just how
much more daring he can be. as we
haven't seen THE Rubaiyat." It's tied
,ip i'm the courts. you know. by group
Of irate stockholders. They spirited
the film out Of the cutting room and have
Indignantly taken train for New York.
Mr.. Earle has issued a warning TO
exhibitors that to exhibit it would be AT
the risk OF court action, and to trade
papers that to advertise 1t would entail
the same. This is all rather tawdry
business, and will not help the film any.
even were it complete. (Mr. Earle
chortles that he is holding out 10000
feet of the key scenes OF the picture. }
Nice scrap?