The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-05
NORTH DAK0TAN HELD ONLY WOMAN
PRODUCER OF MOVIES IN COUNTRY
Miss Angela Murray Gibson
Of CasseltOn Shows County
Superintendent How IT. Is
Done Directs Production
and Turns Crank Herself

Miss Angela Murray Gibson, the
only producer of moving pictures in
North Dakota and perhaps the only
woman producer of pictures in the
United States, who is her own
camera man." entertained the coun-
ty superintendent of the state and
gave real treat to the inmates of
the North Dakota state penitentiary
Monday evening, with program CIV
en- in honor Of James W. Foley, the
North Dakota poet, consisting Of
two moving picture stories, filmed
in this state, and accompanied by
Foley readings. The entertainment
was given in the theatre at the pen
itentiary and was supplemented by
a solo by Miss Marjorie Best and
singing by members Of the force in
the office of State Superintendent,
Miss Minnie J. Nelson, who ar
ranged the program for the entertain
ment of the visiting superintendent
in Bismarck for a two-day confer
ence. Following the program a de-
lightful reception was held at the
home of Warden ]. j. Lee.
Miss Gibson, a graduate of the
North Dakota Agricultural college,
is a versatile artist. Her speciality
was Scotch readings and songs, in
which she appeared extensively on
American and Canadian stages. 1t
was her knowledge Of things
Scotch" which made her services
in demand as an assistant director
for Mary Pickford in the filming of
the production, "The Pride of the
Clan Miss Gibson appeared in
several pictures and six years ago
conceived the plan of producing pic
lures. Monday evening two of her
productions, "The Story of the
Wheat" and the dramatization of
one Of the J. w. Foley's poems, 1.-THE
Adams's Boys" were presented. Both
OF these pictures were filmed in the
Red River Valley and the actors
were local talent developed by Miss
Gibson
During the past few years Miss
Gibson has produced eight moving
pictures at her home studio at Cas-
selton. While she was a student of
the A. c. she specialized in domes-
tic science and her educational
film, "a, Lesson in Cooking" has
been bought outright for use in the
public schools Of Chicago and Los
Angeles. In the latter city she in
vaded the heart Of the motion pict-
ure industry and proved that pict-
ures produced in North Dakota can
successfully compete with those pro.
duced in Hollywood.
Born in Scotland Miss Gibson has
lived most CT her life in North Da-
kota and in this state she is sue
cessfully carrying out her distinctly
individualistic vocation-or perhaps
the term should be plural--for she
writes the scenarios for MANY of her
plays, builds her own sets, operates
the camera, is her own little editor.
;nd "cuts back" her own films. She
is her own business manager and
has been since the days she worked
her way through the A. c., and she
is now distributing her own picture
through five exchanges which handle
the pictures. mostly through colleges,
churches and schools.
With the increased use of moving
pictures for educational work Miss
GIBSON expects that her pioneer
work of producing pictures in North
Dakota will develop into a paying in
dustry.