, 1925-07-15

world with a great deal of interest,
inasmuch as all of her former con-
tributions we're of artistic and in
trinsic value.
Her career in the industry has
been decidedly practical, from that
of screen star il 1.-THE Shepherd of
the Hills" in which she demon
strated her artistry as a player to
that of Ralph Connor's "Sky Pilot"
and the securing of the motion pic
ture rights to Conan Doyle's THE
Lost World"
The announcement hat her text
production will be a stupendous fea-
ture picture on the life of Buffalo
Bill has arrested the attention of
the entire country from the fact
that this unique parsonage holds so
distinctive a position in the affec-
lions of the American people that
a photoplay visualizing his roman
tic and varied career hass all the
indication of being a real big sub
stantial success.
Recently Miss Curtis gave a lun-
cheon at the Vanderbilt hotel in
New York in honor of Phil Rosen,
in whose hands she has entrusted
the directing of the Buffalo Bill"
picture, and in introducing her
guest said. among other things:
II wished to meet these people
of the press at this time because 1
knew it would be the only oppor-
tunity for Mrs. Allen, Cody Allen,
Mr.. Rosen and myself to be together
in New York before the Buffalo
Bilr' picture is made. l have never
had the pleasure of meeting the
girls and boys of the New York
press before.
my best known picture was THE
Sky Pilot" 1 had hoped my next
and biggest picture would be "The
Lost World" which l had pur-
chased from Wotterson Rothaker
and started to produce, but a pat
ent litigation I'VE the prehistoric
animal, Mannikins, appeared upon
the horizon and it was with great
regret that l saw THE Lost World
the opening night at the Astor
theatre without my name appearing
as h producer.
81 have had many heartaches In
this motion picture business-but
it still holds it's destinations for me
and / am once again going to take
up the reins N carry on. l am
not going to make of this picture
the average western movie, but
rather l plan to weave around the
life of Colonel Cody all of the ro-
mnnna tho drn n tho trta aa-
icanism for which he was noted and
make of this film an international
monument of the screen to Buffalo
BILL We all know and realize the
the famous character he was-a
man loved by his friends, respected
by all classes, feted by nobility, and
an American who more than all
others has broadcasted to the world
the idealism of our frontier life and
of our western country.
ut is a very interesting fact that
the high lights in Buffalo Bits"
career have peer indelibly linked
with the fair sex from his first dar-
ing rescue of his little sister from
a mountain lion up to his %presenta-
ton at Earl's Court, London, to
Queen Victoria. Rosa Bonheur
painted his first portrait, the one
on his famous horse, Ben Hur. His
sister. Helen Cody Wetmore. wrote
his biography, "The Last of the
Great Scouts, Buffalo BILL Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney modelled her
famous statue which now stands
at Cody. Wyoming. His niece, Mary
Jester Allen, has kept alive his
memory by publicising his deeds in
anticipation of a motion picture of
his life. She has conferred upon
me the great privilege of purchasing
the right of the great screen "Buf-
falo BILL" and it will be my honor
and the greatest ambition of my
life to produce a screen memorial
of this great man, and / wish to
dwell on this point for just one
moment. Motion pictures are our
only universal language and oui
greatest international language. In
this instance, we are going to build
not a motion picture but a screen
monument monument which viii
be a worthy memorial to Buffalo
Bill" l hope I will always remain
faithful to the trust Mrs. Allen ha:
put in me and upon completion o
the picture I hope that l may NEE
you all again, look you square il
the eye and give a good account o
hat trust. But after all our en-
thusiasm today the most importan
thing is the direction of the picture
and / have been fortunate in Sc
curing for this work a man VIII,