With some industry experience behind them, they returned to Michigan to create a ten-minute short, War Prayer, based upon Mark Twain's short story, The War Prayer, a controversial war-story that was embargoed by Harper's Bazaar, until six years after Twain's death.
Berbekal pengalaman industri yang didapatkan, keduanya kembali ke Michigan untuk membuat film pendek 10 menit, War Prayer, berdasarkan cerita pendek karya Mark Twain, The War Prayer, suatu cerita perang kontroversial yang diboikot oleh Harper's Bazaar, sampai enam tahun setelah kematian Twain.