WESTERN FILMS NOW SNOW REAL LIFE
The day of the roughneck and tumble version or the life out in tho " wild and woolly west ” is apparently over, i’icturosquenoss, directors say, is taking the place of the hectic rough riding epics of the real West. Victor Fleming, who directs ' To tho Last Man,’ a Zane Grey production, states that in the making of this picture efforts were concentrated in presenting the real life of the western pioneer. “ The story is natural and picturesque,” states Mr Fleming, ‘and it holds interest in the gripping pathos of its plot—its human interest, its historical realism. 1 believe that tin; public is tired of seeing nothing but bucking horses unci ridiculous gun-fighting over nothing in particular. In filming ‘To tho Last Man,’ we attempted to show tlie real life of the pioneer as it existed in the early eighties in Arizona. The story is so filled with romance, the lovo and tho hates of the old timers, that to exaggerate it would be to impose upon the intelligence of an audience.” _ ‘To the Last Man ’ hs a Paramount picture adapted from the famous novel by Zane Grev. It was filmed in Toronto Basin, where the author wrote the story.
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Evening Star, Issue 18399, 6 October 1923, Page 8
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204WESTERN FILMS NOW SNOW REAL LIFE Evening Star, Issue 18399, 6 October 1923, Page 8
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