#EstelleTaylor booed in #Banff #Alberta 1924. Pernicious newspaper propaganda implied she found wilds of Alberta dull so movie outfits wouldn't leave California for exotic new scenery.
#TheAlaskan Master of light and shadows: #JamesWongHowe
pic: #AnnaMayWong #EstelleTaylor dir. #HerbertBrenon

Iyarhe Nakoda Chiefs Jonas Benjamin, Walking Buffalo & Dan Wildman cruise out to set of #TheAlaskan in #Banff #Alberta 1924. #herbertbrenon director. Cast included #AnnaMayWong #TommyMeighan #EstelleTaylor. Shot by master of light & shadows #JamesWongHowe. #moviesky #filmsky

#IyarheNakoda women did not appear in early films shot at #MiniThni reserve in #Alberta by #FrankBorzage. Elders in #StoneyFilmProject said they were uncomfortable with cameras until around 1924, when 250 Nakoda with women & children were in #TheAlaskan, shot by #JamesWongHowe. 🎥 #moviesky #filmsky