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Sioux County Pioneer Arrow
Volume XXX     Number 42
FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA
AUGUST 1,  1941
 
 
 

Standing Rock Sioux Indians Sign Contract With Warner Bros.

To Produce Picture "They Did With Their Boots On" A Filming Based on Historic Battle of Little Big Horn, "Custer's Last Stand." - Will Leave Saturday

Mr. Litson, an official of the Warner Bros. Studios at Hollywood, California, arrived in Fort Yates last Saturday and he, with the assistance of Frank Zahn, has been selecting Sioux Indian characters to appear in Warner Bros. Latest proposed production, "They Died With Their Boots On."

This movie production deals with the historic battle referred to as, "Custer's Last Stand." Starring Errol Flynn as General Custer, and Olivia De Haivland as Mrs. Custer, the following Sioux Indians have been selected to play the part of Sitting Bull and his followers:

Frank Zahn,
Moses Brave,
Emmett LaFramboise,
Robert Shoenbut,
Frank Shooter,
Ray Hairychio,
Amos Elknation,
Alvin Elknation,
Joe Fast Horse,
Cyril Archambault,
Jack Red Bear,
Joshua White Shield,
Ambrose Chasing Hawk,
Moses Dog,
Leo Grey Eagle.

They expect to leave by special train from McLaughlin for Hollywood where work on the picture will begin. It is estimated that the picture will be completed in about ninety days and will be on the screen in December or soon after the New Year.