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Two years of exhaustive research preceded the writing of Elliott Arnold’s book, “Blood Brother”, on which "Broken Arrow”, co-starring James Stewart, Debra Paget and Jeff Chandler, is based. Another year was spent in preparation of the screenplay by Michael Blankfort. There was one purpose for this lengthy research: to assure authenticity, for this stir- ring romantic drama, with color by Technicolor, dramatizes a great chapter out of the history of the Indians’ relationship with white men. “Broken Arrow” tells the story of the legendary Apache warrior chief, Cochise whose name spelled terror for pioneering white men, in the 1870’s, in Arizona, and of a courageous young white man who saw blood spilled needlessly between the two peoples. Eventually, the white man, a champion of the Indians, induced Cochise to sign a peace pact, but the Indians were deceived by power-seeking whites and war broke out anew. Through this actionful drama runs a beautiful love story involving the youig white man and an Indian girl. They marry and it is through a great sacrifice on her part that peace is eventually effected. In filming this colorful saga, Director Delmar Daves, aiming for semi-documentary treatment, took his troupe to the actual scene where the story was originally unfolded-the desolate wastes of Arizona, not far from the White River Reservation where many of the Apaches, some direct descendants of Cochise, now live. Almost 1000 people, including 375 full- blooded Apaches, appear in “Broken Arrow”. James Stewart’s role in the picture is his first portrayal of a Westerner in more than a decade, his last similar part having been in “Destry Rides Again”, in which he was teamed with Marlene Dietrich. More recently Stewart has co-starred in “The Stratton Story”. Debra Paget, who plays the Indian girl, will be remembered for her portrayals in "Cry Of The City” and “House Of Strangers”. Producer Julian Blaustein, after no brief search, borrowed Jeff Chandler from Universal-International, to play Cochise. Others in the cast include Basil Rusdael, Raymond Bromley,Joyce Mackenzie, Will Greer, Robert Adler and Robert Griffin. Ernest Palmer, who has "shot” many of the screen’s outstanding outdoor dramas, was the photographer for "Broken Arrow”, for which Alfred Newman has written a musical score that is predicted by those who have viewed the picture to merit an Academy Award nomination for this year. One of the year’s more expensive productions, "Broken Arrow” was designed to be the outstanding dramatization of the Indians’ plight and fight for survival during the white man’s constantly expanding penetration of the great West. The U.S. Department of Interior co-operated with the studio not only in the research, preliminary to actual filming of the picture, but also in its “shooting”. Headquarters for operations, involving one of the biggest movements of film personnel and equipment since the war, was Sedona, in the Coconino National Forest, 28 miles south of Flagstaff, Ariz.