"How I did it," ([c1922])

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Mostly About Ideas life and was so strange that it really resembled fiction. The Mexican heard that I had writ- ten a story, using him as the central character, and he visited the studio from time to time while the picture was in production and mani- fested great interest in its progress. The crucifixion used in the photoplay was painted by a French artist and he spent sev- eral weeks working on the canvas. It was about six by four feet in size and was a beau- tiful work in colors. Two priests from Arizona happened to visit the studio one day and they were so impressed with the painting that they asked Maurice Tourneur, the producer, if he would give them the picture when he was fin- ished with it. He gladly consented, and the painting used in that photoplay now hangs in a little church somewhere in Arizona. "The Great Redeemer" has been shown in every city, town and hamlet in the United States, and is still being re-booked by exhibi- tors all over the country. One theatre in Long Beach, Gal., has played the picture six times. In addition to being shown in moviag 43