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cowpuncher in those days and was the boy’s ideal and model. It was from this meeting, with its stories of the early days, that "The Narrow Trail" was evolved. Hart, on his return to the Coast, spent his hard-earned vacation in jotting down these narratives and weaving into them a wealth of dramatic fiction.
There is in the picture much that is of historical value as a record of the time, which, although recent, has become almost a dream of the past. And there is much of the real William S. Hart in it.
Contrary, perhaps, to accepted belief, the terrific fights seen from time to time on the screen are the real thing. There is no possibility of
faking them. William S. Hart, who will appear at on
in his initial Artcraft picture, "The Narrow Trail," in which is featured a spectacular hand-to-hand encounter between Hart and several Barbary Coast toughs, has this to say on the subject — and Hart is an authority, as he has an intimate knowledge of the technique of the spoken and the silent drama.
"The methods used on the stage, in such scenes, are entirely different from those employed in motion pictures, and in one respect the stage has an enormous advantage," he asserts. "It has an infinitude of lightning effects, carefully thought out to create illusion. We, of the screen world, have only the unalterable sunlight — if a fight is supposed to occur during daylight.
"Think for a minute of some of the most terrific combats you have witnessed in thrilling melodramas — and realize just how you have been
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