(erielack) RE: Great Train Robbery article

["Hollritt, Todd" <todd.hollritt_@_attws.com>]

The Daily Record article stated...
"There's been all kinds of rumors that it was Dover or Rockaway or Rockaway Township, but I really don't know any more than that," Johnson said.

The rumors are true... here's a very detailed story about the Great Train Robbery for you to read, because working within a budget of $150, Porter shot his 12-minute epic on location on the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad near Dover, New Jersey. He used an actual train for the robbery sequence and hired locals to round out the bandit gang and the posse. One of the actors, Gilbert Anderson, played several parts, including a bandit and a wounded passenger. Anderson later changed his name to "Bronco Billy" and became the first cowboy star, making more than 400 films.  Click on the link  http://www.cowboysindians.com/articles/1003/reel.html  and now you have the Whole Story  :)
Todd-


Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:29:53 -0500
From: David M Goessling <dgoessling_@_lucent.com>
Subject: (erielack) Great Train Robbery article

I was searching on the Morristown (NJ) Daily Record  site and ran across this
article that I didn't see anyone post (sorry if it was...):

http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-firstmovie.htm

It's about the early Edison film The Great Train Robbery. Legend has it that it
was shot along the Lackawanna near Dover, though opinions still differ. It's
always looked to me like the curve approaching Mt. Tabor, but others can surely
be more specific. Al H?

BTW, the article states:

""The Great Train Robbery" was released to the public on Dec. 1, 1903, according
to the Dover Area Historical Society, which will be commemorating the 100th
anniversary on Nov. 12 at St. Clare's/Dover Hospital."

Anyone know about this event?

dave G

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