A Stunning Backdrop : Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 Grade Two Stephanie Peltier

Stephanie Peltier

and an archivist/historian

as journeys toward the Old Ones

Joyce Lynn Perreault is an educator who is very proud of her Ojibwe/Métis heritage

the artist's works capture the essential nature of the story making this little reader ideal for beginning readers

A Stunning Backdrop : Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 Grade Two Stephanie PeltierAlbertas magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last western frontier. In turn, Canadian entrepreneurs were eager for American studios to drape Alberta landscape across the backdrop of their movies, an advertisement without equal. A Stunning Backdrop is the untold story of six