But here is an American world in which one could see visions and hear voices.

Where is the inspired camera that will record something of what Inness beheld?
Thus much for the atmosphere and trappings of our Jeanne d'Arc scenario.
Where will we get our story?
It should, of course, be written from the ground up for this production, but as good Americans we would probably find a mass of suggestions in Mark Twain's Joan of Arc.
Quite recently a moving picture company sent its photographers to Springfield, Illinois, and produced a story with our city for a background, using our social set for actors.

Backed by the local commercial association for whose benefit the thing was made, the resources of the place were at the command of routine producers.
Springfield dressed its best, and acted with fair skill.

The heroine was a charming debutante, the hero the son of Governor Dunne.

The Mine Owner's Daughter was at best a mediocre photoplay.