Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1916 — Riley to Pose for Historical Pictures [ARTICLE]

Riley to Pose for Historical Pictures

James Whitcomb Riley, beloved Indiana poet, has accepted an invitation extended hini by Governor Ralston at the solicitation of the Indiana historical commission and the Interstate Historical Pictures corporation, to pose for the historical motion pictures now being made for use during the various centennial celebrations. Mr. Riley has been in Florida during the winter and it was thought that he would not return in time to be “filmed” here in Indiana but he states in his letter to the governor that he thinks it best to do his “posing” on Hoosier soil. Mr. Riley will return to Indianapolis May 3 or * and the scenes tn which he appear? will in all probability be staged in the neighborhood of Lockerbie street, whet’fr- the poet lives, and which has become known from Atlantic to Pacific because of the mention made of it in his writings. Although the Hoosier poet has “posed’’ numerous times for movie men he has never "acted” before the camera and the Indiana historical film will be made all the more valuable through his participation in it.