Greetings From Bonnie Scotland, I'm a tramp abroad via Philadelphia, ex-Chicago, planning a short film production of "The Stolen White Elephant" here in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Every time I read the story I immediately become bereft that no one has produced an adaptation so I've just decided to go ahead with it already. A question and a request: First, does any one have any strong opinions about the story or about film adaptations of Mark Twain in general? I've read some criticism about how Twain was satirizing the likes of G. K. Chesterton and Agatha Christie, who would have their respective detectives just show up at the right time and place whenever they were needed to could observe some plot-turning, clue-producing event regardless of plausibility. This was a good start for me planning the film. Anyone maybe interested in advising the production in a serious way, please write to me and I'll send you some directors notes that may need development. I always say, a Literary Historian and an in-house Mathematician are underrated crew members in the short filmmaking process. More info about everything is located at the film website is here: www.that-a-way.com/elephantproductioninfo.htm The second is that for this film production - my master's graduation film - I'm experimenting with micro-fundraising, gathering up 10 dollar donations from several hundred individuals to help pay for the cost of the production. I don't know if it will work or not. The film production house is based at the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh College of Art, but the film is being shot on location in Glasgow inside two famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh buildings: The Scotland Street School Museum and The Glasgow School of Art - (my plan is to make Glasgow look like Chicago). Anyone who wises to support this film so that together we can no longer be gloomy that there's no short film version of the "The Stolen White Elephant" can do so and read all about "The Stolen White Fundraiser" here: www.that-a-way.blogspot.com Thank you for letting me post on the server and let me know what you think. Piecemeal, Zach Rosenau