Kansas | The Learning Tree

Five actors talking in the grass beside the courthouse building from trial scene.

Learning Tree actors relaxing by courthouse

Two crew members laughing while seated.

Two Learning Tree crew members laughing

Actors in overalls for the funeral scene in The Learning Tree.

Learning Tree actors in overalls

Three elderly actors seated outside of courthouse building, dressed for the trial scene. .

Learning Tree actors seated outside courthouse

Wagon and horses waiting on the side of a street in downtown Fort Scott with crew members behind it.

Wagon and horses with crew members behind it

Actress S. Pearl Sharpe (Prissy) in front of a red and white barn.

Learning Tree actress in front of barn

Actor Stephen Perry (Jappy) seated in his actor‚Äôs chair.

Learning Tree actor seated in chair

Production crew and Director Gordon Parks (obscured) discussing a document outside of Winger home set.

Director Gordon Parks and Learning Tree crew reviewing document

Actor Kyle Johnson (Newt Winger) dressed in a black suit, in conversation with production crew. The photograph was likely taken around the filming of Sarah Winger‚Äôs funeral scene.

Learning Tree actor in suit talking with crew

Body on stretcher covered with a blanket. Likely around death scene at creek.

Body on stretcher, covered

Actress, center, and child actors in The Learning Tree.

Learning Tree actress and children mingling

Actress Estelle Evans (Sarah Winger) stands in front of other actors and crew. The photograph was likely taken around the filming of the trial scene.

Learning Tree actress in blue hat standing in front of crew and actors

Crew members, black buggy, and production vehicles.

Black buggy in street

Young women stand in front of the courthouse from the trial scene. The individuals are likely visitors to the set, as they are not present in the trial scene, nor dressed in clothing appropriate for the film‚Äôs time setting.

Young women at courthouse for the Learning Tree trial scene

Actresses during filming of Sarah Winger‚Äôs funeral scene.

Learning Tree actresses in black attire in funeral scene

Director Gordon Parks in front of production vehicles. Actor Stephen Perry (Jappy) rides a bicycle in the background.

Director Gordon Parks in front of production vehicles

Actor riding a bike in the street by courthouse.

Actor riding bike

Women standing in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas. One is holding a copy of The Learning Tree.

Learning Tree actress holding the novel, The Learning Tree

Actors Hope Summers (Mrs. Kiner), Joel Flullen (Uncle Rob), Phillip Roye (Pete Winger), Felix Nelson (Jack Winger), S. Pearl Sharpe (Prissy), and other actors, crew, and observers, during the filming of Sarah Winger‚Äôs funeral scene.

Filming Sarah Winger's funeral scene

Director Gordon Parks (center) and two actors pose for a photograph on set in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.

Director Gordon Parks and actors posing for a photograph

Actress Estelle Evans (Sarah Winger) holding a rose. Photograph likely taken around the time the trial scene was filmed.

Actress Estelle Evans holding a rose