Kansas | The Learning Tree

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

Actor Stephen Perry seated in Actor's chair

Body on stretcher covered with a grey blanket, likely around death scene at creek.

Body on stretcher, covered with a grey blanket

Director Gordon Parks stands alongside actor Dana Elcar (Kirky) who is seated on a motorcycle in front of production crew and equipment.

Director Gordon Parks next to actor Dana Elcar who is on a motorcycle

Acting cast mingling in front of a brick building in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.

Learning Tree actors standing in front of a brick building

Director Gordon Parks in front of cast and crew members.

Director Gordon Parks next to videocamera

Cast and crew playing frisbee

Learning Tree crew playing with a frisbee

Cast and crew eating a meal in front of production bus.

Learning Tree cast and crew eating at tables

Young boy seated in Gordon Parks‚Äô director‚Äôs chair.

Young Boy seated in director's chair

Director Gordon Parks, right, and two production crew members filming from above by the Phillips 66 gas station.

Director Gordon Parks and two Learning Tree crew members filming above street

Actor Malcolm Atterbury (Silas Newhall) exiting courthouse building used in the trial scene.

Actor Malcolm Atterbury exiting courthouse

Actors Dana Elcar (Kirky) and Kyle Johnson (Newt Winger) consult book with a crew member with production crew and cast around them. Director Gordon Parks standing behind them in red ascot in front of hearse. Photograph location in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.

Actors Dana Elcar and Kyle Johnson talking to crew member; Gordon Parks standing by hearse

Director Gordon Parks, center and facing away from the photographer, with production crew and camera.

Director Gordon Parks with Learning Tree crew member in front of camera

Cast and crew eating a meal outside by production buses.

Learning Tree cast and crew eating a meal outside

Cast members and production crew taking a break by production trucks.

Learning Tree actors and crew by production trucks

Director Gordon Parks and actress Carol Lamond (Big Mabel) standing in graveyard used for Sarah Winger funeral scene.

Director Gordon Parks and actress Carol Lamond standing in graveyard

Director Gordon Parks giving direction in megaphone while filming from above.

Director Gordon Parks giving directions through a megaphone behind camera

Actor Kyle Johnson (Newt Winger) and another actor (obscured) sitting on black antique car.

Two Learning Tree actors sitting on black antique car

Acting cast outside of courthouse used in trial scene.

Learning Tree cast members outside the courthouse entrance with antique cars

Actor Dana Elcar (Kirky) walking down a sidewalk in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas.

Actor Dana Elcar walking down a street

Cast and crew members, including Dana Elcar (Kirky), on ground, Don Dubbins (Harley Davis) with elbow up, and malcolm attebury (Silas Newhall0 in black hat sitting taking a break on a lawn in front of production buses.

Actors, including Dana Elcar, Don Dubbins, and Malcolm Attebury, sitting in folding chairs and ground on lawn

Actor Malcolm Atterbury (Silas Newhall) mingles with crew members at the back of a production truck.

Actor Malcolm Atterbury and Learning Tree crew members talk at the back of a production truck