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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1878527, member: 4910&quot;]The 1944 Twentieth Century Fox film &quot;Buffalo Bill&quot; is about the Western hero and Wild West Show promoter William Cody, known as &quot;Buffalo Bill&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The film shows a real Indian Head penny, an unusual event at the time when the showing of actual United States currency or coins in films was prohibited by the US Treasury Department.</p><p><br /></p><p>The film also shows a &quot;Congressional Medal&quot;, later known as the &quot;Medal of Honor&quot;, and some other old US medals.</p><p><br /></p><p>The film starred Joel McCrea as Buffalo Bill Cody, Maureen O&#039;Hara as Louisa Cody, and was directed by William A. Wellman</p><p><br /></p><p>The film is set in the 1880&#039;s, there are many American Indians in the story and the film portrays them sympathetically</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody gives a speech defending the Indian and accusing the businessmen of causing the &quot;Indian Wars&quot; for profit.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_buffalobill_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>01. Buffalo Bill speech</p><p>Cody pulls an Indian Head penny out and tells the audience that:</p><p>&quot;The only Indian you are familiar with is the one on the penny&quot;.</p><p>He then throws the coin onto the table.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_buffalobill_c1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>02. The Indian Head penny on the table</p><p>The date on the coin appears to be 1880.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Indian Head penny appears again when his estranged wife Louisa appears at a shooting gallery and dares Cody to shoot it out of her fingers</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_buffalobill_02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>03. Louisa holding Indian Head penny</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_buffalobill_c2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>04. Louisa holding Indian Head penny closeup</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody is invited to Washington, DC to receive the &quot;Congressional Medal&quot; for bravery during a battle with Indians.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_buffalobill_c3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>05. Cody&#039;s Congressional Medal</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody&#039;s friend Sergeant Chips hangs his service medals on a wall decoration.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_buffalobill_c4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>06. Sergeant Chips&#039; medals on wall</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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