There’s a Reason They’re on the Road to Perdition
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In the highly acclaimed, Sam
Mendes-directed film Road To Perdition, the character of young Michael
Sullivan, son of Tom Hank’s lead character Michael Sullivan, Sr., spends a good
bit of screen time reading a Lone Ranger Big Little Book.
Under
other circumstances it might be a fun twist to see the famous character popping
up in a film which itself grew out of a comic. It might be, but not this
time.
The story is set in 1931. Unfortunately The Lone Ranger
first appeared in February 2,1933. It was on the radio, and it would be years
before he made it to the printed page. The first Lone Ranger Big Little
Book was published in 1935 (scroll down to see the images of the first four Big
Little Book covers).
It’s not something that would ruin the film for your
average moviegoer, of course, but it’s one of those nagging details that any
seasoned Lone Ranger or Big Little Book collector or historian would have
caught.
Have you spotted an out-of-time detail like this in a TV show or
movie? Drop us a
line and let us know what you’ve seen and we’ll report the results
in a future edition of Scoop!
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