Thanks Ken Smith! The Silver Streak, a true piece of Americana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9kl4J5hGgo
B47films has an option and purchase agreement for the rights to the book “Darlene’s Silver Streak and The Bradford Model T Girls”. The screen play for a fictional movie based on the book has been completed. They have created the following video as a way to present the screenplay to studios. https://www.b47films.com/model-t-girls Time will tell!
A recently completed documentary, “Route 66 Women: The Untold Story Of The Mother Road” is becoming available on PBS. We began working with the group that ultimately created this documentary in 2017, attending “Women of The Mother Road” events in St. Louis and Springfield Missouri with the Silver Streak in tow. Now, 5 years later the 3 episode documentary has been completed and has been picked up by several PBS stations this month, which is of course Women’s History Month. The story of the Gypsy Coeds and the Silver Streak is part of episode one. It’s neat to be a part of this larger project. PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) distributes programming to approximately 350 locally controlled and operated public television stations across the country, so not all stations have picked it up yet. Please call your local station and ask if it is currently part of their programming and if not, ask them to pick it up from APT (American Public Television) syndication.
The attached song was written and sung by our son Alex John Butte to coincide with the launch of the book, Darlene’s Silver Streak and The Bradford Model T Girls in October 2015. Much of it was shot at the Wheels O’Time Museum. Great tune. Enjoy
We delivered the Silver Streak to the Wheels O’Time Museum on the North side of Peoria, Illinois today. The Silver Streak will be on display at the museum for the month of July. The museum is open Wednesday thru Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00pm.
The Silver Streak 