Problem
In her article "Silent Westerns," Mariana Whitmer stresses the popularity of James Cruze's 1923 western The Covered Wagon, which broke box-office records from coast to coast. Her account of the film's production touches on many of the themes that we've been covering for the past few weeks, including the achievement of realism through location shooting, carefully researched set design and costume design, and performance. Whitmer notes that, in contrast to films in which white performers played characters of color, The Covered Wagon features a thousand Native American actors in Native American roles.
What are some of Whitmer's key points about the original score that Hugo Riesenfeld composed?