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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931.

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THE LOG

Of The ·TRADER HORN" Expedition.

by W. S. Van Dyke Pure to the “China Mail"

from

THE CHINA MAIL.

[ROUND THE CINEMAS

LLOYD IN SKY-SCRAPER

THRILLS,

"FEET FIRST."

For the first time in seven years, Harold Lloyd is seen in a motion! picture of sky-scraper thrills-ia | "Feet First" in the King's Theatre. Panyamur, Uganda, May 27. perty man, Harry Albiez, who can In 1924 the bespectacled king of

created Today we turned the Srat crank produce

the depths of his comedy

2 sensation in in the filming of "Trader Horn." unagical trunks the proverbial four-servendom when ho-released "Safety About on the sun broke through headed niggŝi Daby-or a toupee for Last." The dangers encountered some low-lying clouds that held

balti layena. And last and most by Lloyd in that one forced him to up all morning and, amid fitting important of all-l have Clyde De resolve never to make another of ceremonies. a bottle of nondecript, Viana, George Nogle and Rob that dare-devil type. champagne

De Roberts, my camera crew, who can was broken over

to officially mark guarantee that after a scene Vina's camera

worked

com-

He lived up to that promise to

insurance has himself and the

panies-until he developed an idea that was so promising from a thrill angle that he closed his eyes to his resolution to keep for more off the sides and cornices of buildings.

the beginning of the picture. passed their lynx-eyed approval it Stopping only for il eup will reach the negative truthfully, of tea we

continu- artistically and in focus. ously until four o'clock and succeeded in completing all but the very first of the scenes to be made at this cution. That one, a long shot of the waterfront. re quires a more perfect composition of sky and cloud than anything we were able to find to-lay.

Own

ever

A Balance Struck. That gives you a 'fair idea of just what I faced when I waved farewell

That "Feet First" has sensationali to the Albert Baker and turned my

execed those of face toward shore three days ago, thrills which

was evidenced re- Those, figuratively, were my asacts "Safety Last"

This is how 1cently when this picture was shown and liabilities. struck a balance;

to audiences in the suburbs of Los Again, as consider the progress Through Mr. Barnes, one of ourAngelea. While the comedian of the picture. I am tempted to lapse white hunters, I gained the

a painter's scaffold con-dangled from into the vernacular of the studio; to fidence of the Sultan of the neigh-jten storeys above the ground, or fell speak of "erims" of "G.E's, of bouring natives.

to through an awning three storeya be-] He agreed *120's," and of "culting in": to hire out to us all the males in his low, women screamed hysterically, forget for the moment that am not village to net na parters, labourers, men laughed nervously and young- writing to a production manager, and actors during the time we re- sters clung to the arms of their and that my "Hollywood" is as in-mained at Panyamur. These 1 chairs, breathlessly tense, watching comprehensible to the average por- turned over to Morgan, with the for the next thrill. som as Sanskrit. So, remembering I'll try to explain just how one goes about taking a "Professional" move ing in Africa.

Rook of Directions. First let's have a look at the script--the book of directions for making picture. Here we find the story of the picture revised into photographable form, and split up inta paragraphs, each one requiring a different camera angle in filming. These are numbered and marginally hende "long Shot," "elee Up."

"Terrible!

a letter!"

order that he construct in two days

a Trading atore, five native huts, YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN. and enough

form

treea and foliage to

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LADY OWEN,

APPLICATION' FOR HER RELEASE.

Paria, Yesterday, Counsel for Lady Owen has ap- Typically American, thoroughlyplied for her pardon, 112) adequate background.

or at least These were to be built a few yards modern, is "Young Man of Man-a remission of the remainder of from apot where the dock hattan," the Paramount filmisation her sentence and her immediate

the

of Katharine Brush's big-selling release. touched shore.

1 gave

orders to the electrical novel, which is now showing at the crew to run the barge as close to Central Theatre. shore us possible, to bring every light over to the locality of the set and to be prepared to throw the switch in two days.

The final decision will rest with the new President.-Reuter.

[A message of May 18 stated Owen, the that Lady (Edmee)

with whom she

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Here is a zip-bang romance-diama of newspaper life that, runs along

ente fet damp, with never a mo- French widow of Sir Theodore Bank, on demand ment's let-down in comedy, action Owen, who was sentenced at the Bank, 4 months' aight 11 9/16 To the property man I gave the heart interest. Those who read Versailles Assize Court in Febru-

Credits, $ uum instructions: the number of the book, or its earlier form, the ary to five years' reclusion

on a sight costumes necessary, the amount of serial, in the Saturday Evening charge of shooting with intent to Documentary, 4 wear they were to show, the details Post, will recall the big moments kill the wife of Dr. Gastaud, a of the general properties and effects when Toby meets Ann at the Demp- Marly physician which included 15 ivory tusks, a sey-Tunney fight in Philadelphia; had been on intimate terras, had on demand native sedan chair, two live when Toby and Ann have their first withdrawn her appeal against the monkuya, five 50-year-old Arabian battle over who shall pay the rent; sentence.] guus, slave shackles for fifteen na-when Toby meets the "It"-toting tivea, enough supplies to fill the Puff Randolph; when Toby learns interior of the trading store and a that Ann has been blinded by drink-1 Complete traveling outfit such ing supposed whiskey which he had would be carried by wealty Peru- left in their apartment..

Here are all these punch-packed vian of half a century ago.

the all-talking It is almost unnecessary to men-scenes alive

Claudette Colbert,

Brussels, Yesterday.. tion to the camera

men that their sereen, with

The Catholic - Liberal Cabinet | Wire services are to be required. The exotic charmer of "The Lady Lies" first thing they did after arriving and "The Big Pond" aз Ann; Nor- has resigned, as the result of the On demand Five hours to post at the location was to unpack their man Foster, juvenile lead of Broad. Liberals disagreeing with

Premier. M. Jaspar's acceptance Wire cameras and commence conditioning way'e own "June Moon" as Toby of a Catholic amendment reducing On demand...

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the credits for the construction of 1 explained to my assistant diresmach-hit, as Puff, and

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the shot: It is the director's duty to see that the action is forthcoming And finally-assured that I would from the actor; to interpret it to his be prepared to shoot in two days—I conception of the story. The set-informed my three actors as to the ting and properties of each location | numbers of the scenes to be taken, are described in the script in a gen- the make-up, requirements and the

eral way, leaving the detail to be worked out by director and property builder.

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The Chinese Sub. Coln.. 23% dis. which cannot fail to please those girls in the Pasha's harem,

terest

In the scene we look to-day, for example, there were about twelve different shots which, chronological- ly arranged, partrayed the arrival of Litter Peru in Africa, his intro- ing, when I realised that my orders who want a change from the usual enjoyment of the picture would be Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par.

duction to Trader Hora, and at the had been executed almost to the

letter in spite of the indolence of the African, the inaccessibility of supplies, the scarcity of natural materinia and the intricacies of the ground with the cameras mounted, Swahili tongue.

waiting the command to be focused

spoiled if the story were toki, so suffice it to say that the romance is one with a new single.

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WHOOPEE."

sume time, Horn's meeting with a missionary lady who is bound.

Now let's see what the props are. The script, again, tells us that there must be a lot of natives in the plc- ture-some of them Alaves (thin On the scene of complete desola- for the first shot of the day. My Although Technicolour has re- was 50 years ago)-some native tion two days before my eyes beheld principals were there, garbed in ceived the praise of millions of canoes, 1 native dozk, typical a thatched store, built on stilts in clothing unmistakably worn and screen

enthusiasts all over the African foliage, a trader's store the best approved manner, and look-creased by constant usage. Nothing world, and some famous art- with a cluster of native huts about ing for all the world as though it was wanting but the sun, and it's lates have added their paeang it and anything else that may add had been there always. Two mon. pretty hard to duplicate that in the to

the swelling chorus, it colour to the scene. There must keys were amusing themselves by exterior, there being no hook in the fa

doubtful whether, Tech- be as well-and this is as much a ́acamparing about on the crude sign sky at this

particular point on nicolour has ever received алу prop as anything elsen" "trolley" nailed above the door which bore which to hang a light.

praise more satisfactory than that} shot of the alaves being marched the weather-beaten Inscription

accorded by: Florenz Ziegfeld, the down the path past the store. This "River Store, L. McAfroo, pro- As we waited for the sky to clear noted producer of the Ziegfeld involves the building of a concealed, prietor." The interior of the store, the lamps were set according to Follies. wooden runway over which the open to view from the front, reveal-directions from De Vinna, the first Ziegfeld, In association with commera waggon can be pulled with-ed shelves laden with bolts of cheap camera man, and the actors were-Samuel Goldwyn, produced "Whoo- out jarring or vibrating, at the cotton cloth, articles of clothing, put through a few rehearsals. Each peo," completely in technicolour, same speed as the file of marching jars, knives, etc. An ancient wine of the white hunters was given a and now on view at the Queen's natives.

casket adorned the counter.

point of vantage from, which he Theatre. The Tools,

Now, that roughly, was the job to

be done to-day. Now let's examine

the tools I have to work with and the use to which I put them.

I have a hundred acres of typical

Staves Shackled.

Satisfying Decency.

could translate my orders to the After the completion of "Whoo Round about the structure natives. Toward noon make-up was pee," Mr. Ziegfeld, wired to Dr. found large trees, transplanted from adjusted for the last time, the slaves Harbert T. Kalmus, President of the the ardent country a mile from the were shackled, the tusks laid on Technicolour Corporation, as fol. water. The elephant grass had their backs, the horde of villagers lows:

And now. Đà

the twilight is

"MIN AND BILL"

been trampled into a rough trall given their places, with a parting "Whoopen" is the first of my African shore, line, absolutely bar loading past the store, bordered here admonition to look away from the musical comedies to appear upon ren of anything but elephant grasa and there with low brush and camera and, word sent to start the the screen as it appeared on the and papyrus; I have three accom- cactus. At the dock four or five generator.

stage. It will enable the entire plished actors for my major parts: native dugout canoes were tied up. Just before twelve the sun broke world to see a production for which Harry Carey to take the part of And surrounding the entire scene through the last cloud, the arcs seats. cost $6.00 for less than a "Trader Horn," Duncan Renaldo were more than a hundred natives, sprang into life one by one, I waved dollar. Technicolour enables us to for "Little Peru" and Edwina Booth some garbed as slaves, others aa to the hunters to start the natives, transfer to the screen the marvell- to play "Nina T" I have a village villagers, each one just clothed and, with joy in my voice, shouted ous stage colouring, losing no full of natives two miles from me. enough to satisfy decency. Standing Camera!"the battle ery of dis-beauty." I have Red Golden, one of the best back a little were my lights, ranglig tant Hollywood.. asalatant directors in the business, from the smallest about five foot. to persuade them that it is worth tall-to the enormous sus arc-four deepening and the million-odd in- their time to act and to do ao feet in diameter and mounted on a sects are gathering for their even- Russell Hopton, former stage] punctually I have a studio gon-motor driven tower capable of raising sortie around my head, I had actor, who recently scored erator anchored off shore on a barge ing it to any height up to twenty- best leave Trader. Horn" to him-Capt. Vargas-in-Ramon Novarro's capable of feeding twenty are lights five feet. Out of the picture, in self for a time. For a just ap- "Call of the Flesh," appears as a on shore which can produce better another clearing, a machine shop praisal of the scena itself of my new type of heavy with Marie photographie light than the sun it was set up under a tent and close success, or lack of success in its Dressler and Wallace Beary in "Min self. I have in Louis McAfee chief by it the property tent. Carefully direction--I refer you to the critica and Bill," Met-Goldwyn-Mayer's of the electrical staff, an expert in arranged on the ground between who, a year or so hence, will judge vivid drama of the fisheries, which the ways of arca and spotlights. Iwere the 16 ivory, tuska, the slave it for you. You have Been tho will be shown to-morrow at the have Ralph Morgan, property shackles, the Arabian rifles, and a putty reach my hands: but to deter- Queen's Theatre, George Hill bullder, who can construct anything pile of sundry emergency costumes mine just what shape it takes, you directed the picture with a notable from a gnat's wrist watch to a re- and supplies. In the middle of the must walt, production of the Graf Zeppelin at a picture was the camera platform, moment's notice. I have a pro-standing about three feet off the

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[To Be Continued]

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[cast which includes Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Donald DEI- away. De Witt Jennings, Frank McGlynn and Grotta Gould.

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