Evening star., 1923-05-13

putting up an arm to guard his face.
What have / done to you?"
you've saved me from a ticklish
situation"
How Gomez
"By looking enough like Gerald
Sisson-'
Then kick me in the face Rod
Mcqueen exclaimed, lowering his
head. Are you kidding me. or are
you tired of having me around?"
The director laguhed.
Il should have explained first and
irsulted you afterwards, Mcqueen"
he said. You don't look enough like
Gerald Sisson to hurt your reputation.
but you're built like him and about
his height, and dark; and l feel it in
my bones that you are going to dou-
BILE for him in the big scenes IN this
Pool of Tears thing we are going to
begin to shoot today"
Go back to the barrier and start
even" Rod suggested. Il wasn't here
when they rang the bell.
Gerald plays the lead in the story.
But he doesn't like to muss his good
clothes, 50 we put someone else in to
take his place in the scenes of blood
and violence. What l want you to do
is to wade out into twelve feet of
water, grab Nora Norris in your arms,
and. go over a low dam with her.
After that you can drag her to the
bank. where Gerald will be waiting
to come in for a closeup"
i,h = ho
kissing has to be done by Gerald?"
''Oh. I'll let you kiss her once. 1t
might not be a bad idea
Wait a minute. comrade! I'll
wade around in the water for Gerald,
but you can let him Go his own love-
making. When do we go?"
Jerry Burke. the cutter, heard Rod
McQueen's news with scowl
whats that poetry about Heaven
helping the working girl?" he in
quired. ITS that way now. If you
don't step on your own foot here is
your chance to help me make a shoot
ing star of your Miss Ann Lusk"
ME? But it's Nora Norris 1 have
to go over the dam with"
"Of course. Why not? The Norris
has got more temperament than she
has anything else but figure. Lean
close. brother, and I'll spill you an
earful."
Rod leaned.
IN the high mountains above San
i Bernardino the Pool of Tears"
Company stood on a point of rocks at
the edge Of a small reservoir and lis
tened languidly while Duke Bassett
explained the story Of the climactic
scenes in the big fifth reel
'If you love your art. folks" he
cried, put some life into this thing.
now! Gerald. the hero, has just come
UP from his sawmill in the village be-
low to find Childress and his gang
monkeying with his dam. That's
what we were shooting yesterday.
Nora and her crippled mother are in
the village. Nora gets the news from
Ann Lusk, who Is the mountain girl,
and she rides up to help her lover
Childress throws Gerald into the
drink"
Pardon me. Mr.. Bassett," the star
interrupted, 'coldly; sMr. Childress
does nothing of the kind! He throws
my double in."
"Oh. of course" Bassett corrected
himself, impatiently. That's Rod
Mcqueen. He throws Mcqueen in
and Gerald goes back to the makeup
box and powders his nose. At any
rate, Nora jumps in after the man.
That's when the dam Is blown up. Is
that clear. They seemed to think
it was. Nora Norris. the statuesque
leading woman, In fashionably-cut
knickerbockers and with her hair
marceled. looked Rod Mcqueen over
with dfstaste. Rod grinned at her.
She shifted, threw up her chin, and
turned away from him.
"Who is that fellow?" she demand
ed of a neighbor.
"a new extra man, I believe. Pick
up of Dukes"
Ugh" the Norris said. "I hope
he can SWIM"
THE camera man was already set
i up fora long shot. Half a dozen
minor people were herded into place
and coached as to their duties and
responsibilities. Red worked his way
around to Miss Norris side and gazed
at her with the frank awe of a nine
year-old boy. Norris made a face
at him.
"All ready for the end of the fight
rcapa nouin Rasseff called SIId :
denly stepping back out of range of
the lens. Come on in. Mcqueen, and
close with Childress ...... That's s
T. There's q chalk-line there, to
mark where Gerald stood at the start