The Ely miner., 1927-04-01
FIRE PREVENTION
THEME Of NEW FILM
THE FIRE BRIGADE" WHILE
PRIMARILY AN ENTERTAIN
MENT BRINGS TO THE ATTEN-
TION OF MILLIONS IN A VIVID
AND DRAMATIC WAY THE
NEED FOR PRECAUTION.

Fire prevention is being brought
Dramatically and graphically to tn
attention of millions of Americans
by 'eThe Fire Brigade" the spectae-
ular production which is coming 10
the Opera House on April 9th, 7th,
Sth and 9th.
1.-The Fire Brigade" is the picture
that Hunt Stromberg produced for
Goldwyn-Mayer with the di-
rect aid and cooperation of the In
ternational Order of Fire Engineers,
this Order being personally repre-
sen-ed at the studio by Jay w. Stew
ems, fire marshall of the State of
California, during the making of the
picture.
Under an arrangement entered in
to by the International Order and the
M-G-M studios, a large percentage
of the net proceeds of the picture are
to be turned over to the Order for
their fire prevention work, and por-
ton is being kept for the sick.bene-
fits and pension funds of the local
While the production is said to
carry a powerful message in the
cause of fire prevention, it is in no
way a preachment but big enter
tainment. In the distribution and
presentation of the big feature, the
studio is receiveing the assistance of
the Internatioal Order of Fire Chiefs
and the Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs
as well as in its product
ion.
William Nigh, well known direc-
tor with many successes to his credi'
directed the picture, which tells the
story of an average American fire
fighter, his problems, his trials, and
the heroism that the public seldom
realizes is his.
The actual story is preceded by
screen prologue that includes large
percentage of all the firemen in the
United States. Every city of size in
the U. S. and Canada staged a parade
to display the strength of its fire
fighting organization on its principal
thoroughfare especially for the pro-
duction. New York's entire depart
ment is seen on parade on Fifth Ave
nue., and flashes of fire fighters of
such cities as Washington, D. c.,
Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, and others precede
the story itself.
In accord with the size and Dig
nifty of such a production, cat. OF
motion picture favorites, such as are
seldom seen in one production, in
trepret the principal roles.
May McAvoy and Charles Ray
head the cast which includes Holmes
Herbert, Tom O'Brien, Eugenie Bess-
erer, Warner P. Richmond, Bert
Woodruff, Viva Ogden, De Witt
Jennings, Dan Mason, James Brad
bury, Jr., Erwin Connolly, Joyce
Coad and Irene Butler.
A large five-story building was
erected at the studio, the burning OF
which is probably the most spectac-
ular incident ever filmed for motion
picture. The Los Angeles Fire De-
partment, headed by Fire Chief Scott
handled the burning of this building,
bringing thirty-two pieces of fire
fighting apparatus into use.
In the orphanage fire, two hum
dred little girls from the Los Angeles
Orphanage appear, Consent for
their work in the picture was secured
after officials of the orphanage had
been informed of the national i'm
portance of the picture by Chef
Scott and executives of the studio.
Aside from these points of interest
other highlights in "The Fire Brig
63e" include a spectacular costume
fete to raise money for the orphan
age. This entire sequence was photo
graphed in natural colors, ana is
declared by all who have seen it TO
be thing of exquisite beauty.
The picture is also said to present
the latest developments in camera
technique in obtaining thrills and ar
tistic effects.
No expense nor time was spared in
the making of "The Fire Brigade," !"
which the Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer
studio promises to be on a par with
its "Ben Hur," ''The Big Parade"
and "The Merry Widow. adv.