The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17
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WILLIE
ROGERS

Beverly Hills-We had kinder
funny experience the other day ov-
er at the Studio. I was working on
a picture that is supposed to take
place ocer in Europe. am Ambas-
sador to some mythical Kingdom.
Tits kinder the story of the Rou-
manian, with the young King and
Queen separated, and kid who is
King, and drop in as Ambassador
A la Aleck Moore, who incidentally
made us a dandy Ambassador to
Spain.
Well, we was shooting the big
reception scene, where the young
King and the Queen was receiving
all the Diplomats and we had the
real Nationalities. You know that
is one thing about Hollywood, you
don't have to fake any nationality.
just issue call and there will be
dozens of any breed under the sun.
In our last picture before this we
wanted some Arabs on the desert.
We had over a hundred that come
right from Arabia. All lived here
in Hollywood, Greeks, Armenians,
Indians from India, and every
thing.
Well, now, who should come out
on the set but the Siamese party.
Not the King and his wife that are
visiting over her, they went home
through Canada, but it was his own
Uncle, Prince, Che said you spelled
it just like our Indian word for
the Indian cross, "Swastica," only
with the G out.) He and his wife
and his two sons.
One of the sons goes to George
town University, and the other to
Yale. They are a couple of mighty
fine boys, little in statue like all
the Siamese, but pleasant and a
good sense of humor. But it's of
this Kings uncle that ] got to tell
you about. He is bear, you would
be crazy about him. He speaks
English with no trace of an ac-
cent. He is an Oxford man. Of
course we went over old times when
he and I and Brisbane were there.
Well it seemed kinder odd to be
making picture of Royal Court,
and here was some real Royalty
sitting there watching us. We
wanted him to replace Mr.. Sam
Taylor who was directing the scene,
and let the Prince direct it himself
as that scene should be right up
his alley. He had served his coun-
try on every important mission to
every important county on the
globe. A Russian was standing
near us with all the old Car dec
orations on. The old gentleman
called him over and said, 81 have
all five of those decorations. That's
the White Eagle, That's the st. An
drews," and he reeled off each one
and then he pointed to one that
the imitation decoration was not
lust correct. "That insignia is not
that way, its this way"
Then when told the Queen
that I was a single man and had
mo children but would like to
adopt her boy (the King) why the
royal party did like to have fit
sure enough. But he soon got on
that we were playing it for comedy,
(about the only way to take a
Court. He had the most pleasant
little wife, and the jewels she had
on, these movie folks that were
there had on a lot of fake jewelry
in the scene with their Court cos
tunes, but she made sucker even
out of their junk. She was dressed
awful plain, but the bracelets and
rings mostly of rubies, they had
us all Gaping so we couldent act.
He was on his way up to Vancouv-
err to join the King and Queen of
Siam and go back home with them.
I told him I was coming over there
in about year and visit his coun-
try as I was going to make a trip
around the world.
He asked me to come and see
him. Course that's what everybody
does when they are away from
home, then you go and try and get
it. But you know they must have
q mighty fine little country over
there, and their Royalty seem to
get on fine with their subjects. But
q kind Of q sad part. of the scene
was that hare were 4 lot Of Rus