The Nome nugget., 1933-05-20
WALRUs HUNTS ENLIvEN DAYS
 IN FAR NORTH
Genuine Atmosphere Adds vastll To Exciting Appeal Of
 Tho Eskimo'
By LoueIla 0. Parsons Universal Service Motion Picture

pIe2k ueSOl8t0 AINClc OliGlVs @D more of total loss than any ot ius have ever imagined. William s. Van Dyke. back from the highest point in the North yet traversed by a motion picture dir ector, wouldn't give nickel for tthe whole snow country.
 He would rather suffer the dis comforts of the tropics. sit up all night waiting for man-eating lions to bounce on the camp and be eaten alive by insects than spend another week in Eskimo Land. It | isn't that he deosn't like the nat ives. They are great hunters and brave fighters. but the whole land of the Midnight Sun is night mare.
 Many Hardships Arc Endured When "The Eskimo" Peter Frencken's novel. with it's adyen- turous hero is dashed on the screen few of the people will real ize scenes of walrus hunts, hun lgry wolf packs and the authentic atmosphere of the Arctic regions.
 Bill Van Dyke is modest for lall his film exploits. Bill, who directed Trader Hor," the first directed Trader Horn." the first screen. was so happy at being home his feet hardly touched the ground.
 "I had nu and pneumonia" he said. "and if you think being sick thousands of miles awey from civil i1ation is any fun you aught to try Iit."
 fancy Mir. Dyke was . little sorry he hadn't studied medicine before he went on his ten months jjaunt. He did study dentistry and acted as camp dentist.
 ''I did better job than the local dentist in Nome." he said.
 Ask the boys"
 All Were Loyal To Him [ Five of these same boys re- mained near Fairbanks. 700 miles from the Arctic Circle. to film ad- ditional scenes.
 Didn't they want to come home when they saw you leave camp f'' IT asked.
 "of course they did, and I even had permission to send out . new crew to get the additional shots of polar bears. But they pre- ferred to finish the job. Seven out of the ten months 1t was only possible to film scenes between 11;30 and 1 o'clock. The rest of the day was almost in to- tai darkness. That's when we were homestck and depressed. The one bright spot was the radio and We worked 1t overtime! We were able to get eleven foreign countries and twenty eight states. Sweden was always on the radio and early in the morning." The five Eskimos brought back by the Van Dyke expedition have created much interest. The one word the three children under stand Is "still.' and that's their theme song when the camera starts grinding. The baby, age three. stands etiff as a poker, afraid he won't get himself photo graphed.
 HE Likes Publicity
 Learning the value of public ity early" said their master. "I don't know that we would lever have made the Eskimos un- derstand us if Ray Wise hadn't been with us. Ray was sent to me after I protested bitterly again. st using the leading man who had lappeared in Igloo," Universal's Eskimo drama. Ray is a real Eskimo and he understands the people. besides being able to lsDeak fairly good English. had to admit Metro-G Gold'wyn-Mayer was right, although wanted Heading man who had never be- fore made picture"
 E Frencken, the author of "The Eskimo,p lives in Greenland and he made his initial visit to the