Evening star., 1933-06-12

~ UIET, pleaSe-qulet!" Dlrec-
tor Cabanne cries sharply
and the hum of voices from
~ some hundred and more ex-
~ cited visitors subsidies. will
the lady with the baby carriage please
Albertson, who In another minute II
she doesn't get out Of the way will
doubtless run right into her. The lady
gets-realizing that the lads confronting
her are preparing to do a short running
scene which may land them in the
baby's baby carriage.
Nov then quiet - please, quiet!"
Thereupon, Bruce Cabot (ex-"K!ng
Kong hero) stands Stif1y at attention
dressed in a mi6shipman's best outfit;
Frank Albertson and Arthur Lake
straighten up, and the small army OF
plebes which follows them two by two
Gin this case students from st. Johns
College, prepare for the ordeal.
20. K" 20. K" 20. x" The final
preparations are made. The tall, thin,
spindly microphone sweeps over the
group; the giant lights glare, and sud
denly, after little man has walked
out before the camera and snapped
together what looks like large pair OF
wooden shears (this is what marks the
camera clicks and the actors act.
Across the Naval Academy greensward,
surrounded by camera men, the director,
Cristie Cabanne (remember his Mid
shipman" with NovarroO, script men,
authors, extras and electricians, march
q small army of young men who are
about to enter the academy-this is the
story of Anchors Aweigh" which the
Radio Corporation, under the super
vision of Glendon Allvine, Is filming at
Annapolis. They walk 10 feet. Albert
son turns to Lake and says something
IN a low voice. Cabot, who has been
watching the group, steps up and tells
him to pipe down. "Cutl" cries Dtrec-
tor Cabanne. "Cut!" And the young
man with the wooden shears steps out
again and snaps the shears together
and you know that the scene win have
to be done over again.
Over again and over again and over
again. The filming Of picture Is the
story of doing things over again. If
you have been down to Annapolis to
see this film in its embryo state you
will realize what a tough time they all
have. Saturday afternoon, after this
scene had been taken about eight times,
and they were preparing 10 do another,
the sun went under cloud.
The chief electrician said to US: "Oh,
yes-we could take this Aim in this
kind of a Ight-but you must remem-
Der it wouldn't At In with the sequence
we have just DONE"
So they waited for the sun to come
out-for three hours. Then 1t was
time to go home and half hour
later it was as bright as day again.
The trials of filming film ION 10
cation" Visitors and autograph seek
ers-according to John ('Hells Angels')
Darrow always present outside of the
studio. The wasting Of great deal
of time-due to the sun, or lack Of
sun. The lack of the necessary equip
ment at the last moment. Or perhaps
not being able to shoot scene on
Sunday. Or the heroine indisposed
(due to heat, or cold, or temperament)
or the hero ditto.
It is interesting, however, to watch
o film company for awhile. Supervisor
Allvine took us over the works Saturday
and Sunday morning. We saw the
lovely heroine, Betty Furness. her face
dipped in kind orange grease-paint
touching herself up before an impro-
vised dressing table which stood on the
lawn Of the Naval Academy grounds.
We saw the monster cameras, on wheels,
which they use to follow a walking or
q running sequence; the closeup ma
chine, the great silver refiectors which