The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-14
Tough Stunt Men
Drub Each Other
In Cinema Fight
Doubling for Stars, ihey
Put on Good Sho"
for the Movies
=.cEsrrp WAGNER

u0ELYWOOD, June Ia =
YAKIMA canutt and Jack 9sofs'
two Of the toughest stunt men nh n
II hi were beating eaIH
a ION; aII over a movie set deplc.-
otnef tS Sei river front of Rome
IN. Y. sho+n in which
yakima was doubling LOT r hema
fonda ; I and Jack Tor Chafle'
biT q5e doubles were used because
me Lad bns;ness to risk the necks
It's f 3@ of leading men When
= - broken nose or a black eye VIII
deiav production and run Up eN
peH Tan,,++ and Story had gone at
. G Iar''-,cr and tongs, for Dlrec-
~ +o,. Fleming had PROMISED II
Z NO be shot only once ana mao nae
nIanted two cameras on Ene
scene, They beIabored each othet
- most brutal manner but
=" story tossed Canutt over
his head, Jack lost .his wig ana
thew The had to start over again.
Nevertheless, neither was hurt
O Fleming then moved the cam,
GRO nm for a close shot and called
in Fonda and Bickford, as dou-
bles won't do in a close up. .
Charlie looks, anG Is one OF
the toughest men in Hollywood.
FLEMING told them to go to 1t.
The fight was swell-too good.
In the middle of the brawl Fonda
broke his hand when he caught
pickford a giancin% blow high on
the chest. g.,
Fleming commiserated with
Fonda but congratulated himself
that he had saved the fight Sc
ouence for the final shot of Far
mer Takes n Wife" Meanwhile
production on "Way Down East
was delayed until Fonda RECEIVERS.
The success of Warner Bros.
revival OF Keystone comedies with
the old Mack Sennett stars had
given Director Ralph Staub an.
other bright idea. He plans to
make a series of two reel pictures
featuring the dramatic stars of
other days.
Of course there's no telling how
''Keystone Hotel will be received
but as Ben Turpin said, if visitors
to the set had been charged adj
mission, the picture would have
paid for itself before it was in the
can
Staub hopes to star Charles Ray
and Helene Chadwick in his first
two reeler, and is casting sheep s
eyes at Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth
Stonehouse, Helen Holmes, Bry-
ant Washburn, Jack Mulhall, Ali
cen Pringle and others who have
been eclipsed by a younger gen.
Grafton. 81,
Edward Sedgewick takes a full
page advertisement in the direct
or's number of Hollywood report
er to list his achievements. He
begins his first production, "The
Battle of Gettyburg', made for
Lubin in 1918, and skips down
the line to production No. 100,
''The Army Rides, which he now
is preparing for M-G-M.
And as a footnote he adds:
'Throughout the years-a few
smashes several hits .plen-
~ good ones some fair =
couple "stunk a little" batting
average high enough to stay inN
the regular lineup in any
league"
That's frankness from a man
who still wears the same size hat.
He doesn't even claim to have
made a super-super-epic-epic.
Thev must work the britches
Of the boys over at Warner Bros,
Studios. In glancing through
list of Hollywood directors and
their work in the past year, | find
the four most prolific megaphone
wiclders in the vineyards Of the
Warner freres. :,
Robert Florey topped them all
with nine productions; William
Keighley, Alfred E. Green and