Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-28

their dance. The handle flies off the
hammer, the savage bursts out into
big laugh. feel safe again. The
Indian women wear feathers, largs
bracelets set with turquoise and san
dals made of SKINS They also wore
silk stockings. How careless o. me. tu
notice that.
AS great as the canyon is, it is not
one of the seven wonders of the world
None of the seven wonders is in
America.
1t took two engines to pull our train
up to the top of the canyon. have
a bull yearling that could have pull
ed us down. Some bull!
I met my brother, Col. Willis G..
Peace, in Los Angeles. had not seen
getting gray. He is the commanding
officer at Fort Warden, Washing
ton State. His son-inlaw is some Of
ficer in the movies in Hollywood His
daughter recently wrote long article
in the Saturday Evening Post on
Hollywood, my brother and were
given a guide to show us around and
to see movie in the making. I was
told right off the bat not to make
any wise cracks so l didn't say any
thing foolish. Furthermore, 1 was told
not to talk at all and that when I
got inside to stand perfectly still. I
found later on what this meant.
The grounds seemed to cover a city
block or perhaps very much more.
mo admittance" signs everywhere.
hI1i1 g.
costumes, some for material, some for
dressing rooms and so on. There were
several large buildings like storage
warehouses but very tall. In these
buildings house or palace might be
built for a picture and then torn
down, in which case there was very
little salvage. All of these buildings
had red lights over the doors outside.
Whenever these red lights were burn
ing no one could enter for any cause,
because it meant that a scene was
being shot. Of course, our light was
red so we waited. The light finally
went off and we went in.
In far corner of this large build
ing scene was set. The space being
used was only about 20 feet by 20
feet. The actors for this particular
scene was doing the party noticed
that they talked in low conversation
al tones. I suppose the machines re-
gulated the volume. My brother and
l were the only spectators. We were
standing within about twenty feet OF
those actors and actresses who were
acting. I did not know any of them
except that Clark Gable and Merle
Oberon, if that is her name, were
pointed out to me. All around us and
back of us sat about fifty other ac-
tors, all in costume and ready to do
their stunt. Believe me, you could
have heard pin drop. At a distance
in the same house was a cowboy and
a horse.
I saw the scenery from which the
picture called "The Hurricane" was
made. The church is still standing,
that is to say, the large church with
people standing around it. But the
church that was destroyed by the
flood was a little church like the lar
ger church but only two feet high.
So much for the tricks of the trade.
You will remember that in the pic
ture there was a tree in front of the
church to which rope was tied, well
that tree, as well as the other trees,
was not wooden tree, it was made
of cement. The basin that held the
waters of the flood was made of &C.
ment and cost $4,000. It is still stand
ing. The wind in "The Hurricane
was done by air ship propellers.
I saw scenery for new movies in