The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-05
Turn or The Tide" Staff Reporter Forsakes Snow-Covered Water bury to Live in Memory Again Amid Stirring
 Movie" Scenes in South Sea Islands.

terfallS dol, down several jutting rocks to thunder into the north erly end of the pool. At another extreme was cavern and here it was cool, the repository of the director at rest. of luggage in le- zion, cameras and the like.
 Flaherty's "nymphs" were not what he had wanted. In fact, his approach to the matter of ask ing various quite lovely maidenS to bare themselves for the scene had not been well handled. So, instead, his coterie of bathing beauties came from the cream of veteran crop of natives listed with the authorities as pursuing a du- bious calling.
 They barred with abandon, in a sense of the phrase. And, if truth be told, the landscape was love- Her else. There was the excep- ton, perhaps, of the girl the chief electrician picked for his own. But she was a mere sixteen and not more than two years old on the police lists. Remember the time sent you up to see the rival com- pany director who didn't like wo- men, Celia? A beau geste for 20 francs, ne c'est pas, tau here?
 Short Shooting
 So, 120 miles day for a proble- matical half-hour's shooting for a week, the canyon having sunlight only semi-occasionally even on the fairest days, what with clouds for what? Eventually. it was found that none of the stuff was light enough and the whole se- quence had to be re-taken later when the lights had been sent for, a boat a month, remember, and had arrived, of course.
 There were many amusing hap penings during the location shoot ing of White Shadows in South Seas" too many to find space here, I'm afraid, too many to be interesting, quite likely, to you. A few? There was the time that Monte Blue was supposed to duck when Anderson, the villainous trader swung on the beach-comb- ing doctor (Mr. Blue at $3,500 per Week0
 Swing, BOb!"
 Swing like you meant it, Bob, demanded Monte, after Van Dyke oh, yes! Flaherty was through by then, Van Dyke had the oppor- tunity which has seen him go through the paces of success with such box-of1ice jewels as 'The Thin Man." san Francisco" Trader Horn," and many more-after Van Dyke had yelled, Gut. Say, can't we have some action!"
 "I'll duck" Monte promised.
 Lights, action, camera" in toned Van Dyke. Monte was standing in the shallow water on the beach at Hikueru, Anderson was haranguing him, warning him to mind his own business about advising the natives not to sell their pearls.
 Mood of Madness
 Anderson, Norwegian, had to work himself up by profanity to the point of simulated anger. ct was a silent picture.)
 You bad, bad bad, bad, and so forth" growled Anderson, his lips forming unprintable epithets. "Whang" went his good-sized right, flush onto Monte's jaw.
 There was no need to count as Monte's hat flew out into the shall lows and the star was f1attened Ill the water. Crowds around Monte bringing him 0, with Anderson solicitous and sorry.
 When the six foot, two, star re- gained consciousness, he struggled up and started after Anderson, repeating almost word for word the profanities and other that the villain" had .used as fodder for his mood. Anderson ran. He had no other course. A fight might have meant stopping the picture and Monte had sulked before; when he couldn't get the govern OTIS house for quarters, when he had suffered Sunstroke.
 Star SOothed
 Finally. Van Dyke soothed Mon- te and the star and william made up, superficially. Monte had threatened, Wait until get you in the picture" I waited to get a good shot of that when the scene was resumed, but Monte didn't double-cross, as it seemed his threat had implied he would.
 I had swell shot of Anderson knocking Monte cold. But what good was that as a production "Still"?
 The movies were bad medicine for many of the natives, but the few cents . day some were paid as extras was the most many of these ever had received in the same time and for so little effort