Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-06
Film Crews, and Stars Busy Here
By Lila Thomson
Sentinel Reporter

Just like in the movies, Hollywood glamor Muir
phys basement in Rockville last week Then moved out
onto East Montgomery Avenue and shed its Keig lights
the county seats urban renewal
But it Murphy's basement that received the full
Hollywood treatment There among the Shirts neckies dog
collars parakees and the goldfish placed of the
scenes of the current filming here of the So million movie
Lh While the movie makers have been the upper
county for the past four weeks Avenue
VILE this the first takeover of the downtown
And takeover they did Crowded into the lowceilinged
basement of the local "fve and dime" movie stars,
famous directors standns for the script girls make
up Keg lights that rolled, local
performing like veterans There heat too generated by
more than 10000 watts of light
There star Jean Seberg Gilith) with her
painted the back of her green and white chair There
her male harresser clad in yellow knit polo baggy
ofgreen trousers who combed and arranged Miss Sebergs
long, siverbonde hair every Is minutes. Her makeup
there too daubing at damaged makeup and painting
with brush at least IL inches long Beatty
present bringing deep signs young and old eenagers view
ing the breadth of his shoulders zppered popln jacket
Also there was The Man, director Robert Rossen,
socky bulnecked dynamo with cosecropped greyng hair
horn trimmed glasses and full blast of TINT in easily
nggered temper He blue shirt that looked like
workshirt and pair of tan chinos.
There were others: The script girl the wardrobe de-
sgner and the wardrobe mistress There
the director Of photography with aesthetic we'll
tailored beard soundmen; lighting techncians little
with and who the lighting by holding
light meters to the faces of the their standns
Then there the assistant with bright
to the local extras paid $40 day provide local color There
were carpenters called grip electricians and cute blonde
Kathy Eherh standn for Jean Sebeg who worked years
in televson before heading for the movies.
Add to Theses the ary art Director the who capped
little black box at the and yelled $685. take one
two whatever and last but least young Redheaded
Rockville matron, Mrs. Milton Cogg, who given bit
part as movie version of G. c. Murphy saleslady
others.
Outside on Commerce Lane, were eight enormous
used to haul movemaking equipment house traiers
or a ma
rooncolored Thundebd with New York license plates and
the harassed local gendamere struggling keep traffic
moving and passersby from stumbling cables and wires
This large encourage from the fckers complete with
equipment assembled at Murphys before make
two minute scene in the basement and about five minute
in front of the store and they took all day do it,
The basement scene called for Beatty carrying two
packages to walk down the ases the fish aquariums
to pause look and to the salesady Miss I'd like to
buy this aquarium By the time the ready for
filming, however, Miss had been changed to MAN.
AT the time Lih, the opposite side cour-
ter spots Beatty and sides mrrored column
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