Photograph of Mercury Theatre stage manager Walter Ash (with palm fronds) and John Houseman during the shooting of film sequences for the Mercury Theatre production "Too Much Johnson" Paul Dunbar (left), a newsreel cameraman for Pathé News, was the film's cinematographer Feature story is titled "Metro-Goldwyn-Mercury" (no author credit) Photo caption reads as follows: To represent the landscape of Cuba, where part of the action takes place, Mr. Welles chose a rock quarry up the river near Haverstraw. If everything goes well, the palm fronds held by Walter Ash will seem to be swaying in the breeze. Lying on the ground, holding a palm frond in one hand and a sign in the other, is the dignified, scholarly co-director of the Mercury Theatre, Mr. John Houseman.