Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-04 | Page 8 | Fast Action as 'Brigade' Film is Made

HOLLYWOOD Fast ast Action As brigade Film Is lis Made By SHEILAH GRAHAM HOLLYWOOD On HOLLYWOOD On On Tho The Charge of f the Light Brigade set lct the battle attic of Balaklava rages on the Agora gora ranch hilltop Cal Three property men with smoke cans ans run Berserk around the English Eng Ush lish sh and and Prussian lines JInes More smoke up DIrector Director DI- DI rector ector Michael Curtiz British and Ru Russian lancers lance lancers get get s-get get on n your h horses yells reUs his hi assistant Jack ack Sullivan Free Oil Sun Tan TanIn TanIn In the general confusion an electrician dee clec- at the switchboard presses a button and a large explosion re- re suits A horse orse throws Its ILs rider two wo property men nonchalantly rub oil all II on faces and chests cheats getting a asun asun aun sun un tan tan gratis Hey you yells Sullivan to to a a. Russian soldier get some blood on n your forehead and sprawl over this lis cannon A property man paints mints the extras extra's forehead and he plays dead as M directed Wheres Benny demands demand Cur- Cur liz z All set act ct replies the stunt man Bennys Benny's particular chore this afternoon is to roll a horse into a aitch ditch and itch and escape unhurt No matter what happens no matter who ho gets hurt no one is to run into the he shot warns Sullivan A brand- brand new ew ambulance waits wait off set If anyone gets wounded he gets extra pay ay reminds Curti All AU right right lets lets let's go shouts the director Come on on the Russians Russians- come ome on on the English an English cavalryman emits a western cowboy Yippee Yipped as he rushes into battle and nd the scene is 13 with with the warning arning Next man who does that thatis is s fired tired A horse refuses to play war at the second take Get Getoff of off ff that rocking horse shouts the frenzied Curtiz It is now ten min min- utes to six and the light is going fast ast the third take Is ruined by y a too-eager too extra who charges ahead head of the order Fifth Take Okeh The next take Ls is no good either cither because the instinct of Bennys Benny's down broken horse causes him ilm to balk before the gr covered grass ditch itch Benny is ls put on another nother horse The fifth filth and last time everything goes of off Uk like clockwork All Allright right ight Benny Curtiz asks the prone figure of the the stunt man Youre You're dern Im I'm all right he le replied and gets to his feet in dazed fashion