Show I I Gentle Spring Brings Woes to Prop Men What With F Flies lies and Butterflies on Sets By John Todd HOLLYWOOD INS INS This This is the time of the year when mother nature gets playful in California California- and the tile poor studio is is' the butt of their jokes At this Harry Albiez a veteran of the craft has what he diagnoses oses as as swatter cramps He aches from his chubby legs to his shoulders In addition he has a chronic headache all headache all caused by bythe bythe bythe the arrival of gentle genUe spring H Harry rry is property man on the set of at Lost Angel at M-G M M M-G-M M the picture in which year old Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet OBrien O'Brien has pas her first starring part In the title role One of the scenes is in New York City's Central Central Cen Cen- tr l park Flies said Harry with venom in his tone you can expect You Youcan Youcan Youcan can throw tilrow spray around round and carry a swatter But on this set brother we get butterflies It was true The rustic setting with its shrubbery and flowers attracted attracted attracted at at- California's myriad col ored butterflies big ones one little ones and some just medium They're not the Central park species so It was was was' up to Harry to get rid of them Adding to his troubles little Margaret Is picked up In the tile park by a mounted policeman played by Donald Curtis So So that horse draws flies the said his gaze darting around the tile set Listen did you ever hear a horsefly in a microphone microphone micro microphone micro micro- phone 1 r It sounds like an airplane with a monkey wrench in its cylInders cylinders cyl cyl- inders Acc Accordingly with a a. swatter In ino o one e hand and a flit gun in the tile theother theother other Harry pursued wing winged d critters critters critters crit crit- of one variety or another in advance of every scene He got one one swell laugh though at the expense of Arvid Griffin on the set of Russia In which Robert Taylor Is starring I That company was working on Metro Goldwyn Mayers Mayer's back lot lot which actually is s open country country country coun coun- try a mile beyond the studio A swarm of be bees s swept down across the hills on a balmy spring breeze and actually forced them to abandon work A swatter wouldn't help at a a. time like that that Harry remarked chuckling The b bees es didn't get getto getto getto to our set Im I'm glad to say but I had it figured out if they did I IWas Iwas Iwas was going to take Don Curtis' Curtis horse and g get t out of there there right right now now |