Show i i ii 1 i. i r ji r ii v. v S t T f d I fF I T Real Marines Act Act Jn in G ua a Cana anal Diary By Robbin Coons HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD Notes Notes s from a Guadalcanal Diary Diary mo movie lo version version version ver ver- sion Hollywoods Hollywood's Guadalcanal went up with palms and jungle growth and some of ot the tho heat on various sections of ot the U U. S S. marines marines' Camp Pendleton near Oceanside Cal The marine corps of ot course was cooperating in the filming of Richard Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard book Director Lewis Seller Seiler took his cast Lloyd cast Lloyd Nolan Preston Foster Foster Foster Fos Fos- ter William Bendix Anthony Anthon Quinn Quinn his his crew and equipment down for the more than eight elgh weeks of ot shooting And a lot ot of marines became actors Some o ot of them were merely reenacting fo for forthe forthe the camera what they had done don amid real bullets on Guadalcanal three Seventy-three marines soldiers soldier and sailors had speaking parts Five thousand marines 1000 so soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers and sailors worked In th the picture at t. t one stage or another It t was fun the first couple o ot of days a marine corporal told me but after that it got monotonous Ill I'll be glad to get back to the regular regular regular regu regu- lar grind a a For that matter working In th the movie was not entirely a departure from routine Marine officers officer liked the chance to work out th the themen themen men In tn Jungle conditions even Ina In Ina ina a made Hollywood-made jungle The company brought from Ho Holywood Hollywood Hollywood Hol- Hol lywood a number of t to play Jap soldiers There were no not enough and marines had to double as Nips All the marines who did for forthe forthe were were volunteers It however the tho roles The first time Seller Seiler needed extra Japs several marines were assigned to the jobs They balked Taken to the commanding command command- ing officer they explained that they had been on Guadalcanal and would hate hare have no part of the sons of ot heaven They were upheld and Jap-doubling Jap Was put on a voluntary voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary basis r a e eThe The set I saw was Jungle man jungle manmade man man- made palms and low tangles of Willows willows willows wil wil- lows over black earth Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant James Hurlbut who made a name as a combat correspondent on on Guadalcanal said It looked like the real thing Between scenes marines scattered scattered scat scat- In the jungle played the old army game They would fight for the camera while Anthony Quinn was getting shot and Dick Jaeckel played dead to fool the enemy then return to th 1 1 vital of ot fray dice I |