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Show Rial Snowstorm In "I Am th Law" Wkea Edwin Carewa left etmny Hollywood Hol-lywood with hla all alar caat which In-eluded In-eluded Alice Lake. Keaaeth Harlan. Oastoa Qlaee. Roaemary Theby, Neak Beery and Wallace Beery te film "I Am the Us." which will be shewn for the-first time here at the Paramount-'-mpress tomorrow. In the snow country, coun-try, all prayed fervently for a real saowetorm. in order to obtain the proper settings that the scenario called for. I'pon their arrival la Trvekee everybody every-body felt happy beeaeea mew had fallen steadily for twa previous weeks, which made eoadltions almost idea'. Hardly a moment waa wasted, and out on location they all went a dlstanre of some ten miles from the local hot !. whlt h waa orecleiiy reopened for them. I'oa sleilo were used to transport i .e Tarty la the ku-stlon d-alred. and sfle-a sfle-a temporary shack ass erected where the plovers could obtain a little warmt.i. Csrowe ordered the cameraman camera-man to set busy and the filming waa cn. Kenneth Harlan, who had Just om to the coast from the Raat, managed man-aged to have hla ears ana toes frosen while on location, for the temperature at times waa 40 bslow. The Intense cold prodded ths players to their beet, alace nobody rellehed the mm of repeating re-peating scenes, most of which ware taken ontdoora when the mercury was much bslow the sera mark. Along about the firth day an location loca-tion a sweeping bllssaraj csme Sows from the north. Despite ths fary of the elements, the Intrepid cameramen clicked away and obtained some really beautiful ahota When Carewa realised that It waa Impoaalble to make any headway against the elements, additional addi-tional dog sleds were rushed into service, ser-vice, and the whole company returned to the Truckee hotel to thaw out. The storm did not let up, but ooatloued to wreak havoc with everything In tne vicinity.. It waa Impossible to leave the hotel, for the snow had virtually mads prisoners ef them all. After four days of snforced Idleness, the north-weetera north-weetera aubelded. Two ganga of men were sent out by the railroad company to repair the etoraji damaged tracka. In order that the atranded caat could re. turn to eouthern t'allforaia. Kearful that sather storm mlant keeo them la the northwest country Indefinitely, the whole '-ompanv left to 'Complete the Interior at the Fine Arts studio, there te awstt better weather condltlona, before be-fore they again ventured Into the land of the frosen wsstes. "All In all." said air. Crewe, "It was the experience of a llfstlms for us all. aad come to think of It. I don't believe sny ons of us will .regret It, and you won't either when you see the scenes of "1 Am ths Lw" at ths Paramount-Kmpresa Paramount-Kmpresa theatre aext week." |