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Show 'Dick BartKelmess In'TheBondBoy At" American 'Tha res M tie touch which an actor la required to Vive in motion picture! sometimes la sufficient to make cold chill run up and dowa your vertebrae, aceordlng to Richard Barthelmesa, who la tha atar of The Bond Boy." which la tha feature ef the American theatre pro- tinning for the week. , "I got the feeling of realism." aald Mr, Barthsimesa "when in 'The Botiff Boy I was required to play the part of a fugitive from Justice with Wood nouns on my trail. . , "It waa all vary well In the old days of 'Uncle Tom e Cabin' to piny Ellis crossing ths Ice, even though fierce looking look-ing dogs with dripping Jaws and angry fangs pursued closely. You see. those dogs were nut bloodhounds at all, but Or at Imnea, chosen for their ferocious sppeerenee, whereas they are really great pets. It took ue a month to find real bloodhound for The Bond Boy, alt dog dea lere com pi I nln g t ha t the ml s-conception s-conception the public had of the typv had niade them unprofitable to carry. 'I confeas I was disappointed when saw them two of them looking like black bird doga with their flopping eare and long rosea, and not nearly so large as I expected. But when they got after me Hi ait waa another story. To begin with, these same doge had been used to track murderers In that locality lo-cality in Virginia where we filmed the picture, and were used to staying on the Job till they gt their man. "We found it neeeeeary to use their owner In the picture, ss hs was the only man who could restrain them. "Well, they gav me ten mlnutee"start on the hounds and I wss off Ilk a hot Pausing for breath a moment, I heard their ominous baying on the air. It sounded like a bell tolling for a funeral. It started me running again. In the picture the tint consumed In th pursuit Is approximately twenty-four hours. ' It took ue Jit that earn time to film the action, although, of course, we had a ulHltt'a sleep as in Interlude. "To ehow you how real 1st lo the cha waa, I will tell you that ths doga were given the shirt I had worn that day for a scent, snd they followed that scent up hill and down dale, losing It at st reams only to P'K " "P actually actual-ly following me and locating me In the cllmaxlo scene, with nu aid from theu owner. "And when thev had brought ma to bay they came to a perfect point and stood stock still. Just ss a bird dog will signify the exact location of a partridge or quail. And 1 had the sams feeling as the bltd must have la such a case, too." |