Show Many Costly Sets Sets' i l For Foolish Wives I i The technical heads at Universal I City have just completed the tho most I 1 elaborate series of sets seta ever used In a aI i I Universal picture word comes from j the coast They were constructed for use in l rl h von Stroheim's new feature feature feature fea fea- ture Foolish Wives Vives and represent in faithful detail an exterior at Monte MonteCarlo j I Carlo the Mediterranean gambling re resort resort re- re sort showing the t famous Casino a the j Grand cat caf tl the te tet Hotel b r d de Paris s. s I IThe The buildings are built to exact scale sale and d tower feet in the othe air in white splendor splendor p Thousands of f feet I of lumber and many tons of cement I and plaster were used by Von I I helm They are arc making Foolish the costliest picture by more than two and one-half one times ever 1 i imade made by Universal i At Monterey Cal Cat additional costly sets have been constructed for this picture representing the back view of ot the severs several large o s sing structures and showing showIng show show- ing the terraces down to the sea in inexact in inexact inexact exact replica of the magnificent view Ito i ito to be bp had tt Monte Carlo Von I helm has j Just st taken a company including Including including ing extras to this location to llma a a series for Universal and In which he himself takes taken a leading role The director actor-director has Just completed com- com a series of of scenes at Universal City depicting action In and around a small l lake lee Stroheim had a special lake built for this picture It took a no corps corpa of ot fire engines and water pumps' pumps several days to fill It The engines latr were used to aid In a gigantic storm effect which Universal officials who its rivals the tho saw filming say 1 In violence and tude tudo Yon on Stroheim's company had to toi tol work knee deep In water for m more re ret t than an a w week ek |