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Other pictures show ( clockwise ) : filmmg filming the Chicago fire from an arhfielal artificial lake bUilt on the set ; a closeup showing show- show showmg - mg ing how Hol1 Hollywood 'Wood Wood ' anthenhcally authentically reproduced the 1871 ChIcago , even to wheels on the carnages carriages ; and "Daisy Daisy " , " , the bovme bovine Thespian 'nho nho ' play pIa ; } s the role of 1\lrs 1 lrs Mrs \ . O'Leary's OLearys ' ' COW , bemg being led by Tyrone Power , who IS In costume for foranother foranother another picture _ . By JOSEPHV JOSEPH \ W \V V 1V . LaBINELet's LaBINE LaBINELet's Let's Lets ' make a motion picture . . . not the "piker piker " " way likeAladdin lIke lIkeAladdm likeAladdin Aladdm Aladdin would do it with his lamp , but the way Hollywood Hollywoodmight Hollywoodmight Hollywoodmight might do it . Let's Lets ' make "In In " Old Chicago , " the super some- some somethmgorother somethingorother some-thmg-or-other some thmg or other - thmg-or-other thmg or other thing-or-other thing - - - production soon to be exhibited m In U . S . thea thea- theaters theaters theaters - ters . We're Were ' only using usmg "In In " Old Chicago " as an example of themovie the themOVIe themovie mOVIe industry's industrys mdustry's mdustrys ' uncanny skill , but what an ei example e"ample eample } " ample it is ' " ! Two years ago "In In " Old Chicago " was Just dust ; | ust a notion nahan m In the themmd themind themind mmd mind of Darryl F . Zanuck , 20th Century-Fox Century Fox - ' productIon productIonchief productionchief productionchief chief . Today about 60 acres of 1871 Chicago stand in faithfulreproduction faIthful faIthfulreproductIOn faithfulreproduction reproductIOn on the studio's studios ' Westwood lot . . The Palmer house houseField , , ' FIeld , Letter Leiter and company , Adams Express company , theCIty theCity the CIty Hall and scores of other bUIld ings mgs have been authentically broughtback brought broughtback broughtback back to life hIe An old timer walhmg walkmg walhmgdo"n walkmgdown walkingdown do\"n do "n n down \ " those streets might be tempt tempted tempted tempted ed to hum hurn a chorus of ' . Shoo , Fly FlyDon't FlyDont , Don't Dont ' Bother Bollier Me " or some other othercatchy othercatchy othercatchy catchy tune of the day"In day"In day day"In " " cll- cll cli- cli cllma climaxed cli climaxed "In In Old Chicago , a story - ma maxed .ed ed > . by the lamp kicking klckmg act of ofMrs ofMrs ofMrs Mrs O'Leary OLeary O'Lear OLear ' ' ) 's s ' cow . , cost $1,500 1500 $ , 000 000But 000But 000But But it wasn't wasnt ' extravagance , even eventhough eventhough eventhough though Mr Zanuck did build a a1 1 865 000 gallon artificial lake to tosImulate tosimulate tosimulate sImulate Lake Lahe Michigan Nor was wasIt wasit v/asit v asit / It extravagance to use 1,100 1100 , extras extrasin extrasm m one scene Sure , it cost a lotof lot lotof lotof of money , but Hollywood producers producersare are skinflint skmtlmt as a building bUIldmg contractor contractorv.hen contractorwhen contractorwhen v.hen vhen when . it comes to planning plannmg the cost costof costof costof of a production productionResearch productionResearcl Rcsearer-the Rcsearer the Researclthe Research Researcl -the the - the First Step . How is it done7 done ? ' Well , let's lets ' make makea a picture like Ilke In Old Chicago Clllcago " When Darryl Darr ) l 1 Zanuck decided to toproduce toproduce toproduce produce tnis tOlS film mm he ImmedIately immediatelyset set the research department at work workcollectmg workcollecting workcollecting collectmg collecting dita d'1ta d1ta data ' on the 1854 1871 pe penod penod penod nod in m Chicago which the picture picturewas picturewas picturewas was scheduled schedtJed schedUed to cover He decided decidedthat decidedthat decidedthat that the great holocaust which laid laidwaste laidwaste laidwaste waste 18 000 buildings buildmgs at a loss ot$193 ot193 of ofI I $196 196 $ 000 000 should be reproduced reproducedonly reproducedonly reproducedonly only as a concluding concludmg sequence 'lhe lhe The Thepicture 'lhepicture ' Thepicture picture would really relate an Im- Im Important im important - portant epoch in 10 the building bUIldmg olAmerica's olAmericas of ofAmerIca's ofAmerica's AmerIca's AmerIcas ' second city An impoverished impov Impov- Impoverished impoverished - erished American family of the thefronl1er thefrontier thefrontier fronl1er frontier type would wculd be chosen chosenaround . , , around whom the epic of growth growthdestructIOn growthdestruction growthdestruction destructIOn and rebuilding rebulldmg could beconstructed beconstructedThe be beconstructed beconstructed constructed constructedThe The 0 Learys \ were ere chosen be because because because cause Mis HIS 0 a Leary's Learys ' cow with the thehigh thehigh thehigh high kicking klckmg rear legs is supposed supposedto to have started this greatest of con confiagratIons confiagrations conflagrations conflagrationsIt fiagratIons fiagratIonsIt It took the research department departmentone departmenone one year to gather data covermg covering covermgmanners coveringmanners coveringmanners manners , costumes and buildings bUlldmgs of ofthe ofthe othe the 1854 lE54 1871 era Then NI\.n NI.n NI .n n Nncn NI.nBusch NncnBusch Ni\crBusch Ni crBusch \ ( . Busch set to v . Viork work ork with his Ius orlgmal original orlgmalEcreen originalscreen onginascreen Ecreen screen story . , We the 0 a Leao Leary Lear ) s 'This This ' " ThIs ThIsas \ v/as v as \/as was / turned over to Lamar Trot Trottl Trotti Trotti tl ti and Sonya Lcvicn Levien Levren cracit cract crack ! SCript SCriptteam scriptteam scripteam scripteamCostumes team teamCostumes Costumes , Properties PropcrUes PropcrUeslUSIC , \lUSIC lUSIC 11lusrc 11lusrcThe ! \ MusicThe lUSICThe The research department Cur fur CurnIshed furnished furnished nIshed information mformal1on for the style styk dl di dlrector director director rector , Roycr Royer , . who designed cos costurnes costumes turnes tumes for the prmclpals principals Art DI Dr rector William Wilham Darling supervised supervisedconstrucuon supervisedconstruction supervisedconstruction supervisedI I construcuon construction of sets and properl1cs properties properl1csfrom propertiesfrom propertiesfrom from old aId building bUIldmg prints prmts and maps mapsfurnished mapsfurrushed furrushed furnished by the t e researchersSance researchersSince researchers researchersSince Since Sance modern films need mUSIC mUSICLew musicLew musicLew Lew Pollac't Pollact Pollac1t Pollack ' and Sldne Sidney ) D Mitchell Mitchellwrote Mitchellwrote Mitchcllwrote wrote ' ' I 111 I1 Never Let You Cry . , " ' ' I've Ive ' Taken Tayen Talren a Fancy to You " al"d ald and andTake ard'Take ardTake " ' Take a Dip in 111 the Sea ' Mack MackGordon MackGordon MackGordon Gordon added "In In " Old Chicigo Chlc'lgo Chlclgo Chicago ' ' as asa asa asa a fourth tune Among old oJd time timenumbers timenumbers timenumbers numbers studied by these thLSC crack cracksongsmiths cracksongsmiths crachsongsmiths songsmiths were ' Aunt Rhody ' ' Come Home rather , " ' The Duk Dark DukGirl DarkGirl Dir DirGirl Girl Dressed Dresscd In 1n Blue " . 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Speale Speak as We Pass By " and 'TheCaptivating ' 'The The 'TheCaptlvatmg ' TheCaptivating Captlvatmg Captivating Due " Remember any anyof anyof an ; of them7 them ' them7Actually Actually , two cities were built for forthe forthe foithe the production producbon First came the Chi ChiCdgO Chicago Chicdgo CdgO cago of 18'i4 18i4 W4 1854 ' } ' a sprawling spra"lmg spralmg " cosmopohs cosmopolis cosmopohsof cosmopolisof cosmopoliof ! of dirt streets inhabited m"ablted mablted " by set - - - tiers , frontiersmen , rpflians ruffians , sharp sharptraders sharptraders traders and all the other sturdy and andwarped andwarped warped souls who drifted through throughChicago throughChicago Chicago on their way to and from fromthe fromthe the American frontier Against this thisbackground thisbackground background was filmed the prologue prologuesequences prologuesequences sequences of "In In " Old Chicago Chicago"Through ChicagoThrough " Through its morassed morased ? ; streets rum rum- rumbled rumbled - bled the covered wagons bearing bearingAlice bearingAlice Alice Brady , the newly widowed"Molly widowedMolly widowed widowed"Molly "Molly Molly " 0 Leary , " and her three threebrave threebrave brave youngsters youngstersSets Sets Are Rebuilt Rebuilt.When RebuiltWhen , . When the prologue had been beenfilmed beenfilmed filmed the 1854 sets were rebuilt tomatch to tomatch match 1871 Chicago Dirt streets streetswere streetswere were paved , tracks for the horse horsecars horsecars cars were laid ' The Patch ' a atough atough tough section of old Chicago Chicar o occupy occupying occupying ing an jrca area of over five blocks on ony y- y yayv - ayv y yiyv " y yw- yw ywrwwap - rwwap " A , tt 3 3s A 4 u uy s ; ' , / / / > -y y yr yFr - r < . . > / Y 9 Fr FrS S x kx > k kA A r rn rwy n wy wys s ! R RA Rtf A tf S R P Pf f/ f fa fa fI fM frb / a a M I rb ilia iliatl tl tlS S , ) 4 r + { a T Ts s ' r ry f y b bf f , . df"a dfa " ' NtY , ' ' f W . ' . ' ' ' K.VWS'h K.VWSh KVWSh ; f l'i li l'iBarbaia Barbaia Barbara arbua : McLcin iUc.Lc"1n iUc.Lc1n iUcLc1n McLean . " , one of the few fewtop fewtop fewtop top filtn film cJi'ors cJiors cJI'or cJIor eji'ors ejiors ' ' ) of the intustry lDiustr in-lustrscans in lustrscans - } , , scans some of tl the e sevcial scvual several hundred hundredthousand hundredthousand hundredthousand thousand feet of Him film shot for tilL tilLnew thnew (11 11 ( ( ( _ , ncw new specticle spechcIe spectacle Actually , only cnly part partof partof parof , of tins tms tnrs immense footage is u used cc1 . , the studio's studios ' north lot . MJS v.IS vIS was . also re rebUIlt rebuilt rebuilt bUIlt to conform with the change changes changesof ; of 18) 18 18 sears ) ears in Chicago s gro\Jth gro Jth growth \ Costumes presented a problem problemE problemEt problemEvery E\ E Et Eery \ ery costume company in 10 the Los LosAngeles LosAngeles Lo ; Angeles area tnd h"1d h1d had " to help clothe the theI thi1 ' I 1100 100 extns extras used in 10 one scene Wneiconfronted When Whenconfronted Whenconfronted ' confronted with the necessity neccsslty of ofhOll ofhousing ohou&ing ohouing hOll housing & U1g these costumes cO'ltumes cOltumes ' the studio studioerected studioerected studuerected 3 erected a ( tour four our pole circus tent ne"t net newt newtto ne"tto ne"to neto " to theomen's the ' women's womens \omen's omen's omens \ ' wardrobe Another Anothertent Anothertent Anothetent tent almost as large , was used to tohouse tohouse thouse house the 500 50.0 . poJlc policemen .men men < . s firemen firemenand s sand sand and soldiers uniforms umforms Then came cametwo cametwo camtwo two more tents for diessing dlessmg dressing roomsCostumes roomsCostumes rooms roomsCostumes Costumes for the principals prmclpaJs-Ty prmclpaJs Ty principals-Ty principals prmclpaJsTyrone principalsTyrone - Tyrone rone Power Alice F Faye .lye lye . Don Ame lime Amecne limecue Amccne cne cue . , Alice Brady And Andy ; , Dcv Dev nc ncBrian niBrian . Brian Donlcvy Donlevy Dunlevy . , Tom Toni Brown P'1yllls P1yllls Phyllis P'1ylllsBrooks PhyllisBrooks PhylliBrooks ' Brooks and others-wcre others wcre others-were were others - were created credtc.d credtcd . 111 in 111the inthe ithe " the studio warJrobe warJrobc wardrobe dcpaitmLnMany depal department departmentMany tmtnt tmtntMany [ Many buttons buckles and knlc knic kmcrknacks . ? Ynack l'nacks lnacks ' had to be manuCacturtdTI1cn manufacturedThen manufactured manuCacturtd manufacturedTuen I IYnack Tuen TI1cn Then came the lake lal.e lale . prob1f problem > 1TI and andInstead andinstead aninstead , Instead of moving movmg his .vast vast . sets to 1 I a real lake front front , , Zanuck snapped snappedhIS snappedhis snappedhis hIS fingers forgers and ordered an arti arti- artificIal arti- arti artificial artificial - - ficial lake built right on the lot'This lotThis lot ' : This wasn't wasnt ' extravagance , because becauseit It was cheaper than transportmg transporting transportmghundreds transportinghundreds transportinghundreds hundreds of extras , properties , crew crewand crewand crewand and equipment to a location m"1ny m1ny many m"1nymIles manymiles manymiles " mIles away awayFilming awayFIlmmg Filming FIlmmg the Holocaust Holocaust.To HolocaustTo . . To film the lakeside scenes-most scenes most scenesmostly scenes - mostly ly pictures of the fire-the fire the fire - - the StudIO StudIObUIlt studiobuilt studiobuilt bUIlt the highest parallels ever constructed con constructed constructed structed for a film , towers 1G5 IG5 165 feet feettall feettall feettall tall The complete picture of deso desolahon desolation desolation lahon lation and horror could be seen seenfrom seenfrom seenfrom from cameras at such an adv.n advn advan adv.ntageous advantageous advantageous : . tageous angle A dolly , 20 by 30 30feet 30feet 30feet feet , was built to run along trach.s trachs tracks trach.slaId trackslard trackslaid . laId lard in m the lake lahe ; : cd ed , holding hold1Og three threemore thl thieemore ee eemore more camerasAltogether camerasAltogether cameras camerasAltogether Altogether , seven outdoor setswere sets setswere setswere were made for the picture In Intenor Intenor Intenor tenor settings settmgs are scattered through throughfive throughfive throughfive five sound stages at Twentieth Cen Century Century Century tury Fo Fox > . One , illustrating IlJustratmg the m in mt'rlor int'rior int t'rlor trlor t'rior trior " ' nor of Chicago's Chicagos ' old Nmeteentn Nineteenth NineteenthRegimental NmetecntnRegimental NmeteentnRegImental RegImental armory , used as the thescene thescene thescene scene of a free for all electIOn electron electIOndance electrondance electiondance dance battle among 503 50J abiras e a . i-lras i lras .tras tras biras - , fills fillsan fillsan m an : : entire stageFifteen stageFifteen stage stageFifteen Fifteen fire engines en&mcs enmcs & of 1871 vintage vm vin vmta1e vintage ta1e tage ; weic were ' " CI e secured |