Show Moab's Scenic Wonders Are Featured in Son Of Cochise Dead Deac Horse Point one of the worlds world's most magnificent magnificent magnificent scenic views is seen for the first time in Hollywood 1 film in Son of Cochise which is in 3 D 3 D and Technicolor f t r nJ n- n J i r t p d 1 M r t r I i. i 1 i f 71 r I 41 1 r N 4 t tm I v t Geronimo Ian Ion MacDonald keeps lonely vigil at Dead Horse M rr r rr rk t t rat r A Y r y yf yF F f r 4 Barbara Burck sees husband murdered by Indians w Film Will Make This Name Famous By Lon Jones Dead Horse Point This is a name to remember and one that is likely to to become famous throughout the world for forIt forit forit it is s the name of a fabulously beautiful scenic view which t will be seen for the first time in ina ina ina a Hollywood motion picture In Universal Internationals Technicolor Technicolor Tech Tech- 3 D 3 D film Son of Cochise starring costarring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush Dead Horse Point which over nver overlooks r. r looks a mighty but still little little- known canyon of the Colorado River near Moab il where Son nn nn of Cochise was shot entirely on location is so unbelievably beautiful beau beau- that studio executives who had i never ever seen the place In per son found Bound it difficult to belev blev that anything could be quite soma so ma magnificent when they saw t rushes of the film at the studio They made a visit to the lo location lo 10 cation site Just to make sure and came away convinced that the 3 D 3 D camera hasn't exaggerated exaggerated the beauty of the place and that Director of Photography Russel Metty has succeeded In capturing on film perhaps the most gorgeous backgrounds ever used in a feature picture Below Dead Horse Point stretching for tor miles In each di direction dl di is a 2000 feet deep Canyon Canyon Can yon at the bottom of which the mighty Colorado River can be beI I seen winding a tortuous course through the Inner gorge The sheer canyon walls and the weird and fantastic monuments but tes and mesas carved out of the soft sandstone by the river and time are In rainbow hues ranging rang ing ng from deep reds to delicate rose roe pinks and from greens of ot the mesa tops to the blues and andI 1 I purples of the shadowed gorges These colors change hourly as I the sun moves across the ens J. J As a backdrop to the Incredibly beautiful canyon there are the lofty feet teet high La LaSal Sao Sal Mountains and above all Ia J I iR iRa a sky of ot pure turquoise flecked Ib with fleecy white clouds Th The I overall effect Is 15 s spectacular and breathtaking and it usually J leaves beholders speechless 4 This magnificent spectacle ish Is h j t not only brought to the screen for tor the first time In Son of Co chise but also in to Technicolor and in three three dimensional photo graphy so that the public will 1 see it In n all its glowing colors t f and with every butte and monument monument ment sharply outlined just as If jf they were seeing it is Is person Russell Metty who is recognized as one of s 's r To oct t artistic cameramen claims that Dead Horse Point Is one of the most beautiful sights on 01 earth and the most spectacular he has ever photographed When his shots of the Point were shown to the crew at Moab they actually actually actu ally cheered them a rare compliment compliment com from a location crew which Is s used to gorgeous scenic backgrounds Veteran crew members mem memo 1 bers swear they have never seen sten shots in any Hollywood film to equal these for sheer artistic beauty This they say is a motion picture experience e to re reo member Dead Horse Point is but one of many wonders in Son of Cochise Co chise for tor this story of the Apache Apa che she Indian uprisings in the Is by some of the most breathtaking scenery ever brought to the screen In one motion picture It Is claimed that no other film has ever boasted BO m o many spectacular backgrounds In addition to these there Is s a thrilling action action- packed drama of frontier life me y s sy Rock Hudson is wondering if It there Isn't an easier way to earn earna a living than being a movie star Rock wondered this after five weeks on location for tor Son of Cochise In the blistering heat of Moab where temperatures re re- above the mark for tor forthe forthe the entire shooting Despite the fact tact that he has only recently recovered from an appendectomy the 6 feet teet 4 inch young giant worked a al almost al most every day for tor the entire five weeks often as long as 12 hours under blazing desert sun and performed stunts and rode horses at a lope day after arter day Rock who plays the title role in the 3 D 3 a Technicolor film had to fight tight a lance Jance duel with Charles Char Char- les Jes Horvath actor stuntman actor stuntman take part in a number of Indian brawls in one of at which he was kicked in the stomach fight a knife battle with Bart Roberts who plays his Apache brother and take several falls taIls from a orse lOrse tf Barbara arbara Rush playIng the feminine lead opposite Rock flock Hudson in Universal Internal ional's Son of Cochise informed inform ed Director Douglas Sirk that she felt she was entitled to a stunt check as well as her usual salary for one particular scene Barbara had her Lace face slapped Mapped I q t S' S St t lt at p P c as V I q r a c cRock i Rock Hudson plays ploys title role in Son of Cochise Cochiso w i atM l i. i e y 11 1 u. u a r t N r k e rI r- r r I ir lj J J. tJ if I. I i r J 7 t I V t. t t. t r V I. I j f 4 I t H HI I I 1 t II t it iti i f I j r t J JJ 1 I Leading Lady B Barbara Ruth Rush pays Lys plays Oona Apache beauty J 19 I 1 1 I A II A Y i l c y r try nt i dG Jeff leff C Candler Cochise wishes Rock Bock Rock Hudson his screen son luck F t A o s ti tir r r e Jack leck William portraying an em Apache takes p hone bon fall U m ut un n t ou r. r r 13 times in one morning by Morris Ankrum who plays her Indian father in the film Be cause the scene was being shot ot close up and In 3 D. 3 D. D Ankrum was unable to pull his punches without making the slap look Jook phoney Miss Rush Hush took the blows without out complaint though the they were hard enough each time to remove her dark Indian make up Barbara wound up with a sore and bruised Jaw This could Happen only in a Hollywood movie production a Danish Danish Danish-bom tx m. m German trained German t r a I 1 n e ed d director who still speaks with a decided accent directing a super 11 1 Western film In n which there are Navajo Indian extras only woof wo of whom can speak or understand under stand a word of ot English This unique situation occurs In InSon InSon Son of Cochise Director is Douglas Sirk who is forced farced to direct the Navajos through an Interpreter Lee Bradley an edu Universal Universal Internationals Internationals International's Son of Cochise costarring costarring star co ring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush is a story of the Arizona frontier when the Apaches were the scourge of the Southwest i t t 1 1 I. I fl I J 1 1 1 J t i I 1 r 1 a 4 1 i Geronimo is loose I Savage Apache chief leads warriors on warpath row t r i. 1 Y dt r rf f R Moab's Barbara Burck is killed by Apaches in big dramatic scene Local Beau Beauty y Wins Sc Screen een Chance rated Bated Navajo It ls to a tint ting sight to wa watch h these two men work to together ether SIrk first explains explains ex plains to Bradley what he wants wan the Navajos to do In a scene Then Lee interprets the directors director's tors tor's orders to ID his people In Navajo Nav Nay ajo and in sign language Bradley explains he is forced to use sign language because there are many movie technical terms that cannot be translated ted into the Navajo language v You Yau dont don't have to go to 10 Hollywood Holly wood to ta win a screen chance Pretty Barbara Burck Busch Is proof of this Without ever leaving her native native na tive Moab Barbara has already worked in two Hollywood movies and In one of ot them played a highly dramatic role The 18 year old year old blue eyed blue eyed natural blonde made her debut but as an actress when Director Sirk chose the young Moab beauty to play the only other feminine role In S Son n of at Cochise which is being shot entirely on an location location loca tion at Moab Barbara Rush has the feminine lead opposite apposite Rock Hudson who had never before appeared In fn anything but buta a Moab High School play not only had key lines to read but also had a dramatic death scene in which she was murdered by savage Apache Indians S Ate Audiences will be forced to ta duck duk their heads many times when they see the 3 D 3 D Technicolor color colar drama Son of Cochise starring costarring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush To lend greater realism to the action film Director Douglas Slik Sirk had arrows and lances hurled hurl ed right Into the lens of the 3 D 3 D Dcamera camera from a distance of only a few feet These will look as If they are coming right out among the audience In order to achieve this thrillIng thrill thrill- Ing lag effect the camera lens and mirror were by a sheet of or unbreakable glass at which the Navajo Indians working working-In In Inthe inthe the picture tired fired arrows and lances Jances Chief Cameraman Russell Rus Rus- sell self Betty decided there was too much realism when one of the Indians misfired and his lance Jance hit the he top tap of the camera and glanced off to miss Metty by aninch an anInch inch In another similar sequence In which Stuntman Charles Hov arth fires tires an arrow into the lens from a distance of only six feet teet the unbreakable glass failed tailed to live up to ta Its name and the ar ar af row point scratched the 3 D 3 D mirror which had to be replaced re reo placed X- X 1 7 i Hollywood could rould not hope for better ambassadors of good will than Rock Bock Hudson and Jeff Chandler who went out of their way to be gracious and charming to ta the residents or of Moab where both are appearing In Son of Cochise Although the temperature stood at the two stars instead in stead of resting in the shade between be tween hveen scenes stood for hours in the burning sun and signed autographs posed for camera fans and chatted with the large group of tourists who had driven more than 35 miles of dirt road Toad just to ta see the stars At one session Jeff stood with witha of and a large group teenagers teen explained the mechanics of the scene he was about to do lie He spent more than an hour with them and was unable to sit on the ground because he was In costume When he was urged to get In the shade and rest he said These The youngsters are our customers If It they can drive all the way out to see me and to stand in the sun Just to talk to me the least I can dl Is stay with them fi After Atter playing a campfire scene for Son of Cochise during which the wind blew the smoke into his face throughout the se quence Character Actor Ian MacDonald made this classic remark Smoked ham Cast of Son of Cochise Starring Rock Hudson J Jeff ff Chandler Barbara Rush with B Bart rt Roberts Gregg Palmer r Ian MacDonald Morris Ankrum Joe Sawyer Robert Burton Lance Fuller Brad Jackson Richard Cutting Gene Iglesias Barbara arbara I Burck John Day C Charles h a r fIe l e s 8 Horvath Jack WI Williams Bobby Hoy Al Wyatt Joe Yrigoyen James Van Horn Director Douglas Sirk Producer Ross Boss Hunter |