| OCR Text |
Show THE 'BIG FIGHT' IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD Evoryono who saw tho filmed production pro-duction of Rex Beach's vlrllo book, "Tho Spoilers," romombers above everything else tho "big fight." This tumultous and loallstlc sceno served over till its other Incidents, to raise "Tho Spoilers" to first rank In Its day and mako it a topic of general discussion. Motion plcturo history repents Itself It-self In Cluuo's elaborate multiple-reel multiple-reel production of "Tho Eyes of tho World," a pictorial vorslon of Harold Har-old Boll Wright's famous story, on which tho Clunu studio havo been working for six months, nnd which Is scheduled to havo It first showing hero at tho Lyric theatre, Logan, on Wednesday nnd Thursday, April 18 and 10. "The Eyes of tho World" also has as it major thrill a "big fight." It Is not, however, In any wny, patterned pat-terned after tho ono In "Tho Spoilers." Spoil-ers." Nor Is It dragged In for merely mere-ly Bpcctacular purposes. It Is a highly high-ly essential part of Wright's story. Thousands of readors of tho book will Identify It from this slmplo statomont. It Is tho fierce strugglo of Ruthlldgo nnd King, rival suitors of tho heroine, on the cliff which results re-sults In Ruthlldgo's tragic cud. This sceno was rocontly "stagod" on tho very crest of ono of tho San Bernardino mountain ranges near Skyland Heights. Lloyd Brown, Cluno's general manager of productions, produc-tions, searched for wcoks to find tho topography and general sconlc sotting sot-ting that wero required. It needed great height of cliff together with great depth of canyon and sweeping view of rugged mountain grandeur. Tho panorama must bo as flno as tho action that was to tako place. ., Finally, Just as despair was felt In discovering the right combination, tho placo was found. Hero from tho highest summit, range after rango slopes downward to a valloy which soparatcs tho highest poako by fully 20 miles. In this valley verdant ranches, desert stretches, threads of highway cross-cut this green and gray checkerboard, and trails and firebreaks zig-zag through plno forests for-ests of different lovols, all contribute contrib-ute to tho wondorously boautlful vlow. Out Into this "hollow of God's Hand" to quoto ono of Mr. Wright's phrases Jutted two giant crags whoso bases aro planted far down Into In-to tho cavernous roaches of ono of California's deepest canyons. Thero Is a sheer drop from tho apex of this rock formation of probably 1200 feet. On this apex, which Is triangular trian-gular in shape, and not moro than otght foot across at Its widest point, was Btaged tho tight on tho death for tho possession of tho girl. Most thrills of this nature aro momentary mo-mentary affairs. This ono Is a long hand-to-hand strugglo In which tho participants wero every moment In peril. Edward Poll and Jack Livingston Liv-ingston did this sustained sceno at constant danger of their llvos. Tho longth of tho strugglo, It Is Bald, makes for prolonged suspense until Poll (Rutlldgo) shot from ambush by tho convict during tho fight topples top-ples over tho edgo of tho cliff. And Poll actually did, wo aro assured. as-sured. No dummies wero used. All of which may porsuado the reader that If ho likes to havo his blood currents accelerated ho will not fall to sco tho "big fight" In "Tho Eyes of tho World." Poll was seriously hurt In tho filming of this sceno, hut subsequently subsequent-ly recovered without pormanent harm to his rugged physique No ono should miss this raro opportunity opportuni-ty to seo tho greatest plcturo yet produced. |
