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Show oo- VIOLA DANA AT ! UTAH THEATRE j Viola Dana thought she was going i to be burned to death when she was acting on a burning ship for scenes in "Breakers Ahead," a Metro A 1 1 -Star Series Picture, which will be shown at the Utah theater on Thurs-day. Thurs-day. Her work aboard a big soiling j " . . I ship was a harrowing ordeal for the famous little star. In "Breakers Ahead" the winsome star puts to sea in a dory to save her sweetheart, who is on the burning vessel. The bip sloop, which had been ! obtained by her director, Charles J. ! Drabin. was an old one. but still staunch and seaworthy It was navi-! navi-! trated well out to sea by a veteran skipper. The first nisht out. bv reason of a mistaken signal, the ship was halted by a patrol boat, which fired a shot across her bow and sent up a flare to warn the shore batteries. The skip- I per had to explain to the boarding officers of-ficers that his craft was in the hands of picture producers and not smugglers or enemies When the fire scene was staged, some sparks fell on Miss Dana's dress, a flimsy, summery frock. "I just screamed and ran," she said, telling of the incident. -"Somebody grabbed me and put me our at it were. However, I was really frightened. fright-ened. Oh, I do hope our authors will keep me on dry land in the future. Acting amidst the Uames on a choppy sea certainly is thrilling." |