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Show iWar Veterans Get Thrill in Filming "The Bait;" At Alhambra I A grOUp f ex-service men declared that they receive. I as sre.u a thrill as cmiiir "over the top" when tln- took part In Maurice Tourneur's new pho- 1 tophi v, "The Hail." which will lie the chief attraction at the Alhambra thea- rter tonipht I one of the hlg seem s in this picture 8lioWM a lion escaping from his cage on a nudellle Stage ami leaping into 'a box in which the heroine is scaled. Mr Tourneur desired to secure four or five men with iron nerve to occupy the box with Hope Hampton. who plays the heroine, when this scene was made lie finally succeeded in securing secur-ing .several ex-soldlerfl to take the job Thev went through with their task ! perfectly. So did the lion. He catapulted cata-pulted himself squarely over their heads towards the rear of the box where MiW Hampton and, just hc-Ihind hc-Ihind her, a piece of raw meat awaited him The ex-soldier.s fared better than the pretty actress. She was I clawed severel about the arms before the director shouted. "Cut!" |