Show A Looking at HOLLYWOOD MOST M OST of the wars of the world have been fought on California soil around Hollywood for the cam cam- eras And believe you me that in in- includes includes includes the fracas that started in the Garden of Eden and is still going on the on-the the battle of the sexes All kidding aside Hollywood has become an expert military tactician recreating combats from the dawn of history right down to the most modern warfare of World War II Hardly a major engagement in the eternal struggle of man against man has not been waged for the studio cameras Within the shadow of Hollywoods Hollywood's peaceful hills Greek phalanxes have marched and died Cortez and his Spanish invaders have hav sent Monte- Monte Montezuma Montezuma Montezuma zuma to his doom The French have flooded the streets of Paris with the blood of civil war stormed and cap cap- captured captured captured the Bastille and sent Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to the guil guil- Weve We've the defeat of the Boche at Verdun And the hero hero- heroism heroism heroism ism of Doolittle and his bombing crew over Tokyo has been brought to the screen to thrill the hearts of ot all who believe in the Allied cause Now Its It's l s China Right now Hollywood is doubling for China and Leslie Fenton is stag stag- staging staging staging ing a Jap bomber the China coast for Pardon My Past Fred MacMurray l who plays a mer mer- merchant merchant merchant chant seaman gets a chance to see how the Nips work from overhead overhead- and incidentally so does the audi audi- ence In contrast A Thousand and One Nights uses Vasquez Rocks sev sev- several several several eral miles outside town as the des des- desert desert desert ert near Bagdad For Counter Attack Zoltan Kor- Kor Korda Korda Korda da took Paul Muni l and marguerite l Chapman to Burbank Calif which appeared for this film as a portion of Russia invaded by the Germans Last year Korda took a troupe to the Mojave which served as the North African desert when Hum Hum- Humphrey Humphrey Bogart rode across it in a tank in Sahara Ancient History In contrast to the modern mech mech- mechanized mechanized mechanized wars the movies went back to the beginnings of history when Hal Roach made B. B C. C The battles which employed crude weapons of flint and stone were as factual as archaeological experts could make em Yep Hollywood posed the stone age and got away with it Many other wars of antiquity have been fought for the movies D D. D W. W Griffith recreated the battles of bib bib- biblical biblical biblical lical times for Judith of Bethulia of-Bethulia Bethulia which had Chatsworth Calif dou doubling doubling bling for Palestine A few years later D. D W. W built Babylon right in what is is- isnow now the heart of Hollywood The walls of the city towered feet into the air and these walls were wide enough to accommodate two chariots rac rac- racing racing ing abreast Cecil B. B De Mille used the old Paramount lot to house Romer Rome I and d dhe he had that city sacked sack d by the bar bar- barbarians barbarians for a flashback sequence in Manslaughter Egypt in Own Back Yard For Cleopatra C. C B. B B built por pore portions portions of Egypt and even reproduced the battle of in the studio tank Claudette Colbert was an Egyptian queen and sailed the stu stu- studios studio's studios studio's studios studio's dios dio's Nile in a luxurious barge that the real ruler couldn't have equaled The battle of ot Chateau Thierry with John Gilbert participating was one of the highlights of the unforgettable unforgettable unforgettable gettable The Big Parade A few palm trees and native huts and pres pres- presto presto presto to California Cal ornia became the Philip Philipi Philippines Philippines pines for The Real Glory which had Gary Cooper in the star role The Mojave also did duty as North North- Africa for two versions of Ouida's novel Under Two Flags Napo Napo- Napoleons Napoleon's Napoleons Napoleon's Napoleons Napoleon's leons leon's retreat from Moscow one of the greatest of all military opera opera- operations operations operations was shot in the environs of Culver City when made Con Conquest Conquest Conquest quest with Garbo and Charles Boyer Dunkirk one of the gravest ad ad- adventures adventures adventures ventures of this war was the climax of Ty Powers Power's A Yank in the RAF Since Ty has gone into uniform un orm off the screen Robert Taylor did a role in Bataan before he answered the call to the colors Both have havee seen seen action more thrilling than they ever underwent before the cameras ca eras One of these men are go go- going going going ing to stop acting like kids and put away their deadly toy guns and can can- When men really grow up and learn to settle quarrels by ar ar- arbitration ar- ar just just talking things over- over there will be an end to war Which is a wonderful thing to look forward to except maybe for movie producers e e e Bracken Goes Crosby When you hear Crosby's voice coming out of Eddie Brackens Bracken's face facein fa facein e ein in Out of This World you'll scream with laughter The whole thing Is a burlesque on swooning Sinatra Its It's funny but with greater care it could have been b en another Once in a Lifetime George Marshall director turns accidents Into assets When Don Costello had hadlis ifs lis toe broken by Alan Ladd during i b scene in Blue Dahlia Marshall lad ind the incident written into the script and they kept on shooting |