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Show NEW PHOTO CRANE OVERCOMES OVER-COMES BIG PROBLEMS Solving the problem of how to film some of the thrilling scenes in "I Cover the Waterfront" while the camera boats were pitching" and rolling on the high seas, technicians on the staff of Director James Cruze perfected a new type of gyroscopic tripod and microphone crane that permitted perfect photography and. sound recording under the most difficult dif-ficult conditions. The Reliance Company, bringing the adaptation of Max Miller's best-selling best-selling book to the screen for United Artists, with Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon and Ernest Torrence in the principal roles, spent considerable time on location in the ocean off San Diego, San Pedro and Monterey, California. , It was at the latter place that the motion picture outfit, cruising cruis-ing in the hope of finding a couple of sharks to fit the story action, ran into a whole school of the sea terrors, some of them 25 feet long and weighing nearly three tons. Harpooners went into action, with cameras trained on them, and killed kill-ed several of the monsters after a battle lasting for hours. The giant beasts, known among fishermen as "elephant" sharks, are extremely rare in California waters. Ranked among the largest sharks found any place in the world, they usually remain re-main in isolated northern waters. The film company's luck in en- "ig it wnoie scnooi. 01 the monsters resulted in bringing to the screen the most thrilling scenes of their kind ever rrrade. Coming to Cameo Theatre Sunday, Sun-day, Monday and Tuesday, December Decem-ber 3, 4 and 5. n |