| Show HAZARDS GALORE IN WEST OF THE PECOS STARRING RICHARD DIX manufactured thrills the kind that go into the making of a notion motion picture can be just as potent as cie spontaneous variety take for instance the river fording sequence in west of the pecos in which richard dix Is starred tor for radio with martha sleeper opposite the stream that doubles for the pecos river of texas Is in the california mountains not far from roja lo lwood for the purpose of the picture it was necessary to 0 sow the river being forded corded by a i covered wagon train a herd of cattle attle and cowboys on horse fack jack philip rosen felt he had photographed plenty of thrills when he showed the cattle horses mules and men swim aning tabe swirling waters but when the mules of the th lead wagon bece became ne snarled led in the harness and startle to drown the cattle were swept by panic and the th wagons overturned there was more excitement and danger than he expected cowboys property men electricians and grips stripped off their clothes and lived dived into the icy waters in an effort to tree free the draft animals from their har harness neis and struggled until exhausted to save ave the maddened beasts although only fifteen feet from the shore it was more than an hour before the last of the trains livestock had been brou brought git to safety sore muscles and exhaustion ha were the lot of many mai of the rescuers among them dix himself others in the cast of tilts this picture are ara george cooper sleep in eat loulee beavers fred kohler pat colllns collins maria ilaria alba russell simpson and maurice 1 black utopia theatre friday black an and saturday march 2223 22 23 |
