Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

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[Continued from page 31] ~k Name i Address X City * is one of the most absorbing "production stories" ever told. It all started when Charles Blake, a Chicago newspaper reporter who had covered the quints from the beginning, conceived the idea for a motion picture story about them. Several studios had already tried, in vain, to have the quintuplets appear in brief sequences in various films — but none had yet conceived of a story revolving about them, not just exhibiting them. Blake sold his idea to Darryl Zanuck, production head of 20tTi Century-Fox, and famous before this for dramatizing stories behind headlines. Zanuck dispatched his confidential agent, Joe Moscowitz, under strict orders of secrecy, to the quintuplets' official guardians in Canada. Moscowitz, empowered to make a royal offer for the privilege of starring the quintuplets, brought home the bacon — the Canadian bacon. The offer, it is reported, was $10,000 per quintuplet for the appearance of the five as the stars of The Country Doctor. The instant that Joe Moscowitz returned to Hollywood with the papers signed and sealed, Darryl Zanuck worked fast. Sonya Levien, ace film writer, was asked to develop a screen treatment of Blake's story. A director was selected — Henry King, one of Hollywood's best. Jean Hersholt, short, rotund, jovial and a master of make-up, was given the title role. Dorothy Peterson, poised, alert and capable, was given the role of the nurse. Dan Clark was chosen as cameraman. And in remarkably few days the 20th Century-Fox expeditionary force was in Callander. DART of the agreement was that Dr. *■ Dafoe would be present at all times during the daily periods of movie-making, to safeguard the health of his five charges. So, before they could do anything else, Director King and Cameraman Clark had to interview Dr. Dafoe. Dr. Dafoe later confessed, "I had read a great many strange things in the papers. They told me that the picture people would build a new wing on my hospital, if they didn't like the idea of doing the filming in the hospital itself, that they would bring a carload of Kleig lights — and many other things. I was agreeably surprised." The worries of Dr. Dafoe about this business of photographing the quintuplets for the movies could not have matched the worries of the moviemakers. What if the five youngsters — or even one of them — registered fright or tears, instead of playing? The main part of the one-story hospital consists of two rooms — one a nursery and one a playroom, which is twenty-five feet long, fourteen feet wide and nine feet high. Because of the limited space, Dr. Dafoe decreed that only five persons — Hersholt, Miss Peterson, Director King, Cameraman Clark and Sound Engineer Bernard Fredericks — could be in the room with the quintuplets. All of them were to have their throats and noses sprayed before entering the hospital. All except Hersholt were to wear surgical garments, which were to be sterilized daily. All except Hersholt and Miss Peterson were to wear special slippers on entering the room, lest their shoes should carry in germs from the outside world. And the shoes of Hersholt and Miss Peterson were never worn outside the room. One important point on which Dr. Dafoe satisfied himself before the first scene was ever filmed was that the bright lights would not injure the babies' eyes. Clark had foreseen the raising of this question and had developed special lights with blue filters that prevented any glare. Hersholt, his make-up so skilfully applied that he looked like a twin of Dr. Dafoe, and Miss Peterson, looking completely nurse-like in her white uniform, approached the children for the first scene. She was to dress them, while he was to stand by, man-fashion, fidgeting to help. Miss Peterson bent over the crib of Marie to pick her up, and the youngster reached out her arms to be taken — with the result that both the make-believe nurse and the make-believe doctor "went up" in their lines. This was the only time that a retake was necessary.. Discovering in a few moments that the quintuplets were not bashful before strangers or disturbed by them, the actor and actress soon shed their nervousness. In your first glimpse of the quints in The Country Doctor, you will see them in diapers and little white shirts. You wTill like that first glimpse of them — particularly when you remember that it was unrehearsed. They were not taught to like Actor Hersholt or Actress Peterson. Of their own accord, they accepted them as companions — instantly. And that friendliness and good nature, evidenced by all five, will amaze you all through the picture — and convince you that they are healthy. Perhaps you expect to have difficulty telling the five apart, when there is no caption "reading left to right" to guide you. In which case, you will find Dorothy Peterson's descriptions helpful. Marie, she says, is "the tiniest." Yvonne — "the largest and most adventurous." Cecile "smiles the most." Annette is "the most mischievous." Emilie is "the most serious." Marie was the quintuplet who took a liking to Cameraman Clark and repeatedly walked out of camera range one day to become better acquainted. Yvonne was the one who jumped up and down in rhythm when Miss Peterson softly sang. Cecile was the one who discovered the attractions of Hersholt's fountain pen and was bent on seeing 78 Movie Classic for March, 1936