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AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
January, 1925
to ship the cattle to market and replace them with a more modern breed.
The drive in itself was an exact replica of the many which took place in southwestern United States during the 1866-75 period. In it there were over four thousand long-horn steers, three covered ox carts, thirty-two expert cow-punchers, and four men equipment and cooking. Strung out, they covered a distance of over four miles.
The cattle were driven over parts of the old Texas-Kansas Cattle trails and the routine on the trip was practically the same as if it had been a
real pioneer drive.
According to the group of cattle-men who served in an advisory capacity for the trip and who have been over the old trails dozens of times, the herds in the early days traveled at a rate of from twenty to thirty miles per day for the first week of the journey. Later, when the animals became tired, twelve to fifteen miles per day was considered good time. This same rate of speed was made by the Paramount company while filming the picture.
The daily routine also was similar to the scheduled on one of the early drives, which
was :
1. Graze morning until noon.
2. March until twilight.
3. Halt for another graze until dark.
While the herd was feeding in morning the company shot scenes of the players around the camp. From noon until twilight scenes were taken of the cattle and of the wagons and people on the march. When the troupe halted for the twilight graze, scenes of making camp and of the cowboys milling around the herd were taken.
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Here's What Helen Klumph Thinks of A.S.C. Member's Cinematography
Qln the December 14th, 1924, drama section of the Los Angeles Times, of which Edwin Schai.lert is drama and music editor, Helen Klumph, in an exclusive New York dispatch, had the following to say of the cinematography of Alfred Gilks, A. S. C, in "North of 36." Needless to say, Victor Milner, secretary of the American Society of Cinematographers , immediately wrote Miss Klumph as to the identity of the man who photographed "North of 36."
"At the Rivoli this week we have another stampede. 'North of 36' is the picture . . .
'If I could only remember the name of the cameraman who shot this picture I would like to send him a large bouquet. So far as I am concerned , he ranks with the immortals for having caught the lyric beauty of cloud-hung Texas skies. He seemed to be able to catch heat and cold and all sorts of atmospheric subtleties in his photography."