Cinema Progress (1935 - 1937)

Page scan 000231 from Cinema Progress

Record Details:

Title:
Cinema Progress
Date:
1935 - 1937
Publisher:
Los Angeles, American Institute of Cinematography
Volume:
Cinema Progress (1935 - 1937)
Leaf #:
000231
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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CINEMA PROGRESS Covering acres of ground is this reproduction of thirteenth century Pekin created for Goldwyn's Adventures of Marco Polo. Above is seen a section of the city wall and one of the huge gates production of Pekin and its outer gates and walls at a cost of $92,476. Before the production army arrives on the scene a number of interesting side phases of location enterprises take place. Once the set is approved, electricians swarm over the place, laying lines and tigging lamps, and at the same time the set dressers get to work. These last are the ones who fill empty sets with furniture, rugs, and the innumerable trappings which make motion picture settings so 'real'. In the case of Marco Polo they had to dress the entrance to 'Pekin' with thousands of typical articles and foodstuffs. Small stalls had to be made, realistic with Oriental delicacies ; meats had to be hung in the equivalent of butcher shops, flags draped about, and palaces and houses furnished. Ready for production, a fleet of busses in downtown Los Angeles picked up 450 Chinese atmosphere players and dispatched them to 'Pekin' ! The cowboys and other extras came through the studio gate at 5 a.m., were loaded into busses and sent out. They had to be on the set a couple of hours ahead of shooting time to be costumed and made up by the makeup artists — who were also among the early arrivers. Each step of the campaign had been 11 —