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When the sun was in the best position for shooting it was behind the houses ! That was not all. The street had been made particularly wide to fit the requirements of the scenario. The producer found that the ordinary crowds, that he had been accustomed to handle with great effect, were lost in the large street. Hundreds more extras were needed. No one had thought of that !
Neither had anyone forseen the effect of the Enghsh chmate — and how well thej' ought to realize that problem by now — in another recent film, this was a story of the orient. What an orient it was ! After days of waiting for the sun to shine in tiny intervals some shots were taken by a producer boldened by ennui. The "rushes" revealed an orient without the langorous atmosphere usually associated with the East, an orient of wildly swinging lanterns and billo\\dng curtains !
While on the subject I might mention, for the benefit of those who have never had to 'stand-by' on a set all day waiting for a ray of reluctant sunshine, how impossibly handicapped England is by her climate. In Hollywood they say that they have twentyfive rainy days in the year ! One producer, whom I know, circumvented the English cHmate in a most delightful manner. He was nine days behind schedule and in danger of the frowns of the powers that be. One night he took the script and blue pencil home with him and cut out half the scenario. The next day he arrived with a beaming face. He was up to schedule ! Another example of British methods !
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