Hollywood (1936)

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There are, in reality, only 375 men in the charge. Six hundred riders, sufficiently daring, skillful and bold, cannot be found to make such a dangerous ride. Ambulances and white-coated surgeons stand ready but they dare not drive into the scene! A man, evidently badly hurt, staggers to his feet but is knocked down again by a plunging horse! Riderless horses, fear crazed, gallop on with the rest! They draw near the guns. Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them. Cannon in front of them— Volley and thunder! Stormed at with shot and shell. Boldly they ride, and well. Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Ride the six hundred! Their ranks have thinned but the word is still, "Forward!" They are riding down on the guns. Look! Flash all their sabres bare, Flash, as they turn in the air, Sabre'ng the gunners there, Charging an army! While all the world wonders! They reach the guns and wheel to the right! The real melee, the hand-to-hand conflict, will be filmed later, at closer range. The Six Hundred, or what is left of them, are in retreat! They are now almost hidden in the drifting, acrid cannon smoke. Plunged in the battery smoke, Right through the line they broke. Cossack and Russian Reeled from the sabre stroke. Shattered and sundered. Then they rode back again^ But not the six hundred. The Russian cannon still thunder as the survivors ride back up the Valley of Death. Dummy dead men and horses have been strewn over the ground, before the charge, by "prop" men. Horse hides, stuffed with straw and sawdust, mounted with wooden hoofs, are the dead horses. Retreat is Filmed #) Dummies In Uniforms, British and Russian, are the dead men that clutter up every motion picture battlefield. Back ride the troopers while the Russian cannon cut more of them down. Cannon to the right of them. Cannon to the left of them. Cannon behind them. Volley and thunder! Stormed at with shot and shell While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of Death, Back through the mouth of hell, All that was left of them — Left of six hundred! The cameras stop turning. "Prop" men catch the "empty" horses as Curtiz terms those which are riderless. They take trucks out on the battlefield, to re-arrange the dead men and horses. We are all amazed to see a "prop" man grasp a dead horse by the legs and toss it easily into a truck, for over yonder six men are struggling to lift another. We learn that some are stuffed with straw, some with sawdust. Men rest and smoke, and gather in small, excited groups. Ambulance sur geons patch up cuts, bruises, abrasions. Two men have been badly hurt and an ambulance siren shrills as they are taken to the hospital tent. No child's play, a scene as vivid and realistic as this. But it is not over, for Curtiz will drain the last final drop of drama and color from this great climax to his picture. Twice more the men ride in the charge until men and horses are ready to drop. The men are dirty, their uniforms torn, their faces blackened by powder smoke. We are told something of what has happened during the making of the film, between "shots." Several Locations Needed • "Locations" For Arabia had been found near Lone Pine, California, at the base of Mt. Whitney. All the Indian scenes had been made in Sherwood Forest and the huge garrison barracks, four city blocks square, had been erected at Lasky Mesa, on the Warner ranch. A jungle had been devised at Lake Sherwood for the leopard hunt and on three studio sound stages, a great ballroom, the interior of the barracks and the ornate palace of Surat Kahn had been built. On the back lot a portion of the Indian city of Delhi had been erected. "The Lone Pine location," Flynn told us, "was to have represented the Arabian desert but a snow storm hit us and the weather turned bitter cold. The 175 men were equipped only with light, cotton desert uniforms and almost froze. At one o'clock one cold morning, a fire broke out across the street from our hotel. We rushed to the windows to watch it and saw a truck load of dynamite standing near the blaze with burning embers dropping into it. We left without checking out! Curtiz kept telling us all to keep cool — but he was wearing silk pajamas and riding boots!" During the leopard hunt, from the backs of elephants, the leopard hired from a local zoo, "went Hollywood" on them. It wanted to play, instead of acting the part of a ferocious jungle beast. One of the elephants decided upon a good roll and almost crushed Flynn, Gordon, Nevin and Knowles. A new leopard, a new elephant and a new howdah had to be found, before the scene could be made. "And Mr. Flynn, the brute." dimpled Miss de Havilland, "tried to murder me when he saved me from a brutish native. He slashed at the man with his sword but it slipped and cut my face." But the entire company have taken hardships and danger in good humor. Predictions are that Patric Knowles will be a star, once the film is released. Merle Oberon was a frequent visitor on "location," come to see her fiance, David Niven. A great cast, a great story and a million dollars thrown into production excellence, The Charge of the Light Brigade should be a picture to remember. But there is one thing left for us to do, before we leave, and that is to pay a last tribute to the men of the original Six Hundred and those who risked their lives to give us a picture thrill. And so let's allow Tennyson to do it. Hats off! Salute! When can their glory fade? Oh, the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made; Honor the Light Brigade — Noble six hundred! HOLLYWOOD