Modern Screen (Dec 1935 - Nov 1936)

MODERN SCREEN His vacations were always spent at some job that kept him outdoors. It was during one vacation that he met Tom Mix. Because George was husky and looked able to carry the heavy camera equipment over the hills, he was taken on as a camera assistant. That was his introduction to Hollywood and he stuck to the camera for six months. His fine physique got him small parts in pictures and he began doubling for stars. "It wouldn't be fair to tell who they were because some of them are still stars," he explains. You'll hear it often said by stars that they wouldn't ask a double to do anything they wouldn't do themselves. In George's case it is true. Only last week in a scene for "Whispering Smith Speaks," his latest picture, George was supposed to jump from one moving train to another, speeding in the opposite direction. George wanted to do it himself but the director refused to allow him and sent for a double. "We can't afford to take a chance," the director argued. "If anything happened the picture would be held up." GEORGE agreed. But when the double arrived and was told what he had to do he refused, and a second double was sent for. While they waited the director made closeup shots of George about to make the leap. Frank Good, who has been George's cameraman for years, sidled over to George and whispered : "Are you going to do it?" "Sure,'' George replied. So Good set up his camera to catch the whole scene instead of just a closeup. The engineer, not knowing that George was going to jump, speeded up and the entire company gasped as our hero landed lightly on his feet on the other train. "It was nothing," George said afterward. "I can do my stunts better than most stunt men and it's better for the picture if I do them myself." "Well, we won't retake it," the director commented grimly. George is mindful of the fact that to his youthful fans he is a hero and for that reason he never takes a drink or smokes in a picture. "I always get my man before I'm so embarrassed I have to light a cigarette," he laughs. But, strangely enough, George is never seen smoking or drinking off the screen, either. At the opening of the operatic season in New York last Fall, George and Marguerite were present. During intermission a strange gentleman approached George in the lobby and said : "It seems strange to see you here. I thought you didn't belong, but on second look I guess you do." "Why were you surprised?" George asked. "Because I haven't my horse with me, or don't you like me in evening clothes ?" "I love music," he continued, putting the gentleman at ease. "I studied piano for eight years. I ride my horse for a living. This is my pleasure." A huge crowd as well as a vast radio audience was treated to a bit of his ready Irish wit at the premiere of the picture, "Midsummer Night's Dream" in Beverly Hills. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien were a handsome couple as they arrived in front of the theatre. 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