The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

14 ■THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY Francelia Billington and Camerwnian Milton Moore Xkese People Made a Business of Bravery TRASHING through the clouds and circling the white-hooded mountains of California in the s\vift^ est airplanes that man could devise and money could buy, Milton S. Moore, a Universal camerman, and Francelia Billington, noted leading woman for that company, were treated to the thrills of their young lives during the production of "The Great Air Robbery." Cameraman Moore, himself a daring aviator, was selected to record on film the most hazardous feat of nerve ever performed. He said, after the picture was completed: "I thought I had experienced every thrill that can come to a man in an airship, but I'll confess that I didn't know what thrill meant. "The courage of this man so startled me that it fairly took my breath. I had to keep a grip on myself mentally every moment lest I forget to turn the camera crank. My camera was strapped and braced to my plane, and every contrivance possible to insure a good picture was utilized. I trained the lense on Lockklear's plane exactly as I would sweep an enemy plane with a machine gun. "I never expect again to receive the exhiliration from a picture that I got taking this dare-devil in his superhuman stunt. It makes me shiver yet to think about it." Universal City resembled a great aerial station while the making of this gigantic feature picture was in progress. Many planes were utilized in the production, manned by skilled birdmen from the American air service. Jacques Jaccard, the director and author of the picture, rode in a speedy plane with Milton Moore, the cameraman. presents' •CREATAIRIOSBEKfSS Univei'yal Jevel Production de luxe