Screenland (Dec 1927-Apr 1928)

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MAKING YOMim -C*— (\Tim McCoy makes a and Dorothy Western Sebastian makes a hit. KJtty Hubert Tim McCoy and Chief Goes-ln-the-Lodge who adds a picturesque bit of frontier atmosphere to the picture. that back in Hollywood Tim McCoyhad told me that Indians had a sense of humor and I, naturally, put this down to Tim's ability to say the interesting thing. I first saw — when we got to the reservation — Tim standing talking sign language to Goes-in-the-Lodge, a chief of some hundred winters. When Tim talks sign language it's a poem. He is grace personified. The women seemed more morose than the men, creeping out of their little houses to watch us furtively. They all worked in the picture and McCoy proved himself a genius with them. Dorothy found another affinity with the Indians. She was born and reared in Birmingham, Alabama, as you know and her lackadaisical manner caused no end of amusement. Immediately that a scene was finished we discovered that the Indians lost no time in squatting on the ground. Even if they had only a few min utes to rest they took it big. 'Here's right where I belong,' Dorothy said. 'Why aren't there more Indians at the studio so that we wouldn't have to work so hard? They know how to relax and I certainly love that.'' While the company worked — and how they worked! — I wandered around that fascinating (Cont. on page 100)