Screenland (Nov 1928-Apr 1929)

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Incidentally, they get the best out of their actors and staff. "An amusing thing happened this morning," Ramon said. "Two aviators were in a long shot with Carroll, Ralph and myself. Just now George wanted to get a close-up of the same scene and sent for the aviators. The marine on duty told him that he couldn't get those two boys just now because one was in Los Angeles and the other over the desert on his way to Arizona. He said they would both be back in the morning and asked George whether that would be all right." Although Ramon likes Gold Braid he is restless to do a picture that has more to it than the ordinary program picture offers. "What difference do a few more dollars make to me?" he demanded with kindling eyes, "I have more now than I will ever spend. I feel that I should be doing pictures that give more than just amusement. "Sometimes life seems very empty and I wonder if what I have done has been any use at all. I think not, and then I realize that my work has been the means of sending my brothers through college and helping my father bear a heavy burden. And then, too, a letter will come from some sweet, clean-minded person telling me what some situation or other in one of my pictures has meant to them and to the handling of their own problems, and I think, 'well, it is worth while'." My harvest on this location was pleasant memory of everyone's hospitality, a craze for the progress of aviation and a terrible sunburn, which is still with me after three weeks of care. I had been told by Virginia Kellogg, who, besides being script clerk for Fred Niblo. does all of his personal publicity, that Mr. Niblo's company would be working in Verdugo Hills, about an hour's run from Hollywood the next day, and invited me to spend it with them. The next morning Ralph Wheelwright, press representative for the Niblo unit, called to take me out to the location. It was just ripping. Under the most beautiful old oak trees was a regular carnival scene. There was a stage, and two or three circus-wagons and half a dozen tables at which fifty or more lads and lassies and soldiers made merry. The story is supposed to be the life of the famous French actress, Adrienne Lecouvreur. It probably deviates some from the historical account, but what does that matter if it entertains? This particular sequence was before the child became famous. She was singing in this traveling circus and at a request from the soldiers leaves the stage and wanders over to their table for a song. Of course they tease her and it gets rather rough. So rough that her guitar is broken and the girl is reduced to tears of anger and mortification. To her rescue comes Nils Asther. commander of the troupe and really a prince, though she doesn't know it. He reproves the men sternly, restores the broken guitar and bracelet as charmingly as if the little songstress were a princess of the blood, for the gallant young noble has fallen in love with the beautiful girl. However, when she leaves the scene he winks knowingly at his men, showing them that he didn't mind their actions in the least and had only come to the rescue so that he could make a personal hit with the young lady. So he wasn't such a gallant at heart after all. The clever thing about this treatment is that the costumes are a heterogeneous collection from every nation under the sun so that there would be no hard feelings when the picture is shown in foreign countries. Even the actors are chosen from several different countries and the salutes belong to no army at all. It is simply a tale of human nature — love, hate and romance — which is the same fundamentally in every land. An interesting thing about this scene was that it was supposed to be at night but such is the trickery of photography, that, taken in the daylight with the film treated with dark blue, or shot through dark gauze, the effect is much better than if it were actually taken at night. All this was explained to me by Alexander Toluboff, Art Director for the unit. Mr. Toluboff is a graduate of the Russian Royal Art Academy and is an architect and engineer of some note. He is working on the set for the new Garbo Picture, A Woman of Affairs, and also did the Mysterious Lady set. Harry Rheinhardt. son of John R. Rheinhardt, the composer, is technical director and told us an amusing experience he had recently during an air flight. They were circling over Palm Springs for a location for a picture and got over the most treacherous air currents in the west which hover above Palm Canyon. Mysterious winds twist a plane into tail spin? and do all sorts of curious things — "and right over this interesting spot we ran out of gas," said Harry. "We thought we were sure gone, for there was no place to make a quick landing, and then we spied an alfalfa field on the other side of the railroad. We came down and flew under the telegraph wires — that's how near beat we were. Just as we were climbing out of the plane the farmer came running up and balled us out for ruining his alfalfa crop. 'Say, listen,' I said to him, 'When you are up in the air with nothing between you and death but a man's alfalfa field you land on it. We'd have landed on your bed if it had been big enough.' " The scene was taken where Joan, who has been lifted to the table by the soldiers, is tripped up and falls into their arms. A close-up of her ankles was about to be taken when it was discovered that Joan wore an anklet. So the whole production had to be suspended until Joan's anklet was removed. "Now boys," said Mr. Niblo, Remember that catching Miss Crawford is _ the most important thing you have to do.' . "It's important to me, anyway, if it isn t to you, Fred," said Joan. "It's important to us," said Sven Borg who was Greta Garbo's interpreter when she first arrived in this country and who is now doing exceedingly well himself in pictures. "Because, if we don't catch you we lose our yobs." "Where's your English?" said the young count Troubetskoy smiling. "I said job," Sven retorted glaringly. And they both burst out laughing. Virginia Kellogg, who is the most attractive location hostess I have ever known, excused herself for a moment to make some notes on her typewriter which had been brought out to the location and placed on a long table providing her with a little office. In two seconds she was back "Well, that was short and sweet I said. Virginia laughed. "I don't see why I should write more than is necessary. Every night I complete the details in a