Screenland (Jan–Jun 1948)

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Yet it wasn't enough that, promoted to first Lieutenant, he flew rugged runs throughout the Pacific as an Air Transport pilot. No, ' siree! When 1946 saw Tyrone leave active service, he took off on an air tour of Latin America, having completed his first post-war picture, "The Razor's Edge." Cesar Romero went along, and together with a co-pilot they sent 20th's twin-engined Beechcraft soaring over gorgeous terrain for two months. But you've read about their good will flight. Although one item may have slipped by unheralded. "Navigation difficulties," Ty will explain, with a sad and knowing shake of his head. "While in Buenos Aires we attended a formal dinner party." "Have you ever seen an Estancia?" inquired Ty's beaming dinner partner. Tyrone assured the kind gentleman that to visit a Latin American ranch had never been his good fortune. "You must come! You must come!" came the enthusiastic decision. "This is the second largest ranch in the world. Surely, you must come!" Now Ty, sincerely intrigued, asked, "Can you give me aerial directions?" "Of course! Of course!" the South American readily replied. "You fly to Paraguay, then — turn right." Now Paraguay is a country, and upon cruising over same, to turn right might get any flyer into a heck-of-a-lot-of-hotspots. Further questioning tactfully brought about the anxious host's drawing of a crude map, hence Tyrone finally arrived to marvel at the scenic splendor. Still, it was while shooting "Captain from Castile" that King and Ty really gave aviation a work out. First of all, Mr. King selected different locations in Mexico from his Waco. When the time came for cameras to roll, he flew the Beech down to their Morelia site, two hundred and thirty miles north-west of Mexico City. Power followed in his private BT-13. "Before hitting Morelia," Tyrone smilingly states, "I picked a small Mexican town to stay in over night. Prior to landing, I buzzed the place. That, at first appraisal, promised to be a comic mistake; for all eighteen taxi cabs the community possessed tore frantically out to the airport, hoping they each might snare the potential passenger. On second consideration, though, they came in handy — to shoo the cows off their field so I could land!" But both King and Ty vow they couldn't have completed "Captain from Castile" sans ships to aid them. For you see, in addition to Morelia, sets were also erected at Uruapan and Acapulco. Therefore, when the company took Sundays off, their astute director could fly on to inspect future locations, a trip impossibly lengthy by road. Not only that, but twice a week finished film was flown from shooting sites to Mexico City, whence airliners sent it speeding to Hollywood. The completed rushes were then returned — again via air — to Mexico City, where Mr. K. and Power flew to give them the old once-over. As Power sagely says: " 'Captain from Castile' is the story of Cortez conquering Mexico decades ago. But what we want to know is, how in the devil did anyone do it on a horse?" Fred Robbins Right Off the Record Continued from page 27 "Quick, George, the bottle!" S'not a bad deal, though. All Dinah has to do is play her own cookies for the little rascal. And incident, there's some butterscotch from the airy canary 'specially for little ears, called "Bongo," from Walt Disney's "Fun and Fancy Free," three ten-inch wafers — and what a break this is for baby sitters — Dinah tells the story of Bongo, a bear, how he escapes from his cage, and his adventures in the woods. Delightful, and perf for the kid broth or sist, or even your own son or daugt. (Columbia) JOE MOONEY QUARTET: Comfy "and swoony with Mr. Mooney. The kid with the squeeze box, Joseph, flipping his lips (doing the local) and roamin' the spaces wide on "Lazy Countryside." Flip spots the four on the floor on "Stars in My Eyes." (Decca) DESI ARNAZ: "Un Poquito De Amor," "I Love to Dance," "Made for Each Other," "El Cumbanchero." Here's Lucille's boy's freshest enchiladas. And aussi where your sacroiliac gets a workout, there being enough sensuous tropical beat to make you shimmy like my sister Kate. First two are from the MGM pix, "This Time for Keeps," and Desi throws that Latin head back on sides one, three and four. Agua, agua! (Victor) PERRY COMO: The kid from Cannonburg., Pa., sharpens that razor — I mean that larynx — for some exercise on "Two Loves Have I" and "I Never Loved Anyone." First was a smasheroo in France way back in 1931 and here's where the Eagle's Nest (U.S.) follows suit. Tony Martin made the rear face famous and Perry does it no harm at all. How relaxed can you sing! So nice and lazy and sorta bucolic. (Victor) VAUGHN MONROE: The kid with muscles on his tonsils sounds stiff as starch, but if you like your ears starched instead of buttered, well — solid! His barigroan is a mess of new pancakes, "Stars Will Remember," Ballerina," 78 SCREENLAND