Star-dust in Hollywood (1930)

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Record Details:

Title:
Star-dust in Hollywood
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Volume:
Star-dust in Hollywood
Leaf #:
000212
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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Star-dust in Hollywood might have meant death for the actor, but the gay quality of courage that Fairbanks produces so well in his films is really a quality of the man himself. In some films the risk is less than it seems to be. In Los Angeles is a street of houses set on the edge of a cliff under which passes a tramway tunnel. Immediately below is a street with tall houses and all the traffic of a busy town. So, by a proper adjustment of the camera, an actor may seem to be hanging hundreds of feet above the pavement, while he is dangling no more than one storey from the ground. On the other hand, there are human flies and daredevils who are ready to risk their lives for comparatively small sums. Lions, guaranteed harmless, are supplied by the * lion farm,' which breeds lions like puppies. However, even harmless lions occasionally revolt, and while we were in Los Angeles a class of growing lions suddenly uprose and, in a climax of furious protest, fatally injured their schoolmaster. Large propellers, like those of aeroplane engines, provide any wind desired, from mere zephyrs to cyclones ; or, combined with the hose, will imitate any kind of weather, from a gentle summer shower to the devastating waterspout. [i96]