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Talking Pictures
Three weeks after he had completed his work for The Good Earth, Miller was far at sea in a Gloucester fishing schooner, showing young Freddie Bartholomew the correct way to clean a Grand Banks codfish.
An interesting instance of the wide experience of a property man arose during the filming of a picture which required a certain shawl exactly like that worn by a figure in a large portrait which appeared prominently in an important scene. The property man was frantic as the time to exhibit the picture approached and he had not found the duplicate of the shawl. An order had been given to try to weave a shawl of the same pattern when an elderly lady entered the studio as a visitor. She was seen by the worried property man, who could hardly contain his excitement as he begged the owner for the loan of her shawl.
The property man has one of the most interesting and most constantly changing jobs in all the working world. He learns something of nearly every art and custom to be found in any country.
One man returned from fourteen months in darkest Africa where he became intimately familiar with Negro tribal gods, with native weapons and foods. The first job given him, when he had again settled into the studio routine, was the preparation of afternoon tea for a cozy foursome in a set representing a charming English home.
The property man belongs to an old profession, but the coming of the screen has added immeasurably to its interest and its responsibilities. But his work, under film conditions, must be supplemented by that of still other specialists.
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