TALKIES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 200, 16 August 1940, Page 3

TALKIES

HAY BURIES BOYD—LUCKY IT'S NOT BALED Five tons of hay is some hay! William Boyd will admit that it is, for during the filming of "Santa Fe Marshal," newest and most thril ling of the Hopalong Cassidy films, five tons of it fell on him from an unstable loft. For a time, studio workers employed on the set feared that he might be smothered, but the popular portrayer of Hoppy was equal to the occasion. He saved himself by placing his mouth to a knot hole in the floor of the barn setting,, and experienced no trouble in breathing while the set employees worked feverishly to remove the hay. His only comment after being dug out Avas, "Lucky thing it wasn't baled hay." The picture, which also features Russell 'Lucky* Hayden, Marjorie Rambeau and Bernadene Hayes, tells lioav Boyd rides out after a gang of outlaws who have. stolen the payroll of a silver mine.

* AN INVENTION It looks as if Ann Rutherford'rf invention of a knitting needle with markings similar to a tape measure is going to pay big dividends? Paul ctte Goddard and Joan Crawford have already placed their orders for a set of needles, and Miss Ruth erford's ,attorney has notified the Metro Gohhvyn Mayer starlet that it looks as if a patent on the invention will be granted. Miss Rutherford invented the needle while she was working in "Four Girls in White." i f

3-DAY VACATION PAYS FOR TWO-MINUTE. DUCKING! 1 " . 'Twas a cold winter's night, and Florence Rice went swimming with her clothes on. Or,, to be more strictly correct, went swimming in a uniform belonging to the Metro Goldwyn Mayer wardrobe department. Guaranteeing his actors an extra day off over the week-end if they would work until 4 a.m. Saturday. Director S. Sylvan Simon continued night shots of "Four Girls in White" depicting the rescue of pas sengcrs from a railroad train which* had crashed through a trestle into a river swelled by flood waters. As Miss Race, in the role of Nurse Norma Page, carried the last injury ed child up the tiltcjcl corridor of a partly submerged Pullman for Doc tor Alan Marshal to liand up through a hole cut by a blowtorch in the steel roof, rifle shots sounded in the distance, signalling the break ing of the dam up-stream. Aided by Marshal, Miss Rice scrambled through the hole, where she knelt to aid him through. A wave of water struck the two as the Pullman toppled over sideways, carrying with -it trestles, cables and equipment of the wrecking crew. Marshal, one arm around Miss Rice, grabbed a cable. -A searchlight swept the water, pointing the way to the shore where eager rescuers held out hands to pull the two in. Regardless of the fact that he might be in camera range, Director Sylvan Simon, in hip boots, waded to Marshal's side and helped ..haul Miss Rice ashore. She was wrapped in a blanket, hurried to an ambulance, filled with hot clioco late and then had her clothes chang ed. Marshal, in a portable dressing room followed her example. "A three-day vacation just for the price of a two-auinute ducking. What a soft life you actors lead!" commented Simon as lie dismissed them until the following Tuesday morning.