MARY’S LITTLE LAMB

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 34, 3 May 1927, Page 15

MARY’S LITTLE LAMB

A NEW VERSION A modern version of the Mary and the little l&ipb story was recently enacted at the Metro-Goldwjm-Mayer studio. In ‘‘A Little Journey” there are many scenes in which the leading characters walk along and are followed by the camera. Various methods of propelling the camera were used. In one scene, William Haines took a long walk through a railway station. The photographing of that was easy, for the camera was placed on the usual perambulator and pushed along behind him. In another scene Claire Windsor walked down the aisle of a Pullman coach with the camera following. This presented difficulties because of the narrowness of the aisle. The ordinary perambulator is about four feet wide, so a special one was suspended from a rail fastened in the roof of the car, to which the camera was attached. Another “shot” is a back view of William Haines. It was necessary to have the camera at the same distance from Haines all the way. To accomplish this. Haines himself pulled the moving stand upon which the camera rested, thereby keeping the same distance through the entire scene. The results of these manoeuvres are novel and effective. Miss Windsor and William Haines have the leading roles in “A Little Journey.” Claire McDowell and Harry Carew have important roles.