A REALISTIC WRECK
“NIGHT FLYER” SENSATION The wrecking of an entire train, including the engine and several cars, was taken in close-up for the first time for use in “The Night Flyer,” James Cruze production. When Oruze sent Director Walter Lang and the company on location, he instructed- them to make the great vvreck in the picture as realistic as possible. But he had no idea that Lang’s cameraman would be stationed so near the rails that the wind from the engme and cars, as they hurtled the rails ii e ii down river embankment would blow their caps from their heads. _ i?° r ® alistic were the results that jWien the rushes were run at the studio the most hardened studio workmen t5 sed to great thrill stunts, gasped and clung to their seats Phhn U M^r-?, Dyd ’, J °byna' Ralston and Philo McCollough are featured in this sequence of the picture.
Lev Cody and Aileen Pringle who recently- appeared in the comedv drama a4in m in a^ d Eva ” Win “homy be seen again m their second co-starring picture for Metro-Goldv.-yn-Maver “Tea for Three,” in which Owen Moore also appears.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 282, 18 February 1928, Page 14
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191A REALISTIC WRECK Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 282, 18 February 1928, Page 14
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