MAKING PICTURES IN THE DESERT
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST HEAT A 25,000-gallon tank car was one of the 15 cars on a special train that left Hollywood 'carrying 500 players and others in Paramount's “Beau Sabreur” company to its third location camp on the Mojave Desert. Before leaving the Lcs Angeles Southern Pacific station, the tank car was filled with fresh water, and distilled water ice. This was necessary so that the company could be provided with fresh cold water during the several days required for the completion of the battle scenes of the picture. Bedrock is surrounded by miles of desert sand and sagebrush, and every possible step was taken to prevent prostrations from heat and injury to the celluloid film under the boiling sun. John Waters, director, and production superviser Milton E. Hoffman, headed the big company, which includes among its players Gary Cooper, Evelyn Brent and William Powell.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 309, 21 March 1928, Page 15
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