FILM DEATHS
ACTOR PREFERS BEING BLOW?; UP. "You haven't died until you've beer, blown to pieces." says Robert Barrat.' This prescription for a demise isn't ' quite as grim as it sounds, for ihe screen veteran is speaking of makebelieve deaths. In his latest picture. Barrat is killed by a British cannon in the War of 1812. Rest assured that he passes on, gracefully, for he has had a wist experience in shuffling off this mortal coil. In t he course of his profession he has: • Fallen off a horse and broken his ‘ back. Been shot from a horse. Drowned dramatically.
Been hanged by the neck. Been stabbed in the back. "This last was the most squeamish job of kicking the bucket I’ve ever done." Barrat recollects. "It was done so slowly and deliberately, with, a lot of dialogue, and I'd hoard so much about cold steel —ugh!" he shuddered.
“It might sound unusual." he added, “but I like playing death scenes. You're the centre of the picture, and usually you’re resting on your back. Besides, in most cases they're the safest scenes in which to play. The studios take extra precautions against accidents, and it is the live heroes who get the bruises."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 January 1941, Page 9
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