Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Chapter Three #11



Joan, Jim and Mike find refuge in one of the villages where the natives revere her as the “lion goddess.”


Posted by Buckles at 4/17/2013 05:41:00 AM

1 comments:

Eric said...

When JUNGLE JIM was made, some Hollywood studios were still using an arc light without the glass lens in front to simulate the light from a camp fire. (Property men would shake some branches with leaves on them in front of the arc light to create shadows that looked like the reflection of a fire.) Without the glass, the arc light threw off a bright light that could “sunburn” the eyes of the actors, a condition called “klieg eyes.” (Old vaudeville performers who used to work in front of arc footlights also suffered “klieg eyes.”) The standard cure back then was to slice potatoes very thin and make a poultice to cover the eyes. The potatoes would turn black in just a few minutes and whole process was very painful. Chic, our resident expert on theater lighting can probably tell us more about klieg lights and their side effects.

17 April, 2013 10:56

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