Hi Buckles The notes about the stack smoke color on the locomotive shown in the film frames reminded me of this photo of the last great restored Union Pacific steam engine Must have been wasting tons of coal |
Sunday, June 30, 2013
From Chic Silber
More Train Wrecks #1 (From Eric Beheim)
Here are a few frame enlargements from DeMille’s 1939 film UNION PACIFIC, showing another train wreck staged with miniatures. |
From Julie Mensching
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that my dad, Billy Rowlett passed away on
March 1st of this year. He had been sick and fought for almost 8 months. The
last two months of my dad's life, I shared with his pictures from your blog and
he talked quite abit about his elephants, especially kenya. I know you must
have tons of pictures, but if you come across any of my dad would you mind
scanning them and sending them to me?
Thanks so much,
Julie Mensching
Billy Rowlett's Daughter
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"Kenya" #1
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"Kenya" #4
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"Kenya" #7
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Train Wreck #1 (From Eric Beheim)
The recently-posted photo showing some of the miniature railroad cars used in the train wreck sequence from DeMille’s TGSOE inspired me to scan in some frame enlargements showing these miniatures as they appear in the film. Now-a-days, a wreck like this would probably be done using computer-generated trains. But then again, the train wreck in the Harrison Ford film THE FUGITIVE was done using a real train, which, surprisingly, was cheaper than using a computer-generated train. |
Train Wreck #6
A close examination of this scene shows that the real people superimposed into the miniature set are out of scale to the train. |
Train Wreck #18
In 1938, Kodak published a book for amateur movie-makers titled HOW TO MAKE GOOD MOVIES. A chapter on doing trick shots includes instructions for filming a train wreck using toy trains: “Arrange the coupled cars in a pile-up, and, with your camera upside down, film the cars as you pull them off the heap with a thin string or an unseen hand. When the scene has been reversed end for end in the film, you’ll have a first rate train wreck.” |
Friday, June 28, 2013
2013 RBBB Gold Unit #1 (From Vincent Manero)
Here is my last set of photos of this trip. I saw the Gold Unit « Fully Charged » in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I had a great time and was very pleased with this fast moving production of Ringling Bros. Just miss a Cat act. All Animals acts were presented by Brett and Catherine Carden. |
2013 RBBB Gold Unit #4
Catherine presented also a nice and full of energy Dog act that seemed to be enjoyed by many spectators. |
2013 RBBB Gold Unit #6
The last Animal presentation was the Elephants. Dutchess and Patty were presented by Brett and Catherine Carden. Great presentation even if their 3rd Elephant Carol was not performing (she was shot a few weeks ago in Tupelo, MS). She is back on the Show but doesn't work in the act at the moment. |
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Happy Birthday!
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The Hannefords #1
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