![]() In Sep 1934, location shooting took place at Lone Pine, CA and in mid-Oct in Chatsworth, CA. Cantonement scenes involving 450 men were shot on the Paramount ranch, fifty miles from the studio, according to the same article. A NYT article on reported that the Hindu were unable to eat the lunches provided by Paramount because they reportedly ate only curry made by a person of the right caste. According to a DV news item on, five hundred Hindu olive pickers were recruited in the Imperial Valley and around Oxnard, CA, to play Afridi tribesmen and lancers for battle sequences. ![]() According to an Oct 1934 NYT article, Paramount sent 300 cast and crew members on location to the Sierra Mountain town of Independence, CA, where it recruited one hundred Piute Indians from nearby reservations, Hindu fruit pickers from the Napa Valley, and country ranchers from Inyo. On, FD reported that Stephen Roberts would direct the film, although Henry Hathaway replaced him. According to a modern source, Yeats-Brown and Maxwell Anderson contributed to the script. It is unclear what contribution Stallings made to the final screenplay. A HR news item on states that Waldemar Young and Achmed Abdullah (who are credited on the screen) were working on the script. Le Vino and Sidney Buchman.Ī news item in HR on stated that Lawrence Stallings had been offered a job refurbishing the screenplay for this film. Schoedsack as directors, Rex Wimpy as assistant director, and with a script by Albert S. Ī Production chart in the Hollywood Filmograph lists the film as in preparation with Clive Brook and Phillips Holmes in the leading roles, John Cromwell and Ernest B. Schoedsack shot scenes of villages and the rifle factory of the Afridis.Ī Production chart in the Hollywood Filmograph lists the film. In the article, Schoedsack describes the Afridis as the "most warlike of the tribes.big, powerfully built men." According to Schoedsack, the Bengal Lancers with whom author Yeats-Brown served had merged with the Indian cavalry by 1932 and no longer used the name. During Schoedsack's sojourn in India, there was a lull in the tribal wars among the Moslem Pathans, a group of tribes that includes the Afridis, who are characterized in the film. He, his wife, brother, a cameraman and several assistants spent six weeks on the northwest frontier, where, with the aid of British military authorities, he was able to send "thousands of feet of film back with a fine assortment of interesting stills." Although Schoedsack most likely directed the shooting of footage in India, the Var review for the film credits him with photography. Schoedsack returned from India after three months' shooting on this film. According to a Jan 1932 NYT article, filmmaker Ernest B. Rochfort John, formerly of the Royal Engineers, for technical advice and supervision. Wynn, O.B.E: p.s.c., formerly of the Seventh Bengal Lancers, and Capt. The opening credits on the viewed print make "grateful acknowledgment" to Lieut. The Var review states that only the locale and title of the novel were retained in the film. Paramount purchased the rights to Francis Yeats-Brown's novel before it was published. ![]() ![]() ![]() A pre-production title for this film was More Lives of a Bengal Lancer. ![]()
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