“FOUR FEATHERS.”
DERVISHES REFUSE TO DIE. Many of the wild Dervishes who appear in “The Four Feathers,” Alexander Korda’s technicolour adventure drama of the Sudan were required to charge down oil the men of the East Surreys, dressed in old-fashioned uniforms to represent the British troops who defeated the Malidi. These Dervishes were largely members of the Sudan Horse, one of the smartest regiments in the country. For the film, they agreed to discard their uniforms and dress in the scanty clothing of the Dervishes of forty years ago. But there was great difficulty in making them agree to “die” for the camera lens. In fact, most natives object to “play” at dying, probably because of superstitious fear. It always takes highpowered diplomacy to persuade them to the viewpoint of the picture-makers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 18, 1 November 1940, Page 3
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