JON HALL SWIMS
Jon Hall's training in Tahiti as n wimmer came to good use during locaion shooting on "South of Pago-Pago,' Idward Small production, when In warn to the rescue of pretty littl< )lympe Bradna after she had faintrc
following a long swim from shore it the side of the big sailing vessel Lt Dessa. Hall and Olympe play the roles af young natives of a South Seas isle A.s the La Dessa drops anchor in Manoa Lagoon, the natives swarm out to meet it, some swimming, others paddling their outrigger canoes. It was lecessary to make three "takes" of the big scene, and on the third try, Dlympe became exhausted and.fainted. Director Alfred E. Green realised.immediately what was happening, and shouted to Hall, who, without a second's hesitation, plunged back into the water and carried Olympe to-the Doat.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 18
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