RARE THRILL PHOTOGRAPHED

Evening Star, Issue 23723, 2 November 1940, Page 5

RARE THRILL PHOTOGRAPHED

For the first time in the history of motion pictures the reactions of passengers aboard a groat transatlantic seaplane disabled in the air and spinning into the sea were filmed for a spectacular sequence of the new Walter Wanger thrill drama, ‘ Foreign Correspondent.’ A master of realism and_ suspense, Director Alfred Hitchcock discussed the matter at length with Producer Wanger before the picture started. “Of course, I know it will _be tremendously expensive,” he said. “It probably will cost 10 times as . much as using miniatures, the customary method. However, it has the advantage of novelty—no one has ever attempted it before, and it " will add tre-

mendously to the drama of the scene. The audience will know exactly how it feels to go through such an experience when they see it on the screen. It will add a fitting climax to a series of progressive situations which are more and more suspenseful.” On Hitchcock’s guarantee that it probably would be the most exciting scene ever made, Wanger immediately okayed the extra expense, in line with his production policy of always striving for the best possible effects in telling a story. “ Making the audience suffer ” is a trick of Hitchcock’s which he has found highly successful.

Rosalind Russell, now playing in Universal’s ‘ Hired Wife,’ has been christened “the walking . bank—because she draws so much interest.”