Movie Warship Sunk by Heavy Seas
GAMER- . MAN DRO vTNED United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyriclit. Received Sunday, 7.5 p.m. SANTA BARBARA, California, July 27. A barge representing a British warship used in filming “The Cruise of the Bounty” was sunk by heavy seas oil ,San Miguel Island to-day. Glenn
Strong, a camera man, was drowned and equipment valued at 50,000 dollars was lost. Reports of the accident are meagre and it is not known if any of the 75 players engaged were aboard. It is assumed if they were they were all saved. The stars in the. production, including Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone, were not with the unit at Ban Miguel.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 176, 29 July 1935, Page 6
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