Eyes Fade Before the Cameras
Because Gloria Dickson’s eyes fade after long hours In front of the camera, Columbia made retakes of her closeups for scenes In “This Thing Called Love,’’ Rosalind Russell—Melvyn Douglas co-starrer.
Cameraman Joseph Walker learned that he could solve the problem by using an amber slide over the lens to defeat the optic freak. In addition to the new scenes of Miss Dickson, Director Alexander Hall is lengthening the picture with added scenes of Miss Russell and Douglas.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21971, 24 May 1941, Page 12
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82Eyes Fade Before the Cameras Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21971, 24 May 1941, Page 12
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