A HUNGRY CAMEL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 15 (Supplement)

A HUNGRY CAMEL

ATE THE “PROPS.” Colleen Moore’s new First National picture, “Twinkletoes,’’ necessitates a very realistic street scene—a cobbled alley between old brick rookeries and littered with refuse, principally stale vegetables, representing a portion of Limehouse, in London. Several mornings, the property man found that every carrot or turnip or cabbage head he had carefully, and with studied artistry placed in the street, had vanished. He began to get angry, for trifling with 4 4 props” is an ethical offence equal to lesemajestic in a studio. He figures some “bright” joker or an over-zealous sweeper had removed the vegetables. Finally he decided to watch.

To his amazement, one evening, he saw a small but voracious camel amble into the Limehouse street and devour every vagrant vegetable in sight.

The Milton Sills set of 4 4 The Silent Lover” is right next door and the camel is one of the 44 characters.” Henceforth the “Ship of the Desert” is carefully kept in leash.