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September 12, 1928
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Humorous article comparing bank security to the challenges of guarding movie sets from tampering by visitors and staff, highlighting the role of 65 guards on the First National lot to preserve scene details like flower arrangements or book positions.
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Men who guard banks against robbery have a comparatively simple task. They and everyone else know it is the money the bank doesn't want carried out indiscriminately by strangers. If they had to keep eagle eyes on all blotters and pens and inkwells they could sympathize with the fellows who guard movie sets.
Few visitors in a studio realize that on a set where a company has stopped shooting for the day but has not finished with a scene the removal of a few flowers from a vase or the opening of a book that was closed might be suddenly and ludicrously apparent when the finished scene is projected.
On the First National lot alone there are 65 men whose duty it is to see that "live" sets are not tampered with. They know that the visitor who picks up the broken fragments of a lamp which should be lying on the floor when the fight between the hero and the villain is resumed next morning might as well pick up a bundle of $10 bills.
But one can't shoot a visitor. Nor can one club a janitor who absent-mindedly sweeps the atmosphere off a set.
Men who guard banks against robbery have a comparatively simple task. They and everyone else know it is the money the bank doesn't want carried out indiscriminately by strangers. If they had to keep eagle eyes on all blotters and pens and inkwells they could sympathize with the fellows who guard movie sets.
Few visitors in a studio realize that on a set where a company has stopped shooting for the day but has not finished with a scene the removal of a few flowers from a vase or the opening of a book that was closed might be suddenly and ludicrously apparent when the finished scene is projected.
On the First National lot alone there are 65 men whose duty it is to see that "live" sets are not tampered with. They know that the visitor who picks up the broken fragments of a lamp which should be lying on the floor when the fight between the hero and the villain is resumed next morning might as well pick up a bundle of $10 bills.
But one can't shoot a visitor. Nor can one club a janitor who absent-mindedly sweeps the atmosphere off a set.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Movie Set Guards
Studio Security
Set Tampering
Visitor Interference
Prop Protection
Where did it happen?
First National Lot
Story Details
Location
First National Lot
Story Details
Guards at movie studios must protect sets from minor tamperings like moving flowers or books, which could ruin scenes, similar to but more challenging than bank security; 65 men patrol the First National lot to prevent such issues by visitors or janitors.