TARGEST COMPANY EVER ON LOCATION “IN FOREIGN LAND MET MANY. PROBLEMS FILMING BEST-SELLER IN. TECHRICOLOR OVING an entire film com pany into Mexic fe Mune riaking as the making of Darryl F. Zanuck's veel an & act ie required even more preparation than Cortez himself needed en he invaded the country south of the border back in the sixteenth “ent try with his small army of Spanish conquistadors. Cortez’ ex- Redific well savy sndeal es been much swifter if he had. the wentie entury-Fox moved to M cauip lexico for. the Feet ment hs it took to film the Samuel Shellabarger novel in Tech- ‘Operation Castite® Fight baggage cars, loaded to the hilt, aus, made up th that ‘i autiously crept through the Mexican mountains gelatin A orelia, 190 imilvs- west of Mexico City, where the company spent the rst few’ weeks on location, They contained over two thousand tons of costumes, props and miscellaneous tems eye? To oa seattle task of bringing this colorful and exciting story to the screen, Every minute item had to go through‘a thorough customs inspection and the xeports on this alone totaled almost 2 ton. tens..of :th ds of ‘items-were included -in the strange cutee from. Hollywood, including everything from a dry cleaning plant to two hour glasses, Director Henry King: even ordered four thousand special Aztec lances made.up in California by the Twenticth Century-Fox prop de- partment. These weighed ten tons and if anyone cared to go to the trouble and lay them end to end, they would stretch a total of five miles. In addition, two thousand Indian shields were made in’ Holly- wood to be used by.the players for-native war scenes: Coals to Newcastle During the eighteen Fano that ‘the studio wus preparing té put “Captain from Castile” before the cameras, the prop and. wardrobe departments were busy making-replicas of Aztee and Spanish wear- _ ing apparel of -the early, sixteenth century. Strangely enough, even Mexican pottery of that era had to be manufactured in Holly wrod ‘and shipped below the Rio Grande. because ‘the few examples in the museums were far too valuable to be taken out of their glass cases. This, together with reproducing the jewels and headdresses, ne tated months of research in Mexico even before. the. shooting: ¢ panies ‘arrived,’ Reproductions, were made from museum pieces 4 _the fi finest details were copied toavaid the ‘slightest eriticiam, ‘Published every Thursday “At The Crossroads Of The Kootenays”” t an BABY REFRIGERATOR Opmnates OM 25 OR 60 Crcis These’s @ BIG OOUBLE caving waiting for ; _ In the Astral Baby. 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District Boara of Trade es’ given by Mrs FoRo Saea had now immediate past “PESE: : ident: of, the: ‘Board. ~ : “The report.’ is a good one. ‘but .ge wonder just how many appreciate © the: many. hours’ of ‘work, during the yee 1950," : thet report represents. ‘Pho. average board member , is a member mainly on Board — ‘| of Trade meoting night but Mr. Elliott’wes a worker every hour of the oy, anon oy eogastous far’ nto the nights: . ae irs BUliott. has the. ‘selfare of our district at heart: ave Of: “nd B: time willingly.” howard Aes progress of” this’ opport unity: to. extend thanks toa herd ae Castle ar sand. ‘Districts ees ‘ Central, Presa Canadian ‘Barbara: Ann: Scott was. there. to snip the ribbon’ when: the newly :.’ rected. $185,000 Dundas, Ont., arena. was opened.’ :Here,' the ‘skating | star. akes:, over..as first: goaltender, “with: Dund juniors’: goalstick, ‘watched y/Diane. Neilson; “Hamilton ‘ Skating : elUB junior. champ;, Audrey: os elbourn, and:-Eric Noble. % : Boos, |SOARD OF ‘TRADE ‘OKAYS. TOLL BRIDGE. AT ANNUAL. MEETING. _|year, -one eened away, leaving § a a ember silty. of .59 ce : West: Kootenay. This resulted ‘in: several new. a Sines “conditions for. residents. ‘and visitors ‘|was ‘put before: “the ‘public. This resulted in a ‘referendum| *./ being taken. and our “present system put: into force. We oe Turnbull é A active ‘campaign for the inatallation of telephones - > Ten. reguler and & special - ‘meetings were held; the ‘first “to ‘unher in our . telephones, : the ‘second to: hear. ‘the Hon. -H snscomb,- Minister ‘of Finance; 10 regular’ ‘couneil meetings and < 3s special ‘meetings. : ¥ “9 new members. were accepted tnto ‘the Boa: a gupine. the During Jenuary- ‘and February peverd) power B: ures: were experienced . We made representation to our: ‘Willege Commission, who in. turn. ‘took ithe matter uw ith ithe © Three light: poles on the ‘main’ street were’ onsidered a. hazard. ‘and our: See to Reve them removed, were” success : f° hemes. ‘and numbers be ctpoets. and: avenues ; be "sery ‘gonfusing ‘BO with. a, view to im-™ ‘gratefully eae peat stance. given. by. our Sitiaes the: ‘Castlegar-Kinnaird-Robson. District and ‘the: members : who so. actively ‘and consistently. pushed ‘for “this much- needed: ‘service are to be’ congratulated. Some 200 ‘phones have ibeen: installed ‘and ‘there is a wai ting list: of ap- Telephone:. ‘officials. ‘that every. effort is being made. t application