For a spectacular shot in "Gunga Din," Parry was offered $500 to fall 105 feet off a high cliff into a lake. He went out to survey the scene on location. It looked simple, but, just as he was about to sign up, he noticed a man in a canoe paddling &bout the lake. Every time the paddle swept the water, mud appeared on the surface. That worried Parry He decided to do a little "engineering."
He went over to his car and brought back a dummy replica of himself (identical in height and weight) which he always carries around to jobs. Parry dropped the dummy off the cliff. It hit the water. Sut, although a floater, it didn't come up. That was enough. The lake had a mud bottom, and it would nave been curtains for any diver to take the leep. He turned down the Farrens Floorshow Continual Threat to
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