Next in line for armament was the Bette Davis-Miriam Hopkins picture, "The Old Maid." A picture of civil war period, the script called for the arming of more than 500 extras as northern soldiers, Muskets of civil war days were obtained easily, but there was trouble in obtaining a sufficient quantity of authentic rifles. The property department, however, rang up another success story and eve: soldier carried an authentic rifle— many of which actually saw service in the war between the states.
Modern rifles, guns, revolvers and other forms of today's type of gunplay were called for in "Confessi of a Nazi Sp German troopers had to be equipped modern German rifles and arms. This took more than usual research as it entailed getting secret information about how the new-German army is armed. Players who portray members of the federal bureau of investigation were given replicas of the. up-to-date sidea: recently issued by the depa justice.
Jimmy Cagney's new picture, "Each Dawn I Die," meant a new and even more modern version of armament.
The Cagney picture deals mostly with the law enforcement agencies of today and called for the very latest in sub-machine guns, pistols, shotguns, repeating rifles and tear gas guns used by modern-day police, sheriffs and government agencies.
Besides this, "Each Dawn I Die" meant equipping several companies of national guardsmen with the very latest in arms.
Asked how they do it, how they give the right guns to the right companies at the right time, Wilson explained: "Each morning we spend several hours in school studying the demands of the day's shooting. Study, research and more study is the answer.
"As soon as we find out what needed we locate it, somehow, in suf. ficient quantities to fill the requirements."
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