Photograph taken by ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK in 1930 on expedition to film Location Footage in India for proposed movie from the book THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER by Francis Yeats Brown Paramount Pictures
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Masheter Movie Archive / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5585 x 4156 px | 47.3 x 35.2 cm | 18.6 x 13.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1930More information:
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Schoedsack went to India in early July 1930 accompanied by his wife Ruth Rose, his cameraman brother Felix, cameraman Rex Wimpy and several; assistants They arrived at Calcutta on August 27 and journeyed into the interior where they filmed and took still photos for 15 weeks including at the Khyber Pass in the northern mountain country. The footage brought back was then planned to be combined with footage shot at Paramount Studios in Hollywood by Merian C. Cooper and Schoedsack . After many delays the film was finally made in 1934 starring Gary Cooper and directed by Henry Hathaway and released in 1935. but with Cooper and Schoedsack no longer involved. Stock footage from Schoedsack's expedition was used in the film and this photo was released for publicity purposes at the time the film came out.