The General 90th Anniversary Keepsake Program
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From the June 7, 1926 Sentinel:
Everyone is coming to the Hollywood of Oregon
Courtesy to Spectators Seems "Traveling men, traffic officers and any others who
to be Watchword of The
chance to pass through the city make the movie
Keaton Company
With the Buster Keaton picture
under way here, Cottage Grove the
mecca of sight-seers from every-
where. Gathered around the city of
Marietta while the camera is clicking
there are enough people to populate
a good-sized city, but they have to
keep out of focus of the camera.
Beyond that no restrictions are
being placed. On one side of the
street of Marietta may be gathered
spectators while on the other side
a picture of 63 years ago is being
filmed. Automobile agents have
flocked here in the hope of getting
the advertising that would come
from selling a car to Buster or his
lady, Marion Mack.
their first objective. Business can wait, and anyway
those with whom they may wish to transact busi-
ness are more likely to be found “on the set” than
behind their counters or in their offices."
The groups of spectators crowded
around do not fluster the movie
actors. If the crowds jam in
too close, Production Manager
Gabourie, or location Manager
Jackson, or some other official, or
Buster himself courteously requests,
“Will you please stand back so as
not to cast a shadow on the pic-
ture?”
Two hours may be taken to get
the proper setting and action for
a single short scene that may be
later eliminated, and time is cost-
ing somewhere near $400 an hour,
about $7 a minute, or 12 cents a
second.
Each piece of acting is being filmed
several times, sometimes six times.
A piece of poor acting doesn’t spoil
an act. All that is necessary is to
take it over. Taking a movie is like
conducting a rehearsal, and partici-
pants haven’t much to memorize.
What they said may be thought of
later by those who write the titles.
A Georgia summer climate has
prevailed, as though Nature was
helping to make everything realistic.
Tuesday afternoon a stiff breeze
toppled over the drug store building
and spectators expected to hear a
great crash of bottles and glassware.
Not even a window was broken,
however, for there was no glass to
be broken, although that will not be
noticeable in the finished film. The
building was replaced within a short
time.
Traveling men, traffic officers and
any others who chance to pass
through the city make the movie
their first objective. Business can
wait, and anyway those with whom
they may wish to transact business
are more likely to be found “on the
set” than behind their counters or
in their offices.
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In the early days of television, most TV stations serving Oregon were located in Portland. And reception from Portland was
extremely poor in Cottage Grove.
With the hopes of devising a plan for better reception, a group of local television enthusiasts met over coffee to discuss how
members of the community could develop a system that would provide better TV pictures in Cottage Grove. What
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