The General 90th Anniversary Keepsake Program
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From the June 17, 1926 Sentinel:
Interest Still Keen in Production of Buster Keaton Film
Pictures Continue to At-
tract Hundreds; Row River
is Scene of Work Now.
The interest of Cottage Grove
people is still focused on the
filming of Buster Keaton’s Civil
war picture, “The General,” and
although this week many of
the scenes have been enacted at
points several miles distant from
the city, crowds of eager specta-
tors have continued to follow
the cameras about. Nor is inter-
est centered in Cottage Grove
anymore. Hundreds have come
from all parts of Lane county
and distant points in the state
to see their first motion picture
taken.
A large number of the scenes
taken this week were made on
Row river, where the natural
scenery along this stream lends
itself perfectly for reproduc-
tion of Tennessee and Georgia
landscapes. Parts of the work at
Dorena was completed Saturday
and followed by scenes at
Wildwood, where another movie
town called “Kingston” had
been erected.
Cloudy weather early in the week
prevented some of the camera
work at Kingston, but the weath-
er since Monday has been ideal
and filming has gone forward
at a rapid rate. Officials of the
company have stated satisfactory
progress is being made with the
picture and they have expressed
themselves as being well pleased
The stars of the picture — Buster with his beloved engine, The General.
with all the locations.
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