Behind the scenes on Journey's End

[too_much_in_the_sun]

Two images showing the filming of some of the battle scenes in Journey's End. Click the pictures to view them at a larger size. The source links are to archived versions of each magazine.

Caption: The Spotlight Battery Preparing to Shoot Battle Scenes in "Journey's End"

[Source: a review in the May/June 1930 issue of the National Board of Review Magazine]

Caption: Back to the mudholes and trenches of Flanders. Here the Hollywood legionnaires are appearing as British soldiers in the film version of "Journey's End".

[Source: this article, about Hollywood extras who play military roles, in a spring 1930 issue of New Movie Magazine]

 

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This post would not exist without the Media History Project.

I'm going to write more in the future about the articles these photos come from, but I figured this blog could use a few more images.

Comments

[missanthropicprinciple]

Oh wow!! These are amazing!

[too_much_in_the_sun]

Glad you like them! I have a small folder of scanned articles to post, and now I have the free time to do so, so... more like this to come.

[missanthropicprinciple]

Mah heart's palpitatin'