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Movies & Million-Dollar Mansions, Behind the Scenes at the "Flying A," Silents on the Islands, Way Back When: SB in 1924

SILENTS ON THE ISLANDS

Image: Movie poster

A boar hunt


Dateline: October 1917
A group from Universal Studios was filming a mermaid movie on Santa Cruz Island when they ran out of food. (The island did not have any restaurants, or much else for that matter.) So, the director had to get creative.


"How to feed 75 persons with no food available was the problem that recently confronted Allen Holubar, while directing the six-act Jewel super feature, Sirens of the Sea . . . two wild boars . . . were brought to headquarters. The meat was barbecued and lasted until the following morning when the supply boat showed." – Santa Barbara Morning Press, October 7, 1917

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