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U. S. Navy Advises Hollywood
On Facts Concerning Service;
The U. 8. Navy is a stern task
master in its quasi-official role as
technfccul adviser in Hollywood on
all productions depicting any of the
varied phases of Navy routine. In
almost every case where a motion
picture purports to portray scenes
of Navy life or Navy action a com
missioned officer is pieced at the
disposal of the movie producers to
approve and advise on technical
scenes and to prevent censurable
Navy information from innocently
appearing cn the screen.
During the recent production of
Columbia's "Devil's Playground,"
which opens today at the State
Theatre, Director Erie C. Ken
ton obtained the services of Lieut.
Jack Lincke, U. S. Naval Reserve,
to opt as technical adviser. Ho
supervised the various properties,
which were either actual Navy de
vices and equipment or studio-built
to government specifications.
Standard diving suits, duplicates
of torpedo tube compartment and
of decompression tanks, and the
recently perfected Momsen Subma
rine Rescue Lung were among the
"props" utilized for "Devil'a Play
ground."
Probably for the first time n the
screen the Momsen Lung was here
used in a motion picture. Tho j
scene depicts the trapped members
of the crew of a sqnaen submarine
effecting their own reacue by don
ning the helmet-lung and escaping ,
through the hatch. ;
The "Jung" is a metal canniater !
containing soda lime and oxygen, i
The soda lime purifies the air
breathed back into the lung by the
wearer. With the original oxygen
charge and the purifier working in
conjunction, Lieut. Lincke explains. \
the user is able to remain under ;
water for as long as 25 minutes j
or more. j
w !
Richard Dix, Dolores Pel Rio i
and Chester Morris appear in tho i
starring rojos of "Devil's Play
ground." The story, written by
Liam O'Flaherty, Jerome Chpdorov
and Palton Trumbo. is highlighted
by the spectacular crash of a U.
S. submarine and the subsequent
rescue of tho trapped men. \
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