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''Three on a Rope'' is a 1938 American short film produced by
This MGM short explains the equipment and techniques of rock climbing in the 1930s in southern California and dramatizes some of the dangers of the sport. It presents “a unique window into the history of the sport of climbing”. The film follows two teams of climbers, one expert team (Johnson, Rice and Smith) and one inexperienced and comedic team (Daniels, Brinton and Koster), who feign great difficulties in completing the climb. “The best scene is Bill Rice realistically dodging rocks. The unintentional falls are also well worth seeing”, reported fellow climber Glen Dawson.Oliver, Bill (2008).“A Tribute to the Honorary Members of the Sierra Peaks Section: Norman Clyde, Glen Dawson & Jules Eichorn”. Part VI “Passing the Torch”
Sierra Echo 52(2): 2
/ref> The film ends with “Herman” (Brinton) balking at the idea of rappelling down the mountain. He jumps off the mountain, with a parachute hidden in his pack deploying. This might be seen as the first BASE jump, although it was obviously staged. The film begins at Harwood Lodge at the base of
The director was “very slow in coming across with promised honorariums” for the cast and it is reported that the climbers were never paid.
Present-day climbers will likely be “grateful for modern technology” “1930s climbing: ‘Up to their adams apple in dangerous situations’” (2016).
Teton Gravity Research
' and advanced climbing techniques when they see the equipment used, including non-skid sneakers and street clothes with buttons and belts, and a butterfly knot on the middle man, used to “prevent sudden and violent strangulation of the diaphragm”.
Early Rock Climbing Section (RCS) Timeline”(2011)
News, Sierra Club, Los Angeles Chapter.
Three on a Rope
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MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...
, written and directed by Willard Van der Veer and narrated by Pete Smith.
Synopsis
This MGM short explains the equipment and techniques of rock climbing in the 1930s in southern California and dramatizes some of the dangers of the sport. It presents “a unique window into the history of the sport of climbing”. The film follows two teams of climbers, one expert team (Johnson, Rice and Smith) and one inexperienced and comedic team (Daniels, Brinton and Koster), who feign great difficulties in completing the climb. “The best scene is Bill Rice realistically dodging rocks. The unintentional falls are also well worth seeing”, reported fellow climber Glen Dawson.Oliver, Bill (2008).“A Tribute to the Honorary Members of the Sierra Peaks Section: Norman Clyde, Glen Dawson & Jules Eichorn”. Part VI “Passing the Torch”Sierra Echo 52(2): 2
/ref> The film ends with “Herman” (Brinton) balking at the idea of rappelling down the mountain. He jumps off the mountain, with a parachute hidden in his pack deploying. This might be seen as the first BASE jump, although it was obviously staged. The film begins at Harwood Lodge at the base of
Mt. San Antonio
Mount San Antonio, commonly referred to as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a summit in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles and San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino counties of Southern ...
(“Mt. Baldy”) in the San Gabriel Mountains
The San Gabriel Mountains ( es, Sierra de San Gabriel) are a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range is part of the Tr ...
. Following a scene at San Antonio Falls, most of the shooting takes place at Tahquitz Peak
Tahquitz Peak (pronounced , sometimes ) is a granite, rock formation located on the high western slope of the San Jacinto mountain range in Riverside County, Southern California, United States, above the mountain town of Idyllwild. Tahquitz ha ...
in Idyllwild and Stoney Point in Los Angeles.
The director was “very slow in coming across with promised honorariums” for the cast and it is reported that the climbers were never paid.
Present-day climbers will likely be “grateful for modern technology” “1930s climbing: ‘Up to their adams apple in dangerous situations’” (2016). Teton Gravity Research
' and advanced climbing techniques when they see the equipment used, including non-skid sneakers and street clothes with buttons and belts, and a butterfly knot on the middle man, used to “prevent sudden and violent strangulation of the diaphragm”.
Cast
* Robert Brinton as “Herman from the Bronx” (uncredited) * LaVere Daniels as “the girl” (uncredited) * Arthur Johnson as himself * Howard Koster (uncredited) * William Rice as himself * James Smith as himselfEarly Rock Climbing Section (RCS) Timeline”(2011)
News, Sierra Club, Los Angeles Chapter.
References
External links
* * {{tcmdb title, 400726 *Three on a Rope
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