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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, October 22, 1967

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dependent Breaks into films on location Korea the korean actors Are very real very dramatic says Barbara after exhausting series of takes wjv.--5wjjwwv i-js�kwws�ww.ax9�sw/ Pacific is photos Burge Between movie role and disc jockey chores Barbara has also been trying her hand at judo. By Wilson Burge Pacific is staff writer pert Barbara Ann Britton s actin career was limited until last summer to trying to talk her father out of the car keys on saturday nights. Things have changed since  has held Down a steady sat urday morning disc jockey Job with armed forces Korea network radio for Over a year and it was through ask that she landed the movie part Korea s Shin films called Afan an asked if it could recommend a Young girl to play a Lead in a movie the were going to make. Another person in 8th army was asked to nominate a Girland when both submitted Barbara s name she was interviewed and the partway hers. The attractive teen Ager plays Tel Sathe 23-year-old daughter of a British Consul in Manchuria in a  the Story is set in the Early 1930sand the plot has Telesa kidnapped by chinese bandits and later handed Overto korean bandits. Barbara says acting is  whole thing is really fantastic. Of course it s a lot of hard work  s been awfully hot on these last few locations and we work from about 8a.m. To 9 . In Seoul and from about 5 . To 7 . When we Are on  recently she went on location about70 Miles South of Seoul on what turned out to be the longest shooting Day sofar. The Crew left Seoul about 3 . An finally turned off the main Road about three hours later. After winding through several Small villages they turned off again and stopped in a huge open Fiel bordered by sprawling Rice paddies on three sides and a Large Corn Field on the other. As soon As the jeep stopped Barbar dropped off to sleep. During the next hour the director surveyed the landscape for possible shoot ing places while the cast and Crew readied themselves for the Day s work. At about 7 . Everyone was  applied her makeup and changed from a sweatshirt and Ber Mudas to a soiled Blouse and baggy pants. Then shooting began. Although the scenes changed constantly throughout the Day the situation remained very much the  Sang Oak Shin would explain to Barbara through a semipro Focient translator what she should do in a particular scene. Barbara very Quick to catch on would soon be ready for the , Testo the director would yell. Then he would walk out in front of the camera again and go through it one More time. Finally one More dry run and then he d shout ready Aye and the scene would come off Beauty in her role As daughter of a British Consul Barbara Falls into hands of bandits. Barbara plans to study radio to in College. Fully. Then Shin would walk around say ing Aye very Nice about two or three times and get ready for the next scene Barbara is starring with two of Korea s top actors. Young gun Shini lays the Leader of the korean bandits an Hae Whang is his Tough companion. Both men Are thoroughly  asked about the korean actors Barbara said the korean actors a every real very dramatic i mean when they have a scene where they re1 sup posed to be violent and cruel they Are. They really get wrapped up in  has been giving English Les sons to some of the actors. During on of the rare lulls in shooting she was sitting under a huge red and White umbrella resting in the Shade. What s that Barbara said Point ing to a horse being led by one of the extras Horth replied no Sik Park another of Korea top actors very Good Barbara said this time pointing to the Saddle now what that on top Hori Hajy Park laughingly an swered. Barbara corrected the answer and received a thank you and a big smile from  script called for a scene in which about 35 japanese soldiers on horseback race Down a slope and across an open Field in an attempt to capture Barbaraann the korean Bandit Hosan played by Young gun Shin. What seemed to be relatively easy scene to shoot turned into one of the hardest of the Day. When the soldiers stormed off the Hill past the cameras several of the nearly 400 spectators peeked Over a Hill in the background. Cut Cut Cut the director yelled and started Over  the onlookers finally cleared from the background the soldiers again raced past the cameras. One of the horsemen lost his balance and fell from his horse in front of the director the camera and the Crew. Cut directorship yelled again. They tried it one More time and finally no one was seen peeking Over the Hill and All rider stayed in their saddles. A very tired Barbara finished her final scene about dusk gladly crawled into the jeep for the three hour Trimback to Seoul to an ice cold cola a hot Shower and finally to  and her father it. Col. R. B. Britton of the . Air Force advisor group came to Korea about two years ago. She is scheduled to return to the states to enrol in College where she plans to study radio and to. She is a full time lifeguard at an 8tharmy swimming Pool in Seoul. She graduated from Seoul american High school in june and managed to work in judo lessons on the Side. Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday october 22, 1967 sunday october 22, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 15  
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