yer up in : lights once again Pt. Roberts, tucked beneath towering maples at the. corner .of. Elm and Meadow Lane Dr. is a white “salt-box” clapboard far- mhouse, unchanged since 1900. Known to the locals as the old Whalen home, it’s the last vestige of a 160-acre -farm, homesteaded by Irish immigrant’ Patrick Whalen before the turn -~of “the - country. _The grand- daughter, | Mrs. Rosemary Dugan, lives there now — with “Sissy”, her tiny white poodle. Soon- the Whalen. home © will be seen on television screens throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe as the setting for one of the best- loved scenes in American literature, known to schoolchildren the world- over. Hollywood ‘is here in_ this tranquil border hamlet ‘to film the classic whitewashing-of-the-fence vignette from Mark Twain's immortal story “The Ad- ventures of Tom Sawyer”. Point Roberts is.a long. way in time and place from Hannibal, Missouri — but it’s Smalltown, U.S.A.; and the location is perfect for producer Robert Stabler. The scene is part of. 26 serialized half-hou episodes of the new series “Huckleberry Finn and His. Friends”, being shot by Madison Pacific Films Limited, headquartered - at — Panorama : Studios in West Vancouver. Stabler, a Hollywood. veteran whose. credits in- clude such long-running hits as “Gunsmoke”, “Death Valley Days”, “Have Gun, Will Travel” and ‘Hopalong Cassidy”, heads the com- pany scheduled to film on location throughout’ the Greater Vancouver area through October. Equally impressive is fellow Californian ~ director Jack B. Hively (“Lassie”, “Death Valley Days” and “Grizzly Adams”). Canadian co-directors are Vancouverites Don Williams, Ken Jubenvill and Michael Berry, all of whom worked on the highly- successful CBC television series “The Beachcombers”. Cast in principal roles are two mischievious 14-ycar- olds — Sammy Snyders of Toronto as Tom Sawyer and Ian Tracey of Maple Ridge, Vinyldeck THE FINAL DECK IMPROVE YOUR SUNDECK QUICKLY — EASILY — PERMANENTLY Vinyldeck features: *No Leaks/Weatherproof *One Day Installation *Same Day Use CRACKING — LEAKING — DIRTY SUNDECKS B.C. as his" pal Huckleberry - Finn. . Tom’s half-brother Sid is played_by Bernie Coulson, -13, of . Vancouver’s Kerrisdale district; and the pretty Becky Thatcher is portrayed by Holly Finlay, 14, of Surrey, B.C. The kids are all taking their schooling by correspondence until the summer break. ‘ ‘Veteran German actress Brigette Horney of Munich, described by executive producer Tom Wagner of _ _ Frankfurt as “the Continent’s - — ‘ Katherine: Hepburn”, plays «. the waspisl: Aunt Polly. (The entire series has already been pre-sold for the German market.) — Production began May I. ° and locations will include the Fraser River (a lot like the. Mississippi, says | Stabler), the Reifel Waterfowl Refuger, North Vancouver, Surrey and * Ladner. They'll shoot for two long ~ days at Point Roberts to capture about six minutes of . - ‘the fence-painting ~scene. Hively hollers “CUT ..: let’s take another” each time the ubiquitous small plane buzzes overhead from nearby Boundary Bay air- | port (after all, the period is 1850). But Hively is a patient, kindly. sort. and he works - easily with the-young actors. And Aunt Polly is a pro. Bob Stabler stands contentedly _ off to the side with Mrs. Dugan and a_ bemused “Sissy” -— watching the action. . As Mark Twain philosophized: ‘Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do ... Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” “Textured Surface/Skid Resistant * Choice of Decorator Colors. Vinyldeck means ho more PAINTING — PEELING — 682-0224 (24 Hrs.) Wot DEPARTMENT STORES AOI CHD Ww eR ATO bal N “ “74! 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