Johnny Dark Movie Book

122 • Two days before shooting (Saturday) there was a race and it was filmed for Johnny Dark. This was a real race, and this is where they met Chuck Tatem for first time. Two days later on Monday, they came back and did more filming for background. Some time later, they finalized their negotiations with Chuck Tatum and he begin filming races. • VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: How many cars had "doubles"? Two Granthams? Two Wildfires? Two Granthams? Two Glasspars? Two Victresses? The only car that would have had a "double" would have been the "Woodill" and Chuck never saw another car including a double car for the Woodill. The Woodill definitely had a Willys engine - not very strong. If there was a "Woodill" double, they would have used it when there were problems - no double stepped in. • Question: Where was garage scene - interior of garage - in movie? The garage scene was in Hollywood - most likely. • Chuck: What cities were the 2 race stops filmed in. One was Reno. The other was north shore of Lake Tahoe (which was supposed to be Canada). Here is where the cars took off the raised ramp. The other? • What town was shown was the starting town? What town was the finishing town supposed to be Mexico? The finish was actually filmed at the back lot at Universal. • The start of the race was filmed at north Lake Tahoe and the building in the background was called the "Cal - Neva" Club, owned by gangsters and was very famous night club at that time on south shore and Harrahs were on other side. Chuck Tatum with our 1956 Victress S1A during a visit to Chuck ’ s home in Stockton, California in 2008