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Northward, Ho! (1940)

This promotional short shows how a movie studio must often prepare a
remote location before shooting one foot of film. In this case, MGM went
to an area near the Payette Lakes in Idaho to film Northwest Passage
(1940). After loggers clear several acres of trees, the ground is graded.
Studio carpenters then build a "remote studio," as well as buildings that
will eventually look like a town on the American frontier in the mid-1700s.

Directed by Harry Loud

Writing credits: Herman Hoffman

Cast:
Clem Bevans ....  Newspaper-reading skeptic
Clark Gable ....  Himself
Myrna Loy ....  Herself
Lew Strohm ....  Himself
Spencer Tracy ....  Himself
King Vidor ....  Himself
Frank Whitbeck ....  Narrator
Original Music by Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cinematography by Jackson Rose
Film Editing by Roy Brickner     

Runtime: 10 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White / Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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