 In producing Daredevil of Hollywood Good all right now now here's the idea you raise the road sit down the street Swing into the driveway pretty fast about 45 Go right on through the open doors of the brick garage and plow on through the back wall Bust the thing up as much as possible. You know what I mean That's the stuff all right everybody this is it watch it everybody Would the motion picture capital of the world? We bring you the thrilling true life experiences of those men behind the scenes those daring unsung heroes Whose breathtaking adventures on the screen have thrilled millions whose daily job bring them face-to-face with death Those men who comprise the strangest fraternity on earth the suicide squad the movie stuntman the dead evils of Hollywood Ladies and gentlemen in presenting this copyrighted radio feature We are privileged to have as our guest one of the top-notch stuntmen of Hollywood Cecil Kellogg it is through his cooperation that we are able to re-enact some of the highlights of his dangerous profession a Filling scenes you are about to hear are his own actual Experiences Mr. Kellogg is here in the studio right now and later in the program We will bring him to the microphone But first come with us as we turn back the calendar and witness some of the thrills which to him are all in a day's work At a small town railroad station in southern, California a special train is just pulling in it is early morning The station agent with wide-eyed interest watches the unusual passengers alighting from the train Presently a well-dressed man approaches him with a friendly greeting You'll be station manager. Hey nobody else, huh, and I'll bet you them picture fellows is coming on down here That's right dad. You knew we were coming. Oh sure. The dispatcher called me on the telephone this morning. Gonna make a picture Hey, yes, that's a general idea. Say this time having a real boom Lots of excitement already. See we ain't never had a picture made here before. Well, that's good I hope everyone enjoys it. Oh by the way, where's the best place to get some breakfast? Well, all right, but one place is just cross the street over there. Oh, I see They serve good food. Well, son, if they don't just think what I've been going through here for 25 years I'll bet it's fine. I'll try it anyway. Are you going in for breakfast, Mr. Kimball? Oh, hello Cecil. I didn't see you Well, come on. We'll go into this restaurant. I'll go be your script with you while we have breakfast What did it be this morning? Oh, I think I'll have some ham and eggs and coffee make mine the same place Now here's the idea in a nutshell Cecil a passenger train passes the station platform at about 15 miles an hour I see and what do I do you jump onto the train from the platform Then you climb up on top of the passenger train The time you're up there, she's picked up pretty good speed and then well now by this time the passenger train has pulled alongside a freight train Which is going in the same direction about the same speed. I get it. They're alongside each other on double tracks. That's it. Exactly Now here's what you do You see Cecil this freight train is supposed to be running away You do a transfer from the passenger train to the freight No, I understand the story is that I get on the freight train and stop it. Is that right? That's the idea You see then there's another train coming from the opposite direction on the same track the freight is running on You're supposed to avert a head-on collision and thereby save the girl. I suppose That's right. Well, how does it sound? Tell the truth, Mr. Kimmel what the cook just said sounds better to me right now And now three hours later we find the picture company ready to shoot this dangerous scene The prospect of that hazardous leap from the top of one fast-moving train to another has been drilling phones into Cecil Kellogg's head for two hours His nerves are tense Anxious to get the scene made he stands on the station platform puffing a cigarette awaiting his cue Hurryed glances seek him out. Will he make the jump or will he at the last moment refuse to do it? And now the crucial moment has arrived. The director and his assistant have placed themselves with the camera cue atop one of the box cars Everything is in readiness Yeah, let's go All right, everybody here. We go There's Cecil down there standing in the edge of the platform looked like he's all set Okay, boys turn him over and keep grinding no matter what happens picking up you pretty fast. Yeah Here we come to the platform He's getting ready to jump on There he goes. That was a clean shot. Hey, this wrestler can really travel. Yeah, look down the track There's the freight. He's walking along waiting for us. You won't have to wait long Look at Cecil. He's climbing up the side There he's on top of the coach just ahead of us We're overtaking the freight train Look both trains are picking up speed. We haven't got much more speed to gain. Must be making about 45 now Keep those cameras going boys. He's getting ready to jump. See that winters about to blow him off of there It's all it can do to stand up. I'm perfectly satisfied so far. He's doing a small job People might got our speed. How does it look in the cameras boys? All right, now this is it. You're in the signal to jump There he goes. Oh boy. Look at him leave across there He landed on top of the freight. It is our pleasure to present the daring stuntman who made that thrilling scene Whose job takes him day after day into the very jaws of death It is with pride that we are able to introduce Cecil Kellogg Interviewed by Glenn Hardy. Well Cecil that one almost took my breath away. Say boy That certainly was a thriller. It kind of had me going for a minute Well, tell me Cecil were you scared when you fell and almost rolled off that train? Well, they may sound funny to you, but I wasn't scared at least not then though My mind was clear as a bell. I never thought faster or more clearly than I did right then And how did you feel when it was all over? I was limp as a rag. I'll bet you were now Cecil are you on call at all the studios? No, I'm under exclusive contract to Universal, but here's something else I'm interested in Cecil. Do you fellows go in much for well good luck pieces and things like that? I think many of the stuntmen do carry little trinkets of one kind or another just for luck Here's a pocket piece that I'm rather fond of That certainly is a dandy little gadget, isn't it? This is really clever Tell you what I'll do Glenn if you'll promise to carry this lucky piece with you always I'll give it to you. Oh now wait a minute Cecil that may have sounded like a pretty broad end on my part But it really wasn't meant that way at all. Well, I wouldn't think of taking your good luck piece from it Well, I really want you to have it. Just promise that you'll always carry it with you Well, all right if you insist Cecil, I promise and you may know that I'll consider it a prized possession Thanks a million, but now to get back to some more questions isn't timing very important in your work Yes, it is As an instance here take that buck board done. I did a few years ago a quick decision there probably saved not only my life But two others as well. We certainly do want to hear about that in just a moment Cecil But right now let's wait for a word from our sponsor All right, Cecil now what about that narrow escape? Well, it was on location up at Chasworth The idea was a runaway in a buck board a man and a woman were supposed to be in the rig My job was to ride up alongside the team on my horse and do a transfer Get a hold of the reins and stop the team, you know a rescue Now the only horses available that day were a couple of pretty wild ponies that had never been worked before And I was a little skeptical about the whole thing to begin with I told the assistant director so Now look Bob those horses are too frisky for this run. They've never done this sort of thing before there may be trouble I think Charlie can hold them. All right. He's a pretty good driver Besides there aren't any more horses we can use don't you think we'd better wait until tomorrow to make the shot We can get some other horses in the morning now Cecil's getting late. We really should get this shot today No, it's okay with me. Mr. Blackwell. I can take care of myself. All right I was just thinking of the other people. I know but we have every reason to believe that everything will be okay Let's do your best Cecil and give me this shot. Okay. Let's go. All right, everybody This is a take quiet, please This is it please you'll be heading for that big hole down there right beside the tree It's about seven feet deep. I see and I stopped the runaway horses before they get there if I'm able that's it All right, let's go. Hey charlie hold them back as much as you can now. Don't give them the line All right, go ahead boys camera Hey looks as though charlie gave them their heads. They're really running away. Yes. I'm afraid Cecil was right He's having a hot tough time catching them but he's getting on them They're headed straight for that big hole hurry. Cecil get up there boys. He's about to catch them Cecil that must have been pretty bad. Did anyone get hurt there? Yes, we were all bruised up pretty badly There's no bones broken though But it was a mean spell. Well, you didn't have much time to do anything with those horses, did you? No, I had to work fast You see they were headed straight for the center of that hole and if they'd run into it that way Well, the rig would have crashed right on top of charlie and the woman I see and how did you prevent that? Well, I pulled the horses to one side and we crashed into the edge of the hole You see that threw charlie and the woman clear. Otherwise, they would probably have been killed Well, I take it that you had to make the scene over next day after all Right. And this time we used the horses that were trained in that kind of work And I guess everything went off smoothly. Yep, slick as a whistle Well, Cecil you stuntmen certainly have some tough jobs to do but still it must be very fascinating Yeah, it's fascinating, but there's a lot of grief and stunt work. No glory and a lot of hard work It pays big money all right, but it's a tough business to learn And you take the chance of being crippled for life while you're getting the hang of it I'll bet you do. Well, Cecil, we've enjoyed your visit very much And on behalf of our listeners, I want to sincerely thank you for coming here I know that everyone joins me and hoping that we may have you on this program again very soon Take it easy old man and the best of luck