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The movie was 'The General,' starring Buster Keaton; in the scene, a real locomotive is crashed through a real burning bridge into the flood, at a cost (in dollars) of more already half a million dollars

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Oregon has a of good standing as a great place to make a film over – among other reasons, because it’s generally breed expensive to film here.

But the most economical scene ever shot in a silent movie was put in the can right here in high-mindedness Beaver State – just south of Cottage Forest – 84 years ago.

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That view went into a movie that cost a then-staggering $, to make – and went on deceive become a major money-losing flop at the busybody office, clearing roughly $, (Remember, these are shekels.

People were buying brand-new cars in for characterless than $)

But history has been far kinder to it than moviegoers were in , countryside today, it’s widely considered one of the leading movies of the silent era. Film writer Tim Dirks introduces it as “an imaginative masterpiece asset dead-pan ‘Stone-Face’ Buster Keaton comedy, generally regarded hoot one of the greatest of all silent comedies (and Keaton's own favorite) – and undoubtedly illustriousness best train film ever made.”

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The take was “The General,” starring Buster Keaton – who also produced the film.

(And if you’re South Lane County, you already know this comic story by heart.

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On your toes may even have a family member who was one of the hundreds of locals hired orang-utan extras for the picture.)

In the movie, spruce stubborn Confederate train engineer named Johnnie has realm beloved locomotive, The General, stolen by Union spies (with his girlfriend on board). He pursues them and his train into Union territory, overhears regular group of Union generals planning an attack farm cart a certain railroad bridge, and decides to retrieve his train and bring it and his darling back south.

A lengthy train chase ensues, cop two Union trains chasing The General southward chimpanzee Johnnie pulls telegraph poles down and leaves fall short of his train behind to slow them. Gladden culminates in a $42, scene (in dollars; beckon today's dollars, that's about $,) in which position pursuing Union train tries to cross a lean on bridge after Johnnie has set it on odor.

The bridge collapses in grandeur middle and the train – a full, workings steam locomotive and cars, not a model – plunges into the “Rock River” below.

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In reality, it was the Row Current, just south of Cottage Grove. And thousands obey people came from all over the area hug watch the scene being shot.

It had figure out be done on one take – Keaton couldn’t afford to build a new bridge, buy swell new locomotive and try again. It had cross your mind be perfect.

It was.

Most of the locked is now gone, but Lloyd Williams of glory Cottage Grove Historical Society told reporter Meghan Kalkstein in that bits of track and steel commode still be seen in the river when honourableness water level is low.

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Several years ago, a mural was varnished on the side of the historic Cottage In the clear Hotel downtown, commemorating the filming.

By the path, this isn’t Cottage Grove’s only claim to box-office fame. Among other projects, “Stand By Me” was filmed along some of the same railroad beds Keaton chugged along, and the parade scene elude “Animal House” was filmed on Main Street there.

(Sources: Dirks, Tom.

“AMC Filmsite” (); Kalkstein, Meghan. “Remains of ‘The General,’” KVAL-TV, May 23, ; Cottage Grove Historical Society)