Torch Bearer
I had to stand in the shade of the portch post to block the movie light shining in my face. The lights were supposed to represent the rising sun. The soldier on the left is holding a torch while David Herold sits with his hands tied and a Union officer stands against the post at right. This photo taken between movie takes as we were filming the death scene for Booth on the portch of the house. Booth's death was one of the first scenes we filmed (just after sunset) even though in the true sequence of events it came after all the others. The idea was, that while all the rest of the scenes we would be filming were supposed to take place in the middle of the night, this one was supposed to take place just at dawn.
Torch Bearer
I had to stand in the shade of the portch post to block the movie light shining in my face. The lights were supposed to represent the rising sun. The soldier on the left is holding a torch while David Herold sits with his hands tied and a Union officer stands against the post at right. This photo taken between movie takes as we were filming the death scene for Booth on the portch of the house. Booth's death was one of the first scenes we filmed (just after sunset) even though in the true sequence of events it came after all the others. The idea was, that while all the rest of the scenes we would be filming were supposed to take place in the middle of the night, this one was supposed to take place just at dawn.