HOLLAND SETTING FOR “BETRAYED”
Gable-Turner Drama First
To Be Filmed in Land of
Dykes and Windmills
In filming its new adventure-romance, “Betrayed,” in color, M-G-M pioneered into Holland as the first
Hollywood studio to use the land of the dykes and windmills as a setting for a major production.
Starring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature and Louis Calhern, under the direction of Gottfried Rein- hardt, “Betrayed” recaptures the adventurous days of the Dutch Resistance.
"In choosing our locations,” says Reinhardt, “we did our best to keep the action of our story moving, yet record the charm, picturesqueness and indomitable strength of the country itself.”
A number of major locales were used, ranging from Amsterdam to Delft, the city of Vermeer and the famed "Delft blue."
Other locations included historic Arnhem, Stittard and Volendam, where the villagers, baggy-trousered men and lace-capped women, might have stepped from the pages of folklore.
The stark emptiness of Rotterdam, a result of the 1940 Nazi bombings, contributed another arresting background. In sharp contrast was The Hague, home of the Dutch government and the International Court of Justice.
“It was this contradiction of old world charm and modern happenings which we wanted to record with our cameras,” states the director. “We found the Hollanders warm, friendly and hospitable. Their country, flat, green and spotlessly clean, bustled with bicycles and blossoms.
NEW GABLE HIT ...
Clark Gable makes his appear since his great success in “Mogambo” in another made-to-order adventure role in “Betrayed”, M-G-M drama co-starring Lana Turner and Victor Mature. The new offering, filmed in color on locations in Holland, casts Gable as an Intelligence officer with the Dutch Resistance in World War II. He trains Lana as an espionage agent, falls in love with her, then suspects her of treachery in a plot leading to suspense-packed climax.
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