Lum’s Movie to Begin Filming

Originally Aired: March 7, 1938 Lum #4, "Lum's Movie to Begin Filming," The movie camera has arrived in Pine Ridge, and Lum Edwards is ready to begin production on his first motion picture. Lum has written an elaborate story where he plays Count Frederick the White Knight, a hero who saves his country and wins permission to marry Hortense Brogan. However, there's a complication: Squire Skimp has opened a theatrical agency and signed management contracts with nearly everyone in town, including Lum and Abner, before the partners realized they could set their own salaries as owners of the Pine Ridge Motion Picture Company. As Lum enthusiastically describes his screenplay to his partner Abner Peabody, it becomes clear his plot borrows heavily from historical events like Paul Revere's ride. Abner grows increasingly frustrated as he struggles to find a role for himself in the production, with Lum offering him only the menial job of holding his horse. The situation grows more awkward as Lum gives the best parts to others, including making Squire Skimp the king, while Lum dreams of winning multiple Academy Awards for his Pine Ridge production.