It was filmed over a six-week period in the Lake Tahoe, CA area at Emerald Bay.One of the main characters in the dance was credited as the Corn Queen (Mary Loos).During the scene, a Native-American and the Corn Queen danced on a gigantic drum or tom-tom as it was twirled around by other costumed dancers and participants.One of their first experiences was a visit to the dog pound, where Rocky picked out one "cute ugly" older dog, like himself, who was lying on his side and "wastin"" no energy.They bring him in for "plain drunkenness."The scene in the police station cleverly introduces he three principal characters as they are each separately hauled in for varying reasons on this late Easter night, and their paths cross.Three of the four are based on factual history:THE ""MODERN"" STORY (A.D.1914):(Amber Tint)In early 20th century America during a time of labor unrest, strikes, and social change in California and ruthless employers and reformers - a young Irish Catholic boy, an exploited worker, is wrongly imprisoned for murder and sentenced o be hung on a gallows.