12019-01-30T01:22:30+00:001.x15 The Shakedown1The Shakedown (1929)plain2019-01-30T01:22:30+00:00Some late-silent films featured one-off techniques, not intended for repeated studio use. In William Wyler’s The Shakedown, a camera attached to an industrial crane looks down on the protagonist as he rides the hoist to the top of an oil derrick; the result recalls the trapeze shots from Dupont’s Variety (see 1.6).