The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-09-22
COIN KEEPING COMPANY
WITH LONESOME LUKE
IingIing Society Of This Sort
Stunned Hal Roach and Dan
Linthicum Until Pathe Pro-
duced Their DNerting
Picture Farce.
SUCCESS ACHIEVED IN
THE HOUR CT FAILURE

Many time has young America re-
ceiyed renewed ambition by hearing of
famous and successful men who were
down 10 their last nickel before for
tune favored them. The motion picture
business has many such men in is,
but not often do he stories Of their
early trials ans failures And their way
into print The heroes of those
stories are usually too busy TO ten
the tale of their failures. They have
learned success and have lost interest
in The past, save as it has taught them
how TO utilize the present aud the
future.
Hal Roach, general director Of the
Rolin Film 60, has, during the past
year, made a name for himself as %
comedy director He It is who is re-
Sponslbe for the Lonesome luke
comedies on the Pathe program, a
trade name that means something TO
all picture fans who love laugh
rh. snee.ss or mos. ,o,ed,.s ma
haen maryalops- th.v nns,eh, M. N
the very start, and yet only about
twelve months ago Roach who now
cbases aronnd in a bnge motor csr
and has money TO burn, was broke.
Such story is typcally American,
and horn ie how II huursn.I
A.. paaa, a.. ..', a. ..l.
n.'., ~. = ~ ''"H I''''
= r. III" w
Xxx .rina ..'.. 80 ,',. ,..''.t,.....,,t
clad in eroy uniforms ybistHnp I'M.
tidings of fheir annrosrh ena ponr,,i.g
tha citv streefs lint In unel, sam,
service IN Ala.lo rldlpr horseback far
lone distances tl,ronoh n,e wilderness
summer and vintnr Nina Naarly l,e.
nv ana of MA fcni from fr,.t NM.
ba d.eia.l ut,.,. q l,es .tr,e,..,a l,t.
and o,t one ,,ith , ern. of cont,,r,,,.s
WIN. snend,np vacation in Io+
Angeles he happened 10 meet some
persons connected with ii bIg motion
picture producing company Boiu. am
excellent rider he sought md secured
4 lob IN the plctureS Az IA extra
he WIS placed in It gambling den
scene with a hummer oil others, play
Ing roulette. The director didn't
know the game. nor did the other
"extras." but Roach dld-he hnd seen
II often enough Ina Alaska. lie strniaht.
ened ouf some details and was re-
wardcd ailh regular job.
1Ta finally bncomc assistant dirac.
for ana ombitton or.bbcd him Wlb
Dan Llnthlcum, who supplied The
money, he formed comedy company.
Taking the first letters of their names
they compounded ihe word oRoHn" as
the name Of their company. Their
pictures were sofa TO TWO dacfnt
companies. both of which went broke,
one after the other, owing them
money.
The infant cOfUugUV thus went Urpt-
~ close TO the rocks with cap,tal
down To the zero polnt. Roach decided
10 risk all ON one last atrempt lie
put his company "over the mmps ~
uniting thrm through every funny
scene he could think of. There vas
40 story and no rhyme or reason 10
IT, He called it "Just Nuts and sent
It to Pathe. Pathe bought II and
asked for more. In the meanwhile
before the good news came Roach had
got staryed ont and had secured
a job rs director with Essanay.
When Tho good news came Roach
Quit his new lob. took Of his cont and
stnrted to tear into things. He lu-
terested Dwight Whiting. who was
selling motor cars, and together they
started TO work twenty.four hours a
day. Their 1rst compnny contained
Ftfti al fftNAfin Nlllf FhiA were EbfHit
li"ioiu L'oSu' marry o''ulu' heue