The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19
BY CONSTANCE PALMER

BY CONSTANCE PALMER
In the last few weeks there has
swept over the country vitriolic
wavo against Hollywood. not only as
n place, but ms a symbol OF those OF
its inhabitants who mako tho best
copy-motion picture people,
The glamour that surrounds the
stage ia intensified and concentrated
in pictures. Stories of huge salaries
and sudden success have flung about
motion picture players an aura OF
extravagant conjecture. People Just
naturally 0ro interested in this
colony at Hollywood.
Most OF the motion picture people
have never had money before. They
come from families which. II not
actually poverty stricken, have, at
best, been in moderate circum-
stances. And so IN the first days OF
prosperity-those gala days OF pic
lures which have gone forever
they showed their wealth in the only
way they knew. and the public has
added one lurid story after another
to an innocent enough beginning.
until u modern Babylon has grown
up.
Yes. there are wild parties IN
making company. for example,
There are 90 or 100 "cxtrn" people
who are hired by the day. Some ~
these people may be embryo stars OF
tomorrow. They are starting Just as
your present day idols started n fcw
years ago. The gods willing. they
will succeed, because they are work.
ing for success, and for success only.
But 20 every one such person I'm n
movie mob there are 20 OF another
kind. They are the ones who gather
OF an evening In somo house or
apartment ana raise what we kindly
call the dickens"
Three or four "Oytra" men may
gather together after the days work.
Their emotions are IN much tho
same state that they were yesterday
or this morning or year ago. They
each have clutched in their hands
the $3.50 they earned filling uu
space in n mob, and they crave CN-
element So ono OF them calls up q
friend of n friend, who delivers some
very vile liquid upon receiving a Just
percentage Of each $3.50.
Tho next step IS 20 get some girls
All right. During the day they have
had a chance TO become well Rc'
quainted with some girl "eXtras'
From their conversation II has beer
gathered that such n party would h'
quite acceptable, oven welcome. Sc
they are gathered together!
Every one sits around rather un'
easily. tittering and trying TO b,
genteel. as each is hoping 10 make
an impression on this, their first
meeting. But they only succeed IN
being very stupid. Then one bril-
No - IN mi IA % -
thinks himself Of the drinks. Upon
imblbing a sufficient number OF
these. the party becomes more lively
and moro noisy. but is Just rs stupid,
The Oth,r day man who had
hosts OF friends iu the movie husi-
ness hut who kept his own affairs
very much 20 himself was murdered
In his library ] had a bowling ac-
quaiutanco with William Desmond
Taylor In tho few times I talked
with him I found a man Of gentle
ness ana kindness, and this echoes
the sentiments expressed by his
close friends. And I find motion
picture people, like people Of the
stage are first OF all kind hearted.
There IS jealousy and there arc
baCkbiting and gossip, 7 believe I'm
( no other group or community 4,
every ones business known to every
one else as Il IS I'm Hollywood
Everything except treachery against
a friend is excused, But let a mar
or woman in pictures be caught n
dishonesty or In unroliabluty, he o.
she Is out and will never como back
one of the most capable actors II
pictures has been virtually hlle'
professionally because he drinks Fl
heavily that a director can neNe
know ~ he 10 going TO he able G
yyorlS tomorrow or week from 20
morrow. Producers do not fail I
cast this man because they hay
personal scruples against him, bui
quite logically, because they canno