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II hOunus Hko " Jury tule,
1T IL fairy tale-como true In
real life. Nothing else could account
for the pros"ntday triLo OF motion.
picture millionaire, They have
"udB,nItIuu enough TO see cheap
amusement for the masses IN what
most Intelligent people, dozen
years ago, considered merely a mo.
chaniCal curiosity. SO they invested
their small savings, these petty
tradesmen and transforming actors,
IN the venture that high finance
scorncd, and the boom found them
s,cut"y IN the saddle. That's why
the public gets 40 much pcrfunctory
and stupid stuff thrown at It today"
but our pictures aren't going TO
be IN that class are they2"
Rather mott We're going to 40 at
this thing In an Intelligent way.
Wen pick good staff. select our
stOrics with care, get the best men
To write our scenarios, and gather
round lis q group Of actors like
those who have made The Cont.
mental cinema what Il is today, more
interested IN their work than IN
themselves. willing to take their
chances of scoring In fine ensemble
acting Instead Of inslstcnt that every
picture shall be distorted to throw
a sOCallcd star into prominence.
Even In America such sincere artists
exist, and we'll find and bring thcm
together and prove that cinema
production can hc an art as well as
a money grubbing scheme
'Bravo, bravo Fanny interpoat.
ed, az < to the dear mani Now II
only he'll perform one.half as brave
ly as he promises -
Lontaine flushed little but paid
no other heed. ITO get back TO the
question Of capitalization Ar
bitrarily setting fifty thousand az
fair production cost, we'll want at
least a hundred and fifty thousand
TO begin with"
but surely we won't need
hundred thousand margin for safe.
tyr"
mot for safety-for economy
When we finish our first picture It
will be a matter of six months at
'NhoN bNlOiI II Nhll pt tNillblltu
Meantime, we can't afford either to
disband our company or hold It to.
gether in idleness. We ought to
start our second picture the day
after we finish the first Thus we
will waste no gestures. And allow
ing three months to each we should
have our second and third ready by
the time the first IS released Do you
follow me, Mrs. Druce|'
Il think you're quite right. You
said yesterday you had some people
ready to furnish the necessary CAPT
tall"
In half an hour | can find half a
dozen who'd jump at the chance"
Lontaine replied without CULVER.
The question Is: DO we want to
take them In? Is It necessary? Isl
good busIness?"
Can we avoid that7'
Simply enough, If you care to
take the risk. III confess I'm not
financially In position to invest in
the business myself. But If you
should decide to back yourself use
your own money to finance Linda
Lee, Inc, YOU would ultimately re-
ceive two-thirds Of TIE profits in.
stead OF the one you'd be entitled to
as the star. And no outsider would
have anything to say about the way
we conduct our own business"
Il don't think l care about that"
Lucinda observed thoughtfuly. Put
1t does appeal to me, the idea that
If | use my own money nobody but
myself can suffer If were making a
mistake, If we don't make sue.
cess"
Then you will find the capital
yourself, Mrs. bruce"
Il think | can manage It without
much trouble"
I,ontainc sighed quietly and re.
taxed. The contcntcd glow of last
night crcpt back into his eyes lie
produced His cigaret-case. and began
to smoke In luxurious puffs.
Il may call on you for check in
u day or two, for preliminary ex-
penses."
THAT brings up question" Iu-
cinul confessed. you sec. my checks
will be signed Lucinda Drucc. and |
don't like to risk my incognita as
Linda Lee"
Nothing to fret about" Lontaue
d SCARED. simply make your checks
payable to mo. III open an account
vnh a local hank in my name first,
and transfer It to the account Of
Linda Leo QncJ as soon az We IN.
corporate"