Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-14
HOLLYWOOD
Something About Notorious Moving
-. Picture Colony.

mond Taylor, widely known motloh
picture director, has. caused: public IN
terest to turn toward the motion pic,
ture coleny.at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nu-
mereus inquiries about that colony ana
the life of. its, people have followed
says a Los Angeles Ca. dispatcns 4 r
Hollywood is the general name as
signed to a section ofYLos Angeles, "
ing. about, eight miles from the Down
town business section. Many motion
picture studios are,tscattereds through
hollywood and thousands of people
from all classes Of society are ernpiey-
ed at the stldios, TX =. - i'tsl
Where so many types are gathered
there are, all variations Of character
and morality, Some Of those who come
to, the lots, as humble, extras succeed
because. of some trait Of personality In
reaching stardom almost before they
have become known generally lin the
industry itself, Sometimes it is real
ability that drives them upward.
Sometimes it is the favor Of direc-
tor or producer; sometimes 1t is pair
of cross -eyes or funny legs, or unusual
size that provide the needed leverage
for the lift to success :
!. When people spring from poverty to
affluence. often within a few weeks,
their mental equipment is, not always
-euuabto the. strain. They. have money
an. unaccustomed toy: and. they spend
it in bizarre ways. They may buy au-
tomobiles, of the usual styles and nm
ishesS knuwn inlthe .trade't"here as
movie trick machines" or they may
TAXI % having wild parties" or they
may indulge IN other forms OF relax
alton and excitement. Many of them
spend ALL they make One! we'll known
star testified; TN the divorce court re-
Gently thatehe was getting $7o0'a week;
hs said he had $700'in bank as pay day
had Just passed, that he had three au-
tou1obiles, an extensive wardrobe and
Many of them, come In from other
work, In which habits have become 'fx-
ed on them. In the pre-prohibition
days: thereewere many country CLUBS
and all-night; restaurants that drew a
heavy patronage from the ranks OF mo :,
tion picture people. They nt,to these
places to see each other and TO be seen
by each: other and the public.
j? Sornetimes they drank a. good deal.
Sometimes: very little. Since prohioi-
ton cameSfn many; OF them who had'no
LIQUOR stocks turnedt to other stimu-
lants.s The dealers in Illicit drugs
found growing clientele. --'"-- 4 .H'
.. ,a' Some Irregularities, <-
With liquor, and, Sto; some extent
drugs, there were some few'w CONT
bined irregular relations in life. Mo-
tion picture people themselves admit
that immoral and sometimes perverted
persons are to be found in the indus
try, but they insist that the percent-
age of these issrelatiyely small and
that only their. position in the public
eye has made them at all conspicuous
1t is not denied that some drug users
are, connected with the industry, but
the producers take the position that
these people are being eliminated as
opportunity offers. 80 =. '-'
These various conditions have caused
property owners in Hollywood and in
other sections TO look. on some motion
picture people with disfavor when they
seek to rent property. The owners
have, even advertised rental property
with the phrase mo movies wanted
and in many instances leases are made
with the provision that all damage
done by the tenants shall be repaired
There are, however, scores and hum
dreds of motion picture people who live
lives In no way dissirnilar to those OF
other American householders; they go
to the studios, do their work. return to
normal homes, and spend their even
ings at theaters, at home, at clubs or
In ordinary pursuits. Many Of them
have purchased handsome homes;
many Ol lntlIl Do" WoA SSA WV
of them were-and are-holders oftLib-
erty bonds and other Investments;
some OF them are regular. church at
tendants and some of them are church
officials.
'..: All Sorts Of People.
The industry numbers: in its ranks
all sorts Of people, with all sorts OF
training and education; in the same
set it is possible to see a noted actor
director with a college bred scenario
writer at his elbow, directing a scene
in which the leading woman may be
one who fought her way up from an
old time burlesque chorus, while her
leading man may have stepped from q
bank or even a pulpit almost directly
to stars position, because Of some
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