The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-15


was a BIT of everything, good. bad
and worse. and Ike Hollywood,
limelight was tho beat thing lao did
Never mind his real name. his
real character. off the set, was 81
per cent bluff. Tho 40 per cent
was the face and figure OF q Greek
God. tho sort OF curly hair women
Ike 20 run their hands thru. and
coolies OF real youth. You know
Gods nohlcman--ou In tho great
silent places where men are mem
Keith ought 90 have been an ideal
cowboy-ho had been born and
brought up In Chicago.
II had been nm off day out on
location. lioko Brooks. who was
directing Keith IN where Gods
Country Begins" hadn't been In the
customary patient frame OF mind
Kenneth Keith. with his posinga.
his affected idiosyncraelca. his super
temperament. was enough To try
any director. but the picture Itself
had seemed up 10 this lhAt week. the
worst OF tho two evils. tho eulmina.
ton OF n lot OF last EtrRws.
Everything had Kono wrong from
the first 100 feet. Tho thing
wohblcd The script read well. all
the old gags were In Il. but come.
how u took rotten. The more
Hoke did TO Il. the worse tho e1
cess footago piled up. Back In Los
Angeles tho Old Man was tearing
his toupee 20 pieces. what they had
20 date OF where Gods Country
Begins" was enough 20 make the
longabused West jump or the map
and bite tho whole Kenneth Keith
outfit In two.
Out on location the manly. rootin'.
tootin', snootin cow.lad star had
completed the ho0doo by making
this last weeks shooting the most
tsmpcfamental period OF hia actual
is.ooo'Hweck apollt life II he had
ever needed first rate spanking.
Keith needed u now Even Paw.
nee. his faithful stced. had caught
tho drift Of affairs and added his
note. he stood on bis ears when
tho camera counted on his standing
on his whltc.Eiockingod feet. he
hulted when he should have re.
msined Loyalty BY his masters
ruined body. there 80 tho bottom %
the inevitable cllff. and he eontinu.
ally. despite Ksi,h's spurs. faced
ihe camera when he should have
pronled neatly. a. he had heen
.slsssak!ssiy taught
Even Burnt Blanket Tompkins,
kciths long.cndurinE double. wna
Of his feed and rolled his cisars,s
with two fingers
No. tho picture was cuckoo. the
star and his faithful shadow were
cuckoo. Pawneo WINS cuckoo. ard
good. old patient Hoke would be.
too. n all the rotten luck In sin.
kissed California didn't set off his
trail.
This day had been worse than
any other out on this particular
location. which WAS At Copper lake.
and at , o'clock Brooks threw hts
hands up 10 tho skies. called upon
al the angels and any stray devils
20 witness the last oozc OF his pa.
tisnce and rushed away into the
Southern California forest 20 keep
from doing murder or worse. Five
minutes later, the inspiration hit
ting him. Gods noblemau. Kenneth
Keith. who had acted all morning
Ike pretty woman with an attack
of nerves. invoked oil the gods and
angels by their first names. and
rushed he'll bent up tho lone railroad
track. IL was tho only direction
left out OF camp.
Registering hystoria plus. Keith
disappeared around the cur.
Tho company. more impressed
than usual. decided there was n fair
chance that the doubio-stall would
/ preclude any more work that day.
Some OF them went 10 sleep up
against tho bluff. Burnt Blanket
Tompkins grinned and. rolled a
ciRarot with one finger.
II would be keen stretch OF
imagination TO say nueercr things
happen in life thnn in the films.
but this afternoon was to prove the
exception
Young Keith tramped up the
track in high dudReon: everything
and everybody got on his high.
/ salaried nerves. To the damnation
/ bow.wows with the obstrcperous
/ Brooks. the stubborn Pawnee and
itt . ninnies. his company. And
to torrid sheol with tho old Man
back In the studio. who was always
/ trying 10 hold him down or some
thIngl He felt that II he didn't get
away from every jarring note he
would blow UP for good. He'd fix
EN-: he wouldn't work again for a
week. And that scenario ass who
wrote this blotting.pad masterpiece
Where Gods Country Begins
Gods country BAH He wished
he was bncS in Chicago
He choked with anger and KEPT
on walking. Tho day was unusually
warm; Keith began TO get n bii
uneasy. He was very. very tired
and he needed rest. His nerves
were like so many pieces of wire
stretched to the limit.
The film star came finally to 0
lonely switch. upon the sldetrach
OF which deJcctedly stood n lone DO,
car. The door was open and tn,
floor was covered with invltingly
clean straw; Keith was worn out
Brooks had seen TO that Kenneth
climbed in. parked himself comfort
ably In tho heaped straw and fel