New Britain herald., 1927-02-24
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Robbie Ransom, a little blond school teacher, is movie struck, and wildly eager to break into pie lures. Neither her father, wid- over, nor Andy Jerrold, who wants to marry her, will lend her the money to take her to Hollywood But she borrows five hundred dol lars from the Widow Parkins, who is to be her fathers second wife, and goes.
 At Mrs. Mangan's boarding house she meets Stella Delroy, an extra girl. Through her she gets a few days work at the big Magnifica Studios. where Roy Schultz, fa- nous director. takes a brief interest in her. She becomes great friends with his wife, Lottie, who once was school teacher like herself. The assistant director, Gus Mac Cloud, falls in love with her and she with him. When her money is gone, and her courage is running low, he lends her enough money on a bracelet, given her by Andy, to keep her for six months and prom ises her part in his next picture.
 Then she begins to hear queer stories about him. Lottie tells her that he has a wife, who is divorc- ing him. And she planes him for taking Roy with him on wild parties at the home of Monica Mont, a gold-digging little movie vamp. Stella Delroy drinks poison, leaving behind her a letter telling of her , unhappy love affair with Gus.
 His wife gets her divorce, but he never mentions it to Robbie, who hears of it from Lottie Schultz.
 He gets picture to direct and offers Robbie her big chance-a good part in it. Then they quarrel because she won't let him make love to her, since he doesn't be- lieve in movie people marrying, and Robbie gives up her part.
 Andy writes to tell Robbie that he has bought her old home from her father and begs her to come home and marry him and settle down in it. But she refuses to, of course. She spends all her money on clothes, and then goes to work in a Hollywood book store to make enough money to pay her board | at Mrs. Mangan's. After several weeks Gus comes in to see her. and purely as business proposi- tion, offers her part in his new | picture. She takes it. Later Schultz sends for Robbie to come and see him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER LV
 | With her heart beating so that | she could almost hear it, Robbie opened the door of Roy Schultz $ office. What could he want with her?
 She saw him, all at once not ns | the Roy she had known as Lottie's husband, but as the great director. l The man who could make girl fa- nous over night if he wanted to. For he had done just that thing for Joan Joyce and many another l struggling extra girl.
 Did you want me, Roy?" she asked, closing the door behind her. l But her eyes went straight to the blue eyes of Gus who was sitting beside Roy. tilted back In his chair. Between the two men, on the pol ished desk. stood a squat brown bottle of Irish whiskey and two glasses.
 Yeah. Sit down." Roy said shortly, and she slid into chair by the door.
 He leaned forward over the desk and his eyes went over her, not as if she were girl he had been sec if she were something he were go- ing to buy-a porcelain vase or a hand carved chair.
 Thank fortune that I just washed my face and put fresh makeup on," thought Robbie. She was nervous but she knew that she looked all right in the lettuce-green | dress and the black satin hat that showed the wide yellow waves of | her hair.
 How would you like to be Cord s | leading woman in his next pie ture?" Roy asked suddenly, and she all but jumped out of her chair. His leading woman?" she gasped. She couldn't believe her ears. It seemed impossible that less than three weeks ago she had been selling books at s21 a week, and that now she was to be De- Lancy Cords leading woman!
 "Oh, Roy, you don't mean it?'' | she gulped after a dazed minute or two. DO you think I'm good enough?"