Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-13

ing with 1t the truck and a ZOO assist
ant to take the place of Eddie Harris.
Anna May recoiled at the touch of his
bull hook and showed the whites of her
eyes. She leaned on her launches and
refused to bulge until at last the point
Of the prod struck soft flesh. and the
voice Of the assistant trainer grew gruff
and threatening. Then and only then
did Anna May go grudgingly to her mo-
tor. Temperament had come into its
own at last and she didn't give a boot
who knew 1T.
"Landlady ~telephoned his morning
when he at last reached the studio with
his pouting charge. Jimmy Koran prac-
ticed his usual outlet Of throwing his
script across the set.
Might lave known It'll" he grunted
when a property man had returned the
offending continuity. Him out until
two o'clock this morning on the beach
at Venice. trying to outswim q bunch OF
professional diving danes. Might have
known it. You know this elephant?"
Sure. I knowed her when she was in
vaudeville"
"You can make her work then? All
right. This is the mistake sequence we're
on this morning-the big scene, you
know. Now listen, I'll outline the action
to you. Anna Mays got on her picture
hat and her ballet skirt-well, not now
she hasn't" he explained as the rather
dumb assistant looked inquiringly to-
ward the sad faced elephant, 1.-THE prop
erty manll fix that. I'm Just telling you
what the action is. Anna May is al
dressed up. She had a parasol in hei
trunk and she's just going out to pay
call. She starts OIL the door Of the
| hnfIca and fnrCpta that she's left her
purse behind. Now, she's superstitious
see"
rs she2" asked the assistant. II never
knowed that"
I'm the comedy" said Jimmy Horar
family. I'm the comedy she's supersti.
tious. So we insert the title: It's always
bad luck to go back unless you count
forty Get that? So she m back ints
the house"-Jimmy was acting now
members to count forty. But the car
penter has come In during her absenct
and aid a board on the chair with {
big nail In it."
And she sits on the nail?"
That's right, she sits on the nail. No
really, you know-we take q closeup O.
the board and the nail on the chair
with Anna Mays legs showing, backing
up toward it, to indicate hat the mai
| 40 oiliA LilCiC WlC2 IV q AfCfCl
mind that-it's the mechanics, you know
What I want you to do Is to make her ST
down and then jump up real quick lik'
she'd really been stung. Now have 20,
got It,"
Sure. she sits ON the nail and Jumps
up. I got It,"
"All right. You'd better rehearse 1t
few times to have everything o. K. Arms
May works pretty we'll when she know
what a things about"
The assistant raised his u hook ant
went for the elephant. But Anna May, 1
seemed, didn't care about backing up t,
giant chairs and sitting down. Their
were other things or her mind, such q
peanuts and a desire to ramble. Tn
!. property man brought forth her hat ant
tulle ballet skirt, also her parasol AM
her purse: only to lay them aside. Ann
E May was not ready yet to be dressed
far more important at this minute wa
, that the elephant learn what she was Il
, do before she became CARRIED for he
r part.
9 Time and again the assistant shove'
the recalcitrant pachyderm oward tn
big chair. Time and again abe refuse,
to do the bidding Of any one save Eddi
Harris, who wasn't there. But at last
. tired. disgruntled, at odds with the Who'll
world. she sat. m grunted her dis
: pleasure. Koran waved An arm in sig
nal.
8 Give her q minutes rest" he ordered
: "No-don't. dress her yet" be counter
'manded AZ the assistant moved towar'