Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
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On the morning Of Saturday, Octo-
Der sixth. Tony Hull came into the
office Hardy had taken on Forty
second street. accompanied by a man
carrying a large satchel.
"Here she is" he laughed, as his
companion placed the bag on a chair.
"All ready to show. That's all,
Pritchard. Wait for me in the car.
Well. Ben-what's the news?' He
spoke with a tense ~quickness which
indicated utterly worn-out nerves
Hardy glanced Up with 4 frown.
Il guess there's been q leak some
where. Tony he said.
"A leak? What do you mean?'
Nv hy-Davidson's showing tOmor-
row night, too
mo" Tony staggered. clutched
the edge Of the desk.
Its iE all the papers. Haven't
YOU seen them?"
mo. Too busy this morning"
Tony clutched the sheet that Ben
held ous to him. A news item said
that the Davidson company's new
million dollar production. "Elaine.'
was 10 be given it's initial showing AZ
the Plaza on Sunday night. October
seventh. In the same column APP
reared A notice Of the opening Of
Tony Hull's production Of the same
name.
Doesn't that look A. though some
body had given away our plans!'
Ben asked.
II don't think 80. If Davidson had
supposed that we were opening Sun
day. he'd have set his showing for
Saturday. in order TO he first in the
field. What ne believes Is that he
has stolen a march on us-that he's
a full week ahead. Or did, last night,
when these notices went out to the
papers. BY this time. ] guess, he's
throwing seventeen different kinds
or fits"
"You don't seem particularly wor-
ried."
..T'm not. Rather pleased. in fact
Two rival productions with the same
story. opening tho same night Ialk
about your publicity And Of curse
IL invites comparison nj once. Wei
welcome that. | don't know what
sort Of scenario Sammy Glotzmanr
fixed IN for Lew, but I'm ready e
back baiue against IL. any time. And
Jane Dare against irene Shirley
They're not in the same class. Nc
matter how much money Davidson
has spent on his production. il wont
look any more costly than ours
Knowing Hallett, who directed IL, as
I do. | expect a lot Of Theatrical
effects. but not much story. Neither
he nor Glotzmann is suited 10 handle
\ subject of this sort. They'll miss
all the beauty. the poetry IN Il and
waste their time IN spectacular seen
erv and clan trap. The public's beer
fcd in on that sort Of thing. We've
| made our characters real human
beings. living a passionate romance
not lust lay figures moving through
4 uareant. No-l'm not a bit sorry
we're opening tho same nights
long As he isn't ahead Of us. Al
though I'll admit it's going to he 2
hit hard on the critics" He sank
into 4 chair. exhausted by the effort
OF speaking. .,
anxiousIy. what wrong? You
"Guess I am. Too much black
coffee and not enough sleep. when
this things over, I'm going to bed
AAAAA A-
for a month"
"Better make IL a sea trip. You've
worked yourself to a fare-you-weii'
Too bad"
Tony got up. There were tiny
beads Of Precipitation on his fore
head. He was palpably very weak
SHOT quite. Still got a kick or two
left in me. Got your invitations all
out?"
ayes. Including a couple OF hun
dred Columbia men in the balcony
And the critics. Of course. Used the
M vuo ent me. But what don't
see is how they are going 10 AXE IN
both showings mt once
"Oh-a lot of the papers viii cover
both. The best men will come 70
ours. I guess-knowing what they
think of Irene Shirley. Where one
man tries to do two shows in an eve
ming. IL should operate N our favor.
II he comes to our showing first.
he'll like il. and won't want TO leave.
If he takes in half the Davidson film
first, he'll probably be glad to. Com
parsons are the best sort of adver-
tising-especially IL they happen to
be in your favor. On Monday morn
ing our picture ought to be the most
taiked-of show in town"