Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-13
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" EtEnE AODAI
Through a letter that he receives
from a friend In New York. DAN
RORIMER, Hollywood scenario
writer and former New York news
paper man, meets ANNE WINTER.
who has come from Tulsa, Okla,
TO try TO get extra work. Dan finds
her charming and takes a deep III
terest in her. She learns from him
that he works at Continental Pic
lures. She has worked only one day
as extra herself. but a few days
after their meeting she gets extra
work at Grand United.
She meets an extra named MONA
MORRISON, and Immediately likes
her. Mona is living in an apart
ment with EVA HARLEY. and
Anne lives alone, and Mona sug-
gests hat the three occupy a bum
galow that she and Eva have seen.
They do this. Dan learns from
Mona that GARRY SLOAN, the
famous director. actually has no
ticed Anne. and she may be given
a "bit.' Dan. not liking Sloan. al
though he has never actually met
him. IS q bit apprehensive.
Eva, who Is very bitter. and who
Dan thinks must have had a tragic
experience to make her so, believes
that Anne Winter will succeed. But
she believes there Is little chance
for Mona, and less for herself. She
tells Rorimer about some of the
problems faced by the extras. and
their struggles to make a living.
and he wonders how they get along.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
Eva Harley smiled. She said she
wondered herself.
mo one" she said, can answer
that question. I'm afraid. I've done
different things; worked in depart
ment stores. clerking In busy sea-
sons. and modelling 49,. Last
Christmas I got a check from my
brother. / told him never to send
me any money-but / used It,"
1t was her own experience, she
said. that just when you reached
the point Of giving up in despair.
something happened that held you
on; you either got q jo5 or pros
poets suddenly frightened or some
one was able to argue you out OF
your dependency. Someone like
Mona she supplemented.
Rorimer, she thought. would be
Surp-iced to learn how cheaply a
girl could live when she had 10.
Mona and I were paying only Z
a month for our experimentation
the two OF Us. We didn't like II. o.
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out; but it IA cheap. And there
r cheaper ones. too. It's some
thing to be thankful for that rents
aren't high. The bungalow only
costs each Of us a few more dol
lars than we were paying bef0r
and we live like human beings
now. Anne Winter she added. is
a peach. She's-regular.''
Some time you drop into a Hol-
lywood bakery shop OF grocery
store and ask how many calls they
get from girls for yesterdays rolls.
Some girls can eat on less than you
spend tor tips; they get their own
breakfast and so without lunch, or
buy a milk shake: and they depend
a lot on dinner invitations.
have you met many OF them?
Eva asked. and Rorimer shook hi1
head.
Well, II you had you would have
learned that some OF them are a lit
tie hard boiled about the matter OF
dates. Ask them TO go out IL the
evening. and you'll find yourself
buying a meal. I don't blame
them"
Nor t. said Rorimer softly.
He said. But who buys the meals
for the men?" and he smiled.
They have TO live. too"
Eva said, There's more than one
great lover Of the screen today who
used to get his breakfast By steal
ing milk off Hollywood porches.