Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-16
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an eye as Sloan. as the result OF
which he was ruthless In ordering
retakes. And frequently these
necessitated a change here and
there In an actors lines-a word
or two to catch a laugh. or the
building up Of a situation that
seemed to him not quite satisfac-
tory.
But Rorimer gave him his best,
and he managed TO be cheerful
about il.
When she was not in front Of the
camera herself, Anne Winter often
fingered on the stage to watch the
others. and she sometimes sat be-
side Dan Rorimer and talked with
him in a low voice as Sloan re-
hearSed a scene. She ate lunch
with him frequently. too. although
usually there were others with
them. Anne seemed especially anx-
ious TO be friendly to him.
Once as they sat together watch
ing the taking OF stills Dan saw
Garry Sloan look Their way and
A0NAA III III CIV GAA0 ANVIL tAAG
sensed that there might be m
thing here that the director did not
altogether approve.
And he wondered what Ii might
be. His first thought was that the
sound of their voices might have
disturbed the man. but he re-
marked then that others about
them were talking and laughing
some OF them rather loudly-and
he concluded tn he was quick TO
imagine things. Those who worked
with Sloan were at high tension: it
was easy for them TO be "jumpy.-
But later an unwelcome recollec-
ton came to mind-the bit of Cos
sip he had overheard at the tea
with Maris Farrell, linking Sloan's
name with Anne's. And still later
he recalled a story Paul Collier had
told him: and once recalled, IL was
hard to put from him.
Collier had told him = story about
Sloan and a certain star whose
name and his had been coupled
a great deal In the days before he
had made Sylvia Patterson famous.
And u concerned a young actor
from New York. a handsome youth
WITH no stage or screen experience
Whatever, who had been ''discov-
cred" by someone from HOLLYWOOD
VINO was struck with his facial
beauty.
liz was Just n OF those things
Collier related. They gave him a
screen test-this was before the
DAYS OF southland then they
shipped him out to Hollywood and
gave him one OF those great lover
parts opposite Lola. And Young
Hcelif made a 60 Of H. too: he
wasn't bad: everybody said that the
the kid was bound for a big sue
cess.
And Sloan cast him In another
picture with her; and then one
night Garry saw him making love
70 Lola-and everything was of
right away. Roelif was making A
thousand dollars a week at the
time. and since then I don't believe
he's worked in a picture"
No one. Collier said. seemed 10
know exactly what had happened.
IA lot Of funny things happen I'm
this village, Dan"
This fact remained, though. that
Sloan had been offended. and Sloan
mad influence in Hollywood.
One didn't take stories like this
too seriously. Dan thought: never
theless. there might be wisdom in
being careful not to give the man
cause Tor offense, especially during
production Of a picture that might
mean everything to Anne Winter
and a great deal TO himself.
But ii was not on his own &C
count that he felt any concern: he
owed nothing TO Sloan's good will.
he figured. and he felt there was
little that a mans within could do
to him 4 cause him to lose any
sleep. Anne. though. was different.
Anne Winter might some day be a
] star II the fates were kind enough.