The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-29

world to duck it." he said. I'll bet
Ziggy's already written to dear lit
tie Anne and she'll be expecting to
hear from you" He added that the
next time he saw Dolores Del Rio
he would tell her somethin- to give
her a laugh.
~OLLIER saw them all. He wrote
~ a daily column on Hollywood
for an impressively long list OF
papers, and spent most OF his work
ing hours around the studios or IN
terviewing stars in their homes.
Like Rorimer, he had known Zig
gv Young in newspaper work in New
york. but he and Rorimer had be-
come acquainted only on the latter S
arrival in Hollywood. 1t had been
a telegram from Young that had
sent him down to meet Rorimer's
train, and then, at Ziggy's request,
to attempt practical joke.
Dan Rorimer got his clubs from
the closet and announced he was
ready to play golf, but Collier said,
Not so fast. You can't throw Alggy
down. The old boy would do as
much for you. He's got a heart as
big as"
"As big as a bird Seed" said
Rorimer.
Anyway, Danny my boy. you
can't throw Ziggy down. What's
Miss Winters address,"
Some place on Romano street"
LET me see that letter. I'm 60
ing to call up information and see
if she has a phone listed"
He busted himself at the telephone
and, after getting information, an
nounced that there was no number.
Got a privately listed telephone,
I suppose" said Rorimer a little Bit
terly. Big stuff! Every extra girl
in Hollywood has one" He observed
that it hadn't taken Anne Winter
long to learn the ropes and that it
would mean extra trouble to drive
out to her address to look her up.
Send telegram" said Collier.
Tell her to call you up and leave
her phone number"
"All right. And I'll send Ziggy
Young a telegram, too"
They went downstairs. At the
telegraph desk Rorimer wrote a
message for Anne Winter, explain
ing that he was a friend of Ziggy
Young's and would like her to get
in touch with him at the Roosevelt.
To Ziggy Young he wrote: Am
looking up Miss Winter stop I hope
you get murdered in a speakeasy."
Then he and Collier, two slim,
well-molded young men in golf togs,
proceeded to their game.
1t was half past six or later when
Rorimer got back to the hotel.
There was a message for him at
the desk when he asked for his
key. Miss Winter had called in and
had left her telephone number,
Gladstone 1855.
Upstairs, changing. clothes again,
Dan gave the matter some thought.
He was still indignant at Ziggy
Young's habit of taking everything
for granted and he didn't relish the
idea of chapercning some movie
struck girl around Hollywood. Why
in thunder did people come to
Hollywood, anyway, if the didn't
have a job lined up? They only
added to an already aggravated un-
employment problem.
HE certainly wouldn't have ~,ome
L l. out here, he told himself, as he
kicked off his shoes, if he hadn't
been given contract. And he
hadn't asked for his job, either. If
he had, he probably wouldn't have
got it.
1t had been case of Continental
Pictures liking couple of his pub
lished stories and buying one and
taking an option on the other. And
then the executive at their New
York office had talked about the op-
portunities for good dialog writer's.
And then the contract.
Ziggy Young had called him
lucky dog and Rorimer supposed he
was. He grinned in recollection