New Britain herald., 1930-09-15

Paul Collier that night heard a strange story. Dan came home, wild of eye, with marked face and dirty clothes, and Collier took one look at him and his mouth fell open in amazement.
 Well" he demanded. What hir you?"
 You'd be surprised Dan replied with a grin, and he sat down and related what had happened.
 You mean to tell me you took a punch at Garry Sloan?' Paul once interrupted unbelievingly.
 And Dan laughed, He could laugh now, although he was not any less the fool. You should have seen what he did to me. He knocked me colder than a herring. You could have counted l hundSd over me-
 He went on with his story And I'm son of gun if he didn't make her go back and go through that scene again; And she went through it like million dollars. Tie that one" he finished.
 Collier settled back in his chair and stared. What a story" he exclaimed softly. What a story It's the best yarn that's cracked in Hollywood in a year" He grinned. Can I use it?'
 Can you what?'
 Collier threw an arm up over his head and shrank from an imaginary blow. All right, All right. l was just kidding. Don't throw any punches at me" He said, What did Sloan do? What did Anne do?"
 Just what I'm telling you. He talked to her for a while. Sat in her dressing room with her and told her she simply had to go through with it. And I'm telling you she did, too. I stuck around to hear part of the playback and then I beat it. She's absolutely going to steal the picture"
 Didn't you take her home?"
 Me take her home? Do you think I was going to stick around after what happened? Nothing do- ing; I ducked out. What a goof she mast think I am - swinging on Sloan that way"
 "fhey eat that up, my boy"
 Yeah ?" Dan rubbed his chin and smiled ruefully. Gee, how that guy can hit"
 Paul chuckled and lazily stretched out a long arm for cig- aret You sure went out of your class" he observed, measuring his friend with admiring eyes. But I don't think there's anything so remarkable in what Sloan did after ward. I mean about making Anne dc her stuff. The same things been dMe before, under different circum- stances. of course. He just caught her in the right mood and grabbed his chance, that's all. He knows his stuff. But what do you think of Garry Sloan now? Is he director or isn't he?'
 "Ill never say another word against him" Rorimer promised. T know when I'm licked,'
 Pretty thoroughly licked, he thought-in more ways than one,
 Waiting for Sloan to appear the next morning, he felt a few misgiv- ings. They had parted friends, but he had not ceased to reproach him. self for his foolishness; Sloan, he feared, might not be so pleasant about it now that he had had a night in which to think matters over.
 But the director was cordial when he came, and he took Dan to one side and told him to forget what had happened.
 No one has to know a word about it. No one was there but the three of us. It doesn't have to go any farther"
 One of the camera men gave me a funny look last night" Dan told him with a smile. He must have thought something"
 That's all explained. I told him you stumbled over a step in the dark.
 I'm just a sap"
 Sure you are" Sloan said cheer fully, but you'll have to take credit for one of the biggest scenes ill the picture"
 He ran his fingers through his blond mop of hair. She'll be a great actress yet, Rorimer. Watch her. I guess I was pretty tough or her last night" he admitted, "bu, sometimes you have to be in this business. Has she been around today"
 Anne did not appear at all that day. There was nothing more fol | her in the picture now. There re mained only the war sequences, 1T which she did not appear and whict were to be made on location. Ant Dan was relieved that he did no 1 have to face her. There had beer no talk between then-nothing h had remained in the background | while Sloan brought her around tC doing what he expected of her. The following day though, h saw her The publicity departmen had arranged a luncheon appoint