New Britain herald., 1930-09-06
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 Dan Rorimer, former New York newspaper man and now free lance writer in Hollywood, is in love with Anne Winter, who, begin ming as an extra, has progressed rapidly and is now under contract to Grand United, one of the largest studios.
 Dan formerly was under con- tract as scenario writer at Con- tinental Pictures, but he is now free, because of studio executive whose methods irritated and dis gusted the sensitive and stubborn Rorimer.
 Paul Collier, who writes a daily movie column for a string of pa pers, shares Dams apartment with him. He has great faith in Dams ability. despite the latter's lack of success as free lance. Dan has be- come discouraged over this. and over what he considers his rather hopeless regard for Anne Winter, whose every step upward seems to remove her all the farther from him.
 Anne lives with two other girls, Mona Morrison and Eva Harley. Mona and Eva are extras, but Mona works only occasionally and Eva but rarely She is bitter over this. and over a tragic love experience. While in New York Dan had writ ten a play for the legitimate stage. His agent. unable to sell it. finally sends it back to him at q time when he is disappointed because of the rejection of his latest screen story.
 Anne Winter is enthusiastic over his play. So is Collier. Both Of them think it would make a great picture. Collier tells Dan how to go about selling it, and Dan fol- lows his advice. He sees the sec mario editor at Grand United, asks for the use of typewriter and, while there, turns out a screen treatment of his play. Phillips. the scenario editor, agrees to read 1t that night.
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 CHAPTER NNXII
 When Dan and Paul returned from dinner that evening the girl at the telephone switchboard down stairs informed them that there had been a call for MT. Rorimer.
 From Miss Anne Winter. She left word for you to call her, MT. Rorimer, as soon as you came in. Shall I put the call through for you?'
 Dan nodded, 'If you will please. We're going right up.'
 Anne said. as soon as she heard his voice: "Evas gone Dan"
 The import of her words was slow in reaching him. You mean
 II mean Eva has left. yes.' Mona, Anne said had gone down. town that afternoon, and when she got back to the bungalow Eva was gone and there was a note from her. Poor Eva" There was a uiIll Ol lsdiS III tillilt NolNS. - I'm sorry Anne" And he was; he had always felt sorry for Eva Harley; and never more so than now; and yet he thought that Eva in leaving Hollywood. had done d wise thing. He told Anne so,
 "Oh, I know it." she said sorrow fully. T know it, but
 And Dan interrupted her to ask where Eva had gone. Did she go back to New Orleans?" "Yes." She told him then about the pitiful little note that Eva had written and left for them-all the more pitiful because Eva had tried . to write so bravely.
 And she said'-Anne spoke with catch in her voice -'she said that it wasn't goodby really, be- ; cause she would see us in pictures, and hear us talk. I feel very < broken hearted, Dan"
 T know it. It's pretty tough, v Anne. But you'll have to try not to feel badly" And he asked how Mona had taken it. q guess it hits Mona pretty hard, doesn't it?"
 Terribly
 When she had hung up he told Paul Collier what had happened.
 Its a rotten shame.' Collier said, but he too. agreed that Eva had done wisely. It would be a " good thing he said earnestly, If a few thousand more of them packed up and went home; they'd save ~ themselves a lot of grief"
 Paul declared that sometimes when he got to thinking of the extras he felt very blue. "Posi. lively. 1 know a few and IT swear l don't see how they gs along. And there are lots of then worse off than Eva Harley; Eva al least had couple of friends she could count on."
 - He sat down then to his typeWrit - CT and began to write. and after ;