Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-27
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A0A "a
young man Of Hollywood. can't
get along with a studio executive
at Continental Pictures and tears
I'D his contract as scenario writer
and asks to be fired. But he isn't.
Dan Is interested In Anne Winter.
a girl from Tulsa, Okla, who has
shown enough ability to warrant a
screen test and q decent part IN
a picture.
Dan lives with Paul Collier, who
writes a daily movie column for a
string Of newspapers. Anne lives
with two extra girls, Eva Harley
and Mona Morrison.
A famous director named Garry
| Sloan has shown some interest in
Anne, hardly enough, however. to
warrant any high hopes. Mean
while, Anne is making good at
Granted United. Sloan sees her on
the set one day and asks her If she
has a contract. When she says no,
he says something must be done
about that.
That is thrilling news for Anne.
But the edge is taken off 1t when
/ she tells Eva and Mona that even
ing. Eva is so discouraged that she
threatens TO leave Hollywood.
Mona tells Anne Of a tragic love
experience Of Eva's.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
Anne slept badly that night,
awoke fitffully, her thoughts oc-
cupied with Eva Harley's sorrow
as though IL were her own.
Eva was her usual quiet self at
breakfast. but she must have re-
GREETED the disturbance caused by
her d~espodent outbreak, for her
mood va lighter. and when Mona
and Anne left the house she babe
them a smiling goodby and waved
TO them from the doorway when
they looked back
Anne thought Eva ought to get
uBQl u5lJo 5Iom 5snou 5ul 10 mo
she did. and she told this TO Mona.
Il feel a little ashamed, thinking
Of her staying home TO do the work.
Why doesn't she leave some Of 1t
for us?"
Eva doesn't mind" Mona ar
gued, any more than I do, or you.
when we're not working"
1t was a lot better, anyway. she
said, than wandering around from
one lot to another. looking for jobs
that weren't there. Eva and I
used TO do that. but We gave it up.
When you call Central Casting III
the evening and they say there's
nothing for you, you might as well
stay at home. It didn't take me
long [, find that out"
That afternoon a studio meSSen-
ger reached Anne Winter on the
stage and told her she was wanted,
as soon as she was at liberty. in
the office Of n OF the Grand
United executives. Something about
a contract surely, Anne told herself
with a feeling of triumph. Garry
Sloan, then, must nave seen TO II
that something was done about IT.
right away.
She was kept waiting for an i'm
preSSively long period in a care
fully guarded outer office. Then
there was a quiet buzz. and the
pretty secretary looked up with q
smile and held open the door foi
her. and Anne felt as II she were
approaching a throne.
Mr.. Johnson was not brief. He
shook hands with her. led her tc
a comfortable chair and. leaning
back from the large and magnifi-
cent and severely tidy desk, he
asked her many questions.
The executive smoked as they
talked. And finally he brought Ut
the subject of a contract; explained
its terms. It's advantages. Told hel
she was to be congratulated on OBJ
tanning a contract. especially viii
an organization like Grand United
Not many succeed in doing whar
you've done, Miss Winter"
Anne listened quietly. concen.
tration forming a tiny frown be-
tween her eyes.