Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-17
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Dan Rorimer, Hollywood scenario
writer and former New York news
paper man, meets Anne Winter,
who has come from Tulsa. Okla, to
seek extra work. He takes O deep
interest in her. Dan Is with Contin-
entail Pictures, and not very salts
fled with what he Is doing.
Anne gets extra work at Grand
United studios. She goes to live
with two other extras, Mona Hor-
rison and Eva Harley. The latter
Is a bitter individual, possibly be-
cause Of her failure to get much
work, and from her Dan learns a
lot about the problems Of the vast
army Of extras.
Garry Sloan, famous director,
has noticed Anne Winter. He gives
her q "bit" In a picture. Dan, not
liking Sloan. although he has not
actually met him, Is q bit ap-
prehensive. The casting director
at Grand United calls Anne UP
and tells her there may be a
chance for her In q musical COM
edy picture. He and Director Fred
Hurley get her to dance for them,
and Hurley promises her q screen
test. Anne elatedly tells this to
Rorimer, who is more discontented
than ever at Continental, Rorimer,
who Is living with Paul Collier,
who writes q daily movie columns
for q string OF newspapers. tells
Collier that he has torn up his
contract with Continental
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
Paul Golfers fingers fell away
from the typewriter keys. He swung
around, rested one arm on the
back of his chair, planted the
other elbow on his little desk
braced his cheek with his fist.
You what?" he said.
Rorimer sank heavily into an
easy chair. He grimmed. Il tore
up my contract today. You Enow;
my contract with Continental" he
added with sarcastic explicitness,
enjoying the mild sensation h. an
nouncement had created. Elab-
orately he unbuttoned his shirt at
the throat and loosened his tie and
waited for the surprised Golfers
questions
Collier, unmoving, stared at him
for some moments in silence.
What's the matter?" he said pres
emily. Did the heat go to your
head?"
II tore it up right under Adam
sons nose Dan told him calmly.
What for?"
Because I'm sick OF Adamson
and I'm sick OF Continental. They
don't want ideas; they want yes
men and office politicians"
Paul got up from where he sat
and applied a match to his pipe.
You're a funny guy" he said
What did Adamson do?" And
Dan admitted that Adamson had
surprised him by not throwing him
out.
Il invited him TO fire me. and
tore up my copy OF the contract to
show him I wasn't fooling; but
Adamson's 50 damn suspicious of
everybody that he probably thought
/ was trying to put a fast one over
on him. In fact, I'm sure OF ii by
the way he acted"
What did he say?" Collier asked.
and Rorimer shrugged. He said
"Oh, he told me that as long as he
held Continental'S COPY OF the
contract ! might find 1t a bit diff
ficult TO leave to make other
connections"
He lighted a ciaaret and added
that that was Adamson for you.
Hes such a colossal bluff himself
that he thought I was bluffing.
And a bluff scares him silly; ]
learned that"
And suppose he hadn't been
bluffed," Collier said. Il suppose
you would have waltzed right over
to Paramount or NON or some
place and told them that their new
scenario writer was ready TO take
off his coat and go to work-huh?"
Dan laughed. mot exactly. But
I'd rather free lance than work for
Continental"
You mean you'd rather starve."
Collier snorted. and Rorimer
smiled and quietly said that he
knew something about that. too.
Paul was silent for a moment,