Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
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"ziggy wired me that he had q
hangover and asked me 70 take an
aspirin for him.
Jim Donnelly stood UP. Il
gather" he said. that Dan locke
I'D a girl friend Of Ziggy's with fear
and trembling
And with maledictions on Zig
gy's head" Collier put in.
and was disappointed because
she wasn't what he had expected.
rs she really that good. Dan?'
Collier inquired. You're not gong
back en- that little O'Neil gal 4 in
troduced TO you, are you?...W what
a blond she-.."
shes an absolute knockout"
said Dan. and that settles IL"
Collier said, "Hollywood's full Of
knockouts." WI.
yeah? But I noticed you went
over to Long Beach Saturday
night"
Collier said with assumed dig
nifty. that that was strictly his own
affair.
".Affair' is good" said Donnelly.
Come on; well keep dinner wait
ing"
After dinner a quorum adjourned
TO someone's apartment for q poker
! game. Rorimer, who had ceased
| caring for the game, and Collier,
went for a walk. They walked out
Hollywood boulevard toward Vine
street. The rain had stopped by
late afternoon and there was a
moon. but the night was chilly
cold enough for top coats.
Collier kept up an incorSequen-
tial chatter for a while, but Ror-
liners responses were monoSyllableS.
and presently Paul fen silent and
they walked together, each busy
with his own thoughts.
II was some time before either
OF them spoke again. Collier. stop
ping short, said they had gone far
enough and ought to turn back. He
said, thoughtfully: There's a great
story in this town. Dan"
Its full OF stories" said Rori-
mer. thinking Of Golfers daily COL
umn. You crack n every day,
don't your"
I'm not thinking of movie gos-
sip; I'm thinking Of n great big
~story-The Hollywood Story. I'd
ike to be able TO write II some day.
And that's just what I'd call it
The Hollyood Story.
You and l." he said presently,
and all those fellows at the din
ner, know very little about Holly
wood, after all. You're inside Of a
studio writing stuff for pictures.
They write blurbs about the pic
lures and the people that make
them: and I'm gadding about all
day, interviewing this star and that,
watching them do their stuff in
front Of the camera. / suppose I get
around as much as the next one,
but I don't know what's really going
en-"
where Is this story OF yours
IN these mountains over there?"
Rorimer asked.
I'm not kidding; I'm serious.
The story's not complete without
extras. Think of the thousands Of
them-men and women OF all ages
and ACCOMPLISHMENTS on and
waiting and hoping that BY the
grace OF God lightning will strike
them somehow and they'll get a
break that will bring them fame.
It's pathetic, you know it? It's a
damn sight worse than that: it's
almost unbelievable tragic"
Il know H." said Rorimer. But
once in a while one Of them crashes
through he added, thinking OF
Anne Winter.
and for every one that does.
think Of the hundreds that can't
hope for anything better than an
occasional DAYS work at seven and
a half to Si0l"
Roriner said well. they can't
say they weren't f~orewarned: no
body holds out any hopes OF star
dom 10 them"
"Yes. but this thing called Hol-
lywood has a glamour about Il
that's as irresistible 10 them as a
snakes eyes for a fascinated bird.
The ranks are oyercrowded. but
still they come-and will continue
10 come. The producers associa-
ticn does what IL can 70 keep out
the unfit, and it warns them all