New Britain herald., 1930-09-05
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Dan Rorimer scenario writer in Hollywood and formerly a New York newspaper man, is in love with Anne Winter, who, beginning as an extra, has progressed rapidly and is TOW under contract to one of the largest studios.
 Dan, who formerly was under contract himself. now is free lane ing, largely because of his inability to get along with a studio executive, whose methods irritate and disgust the sensitive and stubborn Rorimer. Paul Collier. who writes a daily movie column for string of papers, , shares Dams apartment with him. Collier has great faith in Dams - ability, despite Dams apparent fail ure to get along as free lance. Dan P has become Respondent over this. and over what he considers his rather hopeless regard for Anne Winter.
 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 rather tragic love experience.
 While in New York Rorimer had written play for the legitimate stage His agent thought very highly of it and kept it for months, trying to sell it to various producers. But it comes back to Dan one day, at a time when he is disappointed be- cause of the rejection of his latest screen story. Collier is curious about the play. He begins to read 1t and he is enthralled by it. He tells Dan that he is foolish to worry about what the studios think of his stuff when he can write like that.
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 CHAPTER xxx
 Anne insisted that Dan bring his play over and read it to her. Paul Collier had seen her the following day at Grand United, had told her about it, and Anne had never seen him 50 enthused.
 Its a play about a gangster and HIS SlI l dI!u IL 6oI d Noilop III u that''-Paul drew a deep breath well. it's a knockout. Anne; just a knockout! But you know Dan,' he added.
 Anne nodded "Yes, know him, The play wouldn't have come back if it had heen a good one"
 That's Dan. tell you, it's get ting terrible to live with that guy. I never saw a man in my life who could put so much into thing and then sour on it so quickly. You know what the trouble with Dan it"
 "He doesn't have enough faith ir himself, for one thing. Isn't that it?" Paul said, "Yes. and he's bull headed" and Anne smiled. remem- bering something Ziggy Young had written to Dan about herself. T mean" Paul explained. "tha' you can't argue with him. Just be- cause his ideas haven't set Holly : wood on fire. he thinks he's flop ; He's got a lot of stuff, but it's his own, and it's a little different from what the studios have been used to- : It's too bad there wasn't anybody : with any imagination over at Con- tinental when Dan was there: he ; might be sitting pretty if it hadn't been for Adamson.'
 So Dan stuck the play in his
 
 to the bungalow.
 Mona and Eva had gone to the |. theater" Anne informed him., and ; at Dams inquiry she said that Eva : seemed 10 be herself once more and .. things were pretty much as usual ., again.
 @ "We've just forgotten that any. thing happened, Mona and l." {. Dan, wanted to know if he ;. couldn't leave the play with her SC @ that she could read it some other time, but she insisted that he mus :, read it to her, and she placed hin $ on the sofa, near a lamp. and her. 2 self sat in a nearby chair where ; she could watch his face as she .s listened.
 < Well" Dan said as he obeyec !. her, you asked for it; dent blame me-" and he began to read. z He held a cigarette in his hant g. and he paused now and then to puf @ at it to cover the avkwardness h. felt. And at first he was embarrassed ', ly conscious of his own voice. so tha -e he read without expression, some ' what as a school boy reads hls les son: but this was not for long 44 Presently he had forgotten that h - was reading typewriter words l. Anne Winter; the thing became :. play again, the play into which h had poured so much of his hope an' his enthusiasm and his passionat longing to write something that mel would know him by.
 He had conceived 1t some year ago when he was covering nigh court for human interest" Storie for his paper, and it had lain in tn back of his mind for a long time waiting to be written. And now tha he had almost forgotten about it, was back again, and it began to liv again for him.
 It was the story of a New Tor gangster-a member of one of tn f dock gangs-and the girl he left be hind him 10 go to war. It was not pretty story, butt it was real and hu man and warm with life, and II end was poignantly tragic.
 At the end of the first act Da looked 1n and smiled and rearhC