The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-12
CHAPTER FORTY
OUT OUR WAY

CHAE l. 6rN FOrbl
II LIKE that" said Dan.
/ And there's a companion one, "
Mars said.
Safe upon the solid rock the
the ugly houses stand;
Come and see my shining pal
ace built upon the Sand!"
Il like both Of them" Dan said,
with a smile. They're comforting
philosophy for the morning after"
MariS laughed. Il didn't know
you took them with aspirin
Aspirin doesn't always work"
And does philosophy" Maris
turned smiling eyes to him, and Dan
smiled into them with his own and
then bent and kissed her.
She did not try to avoid it, but
she said after silent moment, Il
didn't expect that"
And Dan frightened his arm
around her. Are you sure?" he
asked. Il don't see now I could
help it."
Maris was silent.
They fingered there for some
minutes longer, but she presently re-
minded him of the time and he
drove her home. There he would
have kissed her good night, but she
protested.
mo, Dan"
So he shook hands with her in
stead, although he did feel that her
objection might not have been a
serious one. They parted with the
understanding that they would go
horseback riding the following Sun
day morning.
Another week passed, and part of
another. Dan was keeping very
busy, and, as Collier had predicted,
he continued to learn things from
working with Garry Sloan.
But there were times that he
found it difficult to keep from be-
coming a little irritable in the face
of some of the directors demands.
A feeling somewhat akin to hurnil-
ity saved him from it-a recogni-
ton of the others superior knowl-
edge and Of his unquestioned au-
ltlOIlJy.
He often sat in the projection
room and watched the famous di-
rector, and no one viewed the ruSheS
with as jealous or critical an eye
as Sloan, as the result of which he
was ruthless in ordering retakeS.
And frequently these neceSsitated
q change here and there in an
actors lines-a word or two to catch
a laugh, or the building up of a
situation that seemed to him not
quite satisfactory.
DUT Rorimer gave him his best
D and he managed to be cheer
full about it.
When she was not in front of the
camera herself, Anne Winter often
fingered on the stage to watch the
others, and she sometimes sat be-
side Dan Rorimer and talked with
him in a low voice as Sloan re-
hearSed a scene.
She ate luncheon with him fire.
uuently, too, although usually there
we're others with them. Anne
seemed especially eager to be
friendly to him.
Once as they sat together watch
ing the taking of stills" Dan saw
Garry Sloan look their way and
frown and turn away, and Rorimer
sensed that there might be some
thing there that the director did not
altogether approve.
And he wondered what it might
be. His first thought was that the
sound of their voices might have
disturbed the man, but he re-
marked then that others about
them were talking and laughing
some of them rather loudly-and
he concluded that he was quick to
imagine things.
Those who worked with Sloan
we're at high tension; it was easy
for them to be "jumpy."
But later an unwelcome recollec-
ton came to mind-the bit of gos-
sip he had overheard at the tea
with Maris Farrell, linking Sloan's
name with Anne's. And still later
he recalled a story Paul Collier had
told him; and once recalled 1t was
hard to put from him.
Collier had told him story
about Sloan and a certain star
whose name and his had been cou-
pied a great deal in the days be-
fore he had made Sylvia Patterson
famous.
And it concerned young actor
from New York, a handsome youth
with no stage or screen experience
Whatever, who had been dis
covered by someone from Holly
wood who was struck with his facial
beauty.
1T was Just one Of those things
Collier related They gave him q
screen teSt-this was before the
days of southland then they
shipped him out to Hollywood and
gave him one of those great lover
parts opposite Lola. And young