New Britain herald., 1930-09-13
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Anne winter, "nO began as all extra, is now under contract to - Grand United one of the largest of 1. the Hollywood studios.
 .. Dan Rorimer, former New York writer, is in love with Anne, but he is not meeting with much success and he regards his feeling for her as rather hopeless one. Anne has been living with two extra girls, Eva Harley and Mona Morrison. The former. embittered by her fail ure, has left Hollywood, but Mona, being made of more cheerful stuff, still hopes to get a break"
 Paul Collier, who writes a daily papers, shares Dan's apartment, He has great faith in Rorimer's ability. A play that he had written for the stage while in New York, is return ed to Dan, unaccepted, and Anne and Collier read it and are enthusi- astic. They urge him to revise it for the movies.
 This he does. Eventually it is accepted by Grand United. and Dan. knowing that Anne would like dramatic role, suggests to studio executives that she be given a test for the leading femi- nine part. Garry Sloan is to direct the picture. He gives her test and she wins the role. Sloan is the big ses director in Hollywood and he begins to show some interest in her and takes her out.
 Rorimer proposes to Anne. but she tells him she is not at all sure that she loves him. He thinks 1t will be better for Anne if he does not show her too much attention: he does not want to arouse Sloan's jealousy. On the eve of her big gest scene in the picture, Sloan suggests that she have dinner with him. At dinner he asks if she has ever been in love.
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 CHAPTER XLI
 She smiled at him. Do you think I have?'
 And Sloan raised his eyes and looked at her thoughtfully He said, No, I don't
 Anne laughed. and she let her eyes drop to evade the look in his own. There was a bold searching ness in them that made her feel that her secrets would not be safe from them. She said. How do you tell-or are you just guessing"
 Sloan chuchled and gave the waiter bill. Its something moro than a guess. One of the require ments of a director is clairvoyance, you know. Shall we go?" He gestured to the waiter that he did rot expect any change,
 When she was beside hlm in the car once more he continued where he had left off Was I right, Anne?"
 I'm afraid you were" she smiled. What's to be done about s.it?"
 Something should be done about it-immediately. He added, seri- ously: You're going to fall in love scme day, Anne, and when you do you're going to be a better actress
 Haven't I heard something like that before?"
 T wouldn't doubt it." he ad- mitted. "Old truths are the truest ones after all"
 But how do we know they are truths? Doesn't that sound like an extraordinarily simple prescription tor success-to fall in love-" Sloan shook his head. He was driving through a darkened stretch and Anne could not see his face. You're laughing at me-" his voice came to her presently, "and I'm telling you something that's good for your soul. You're young, Anne, and you're untouched by life. and .
 He paused and Anne wondered then if he was going to add some thing trite - something after the manner of fiction writer's about bringing out the woman in her in order to bring out the actress.
 But he didn't He said instead, You've great talent. Anne, but you don't use it all. You haven't learned yet to let yourself go; there's something that - I doe't know there's something inside of you that you're keeping locked up. . I said that when you fall in love you're going to be a better actress, and I mean it. I know it doesn't sound original, because there's an awful lot of gulf printed about actresses having to live their parts in order to act them, and all that sort of thing. And Of course any sensible person knows it isn't true"
 Anne said humbiy, I'm sorry" She said. ''I don't understand, though. what you mean about lock- ing something up inside of me"
 Sloan pressed his foot on the brake pedal, and when the car stopped he turned and faced her Look at me" he said.
 And Anne wonderingly did as he told her, because she had become