Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14

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ter has progressed rapidly and Is
now under contract to Grand Unit
ed, one Of the largest Of the Holly
wood studios. Anne has been living
with two other extras. Mona Morri-
son and Eva Harley. The latter, be-
cause of her tragic love experience
and her failure to make the grade"
leaves Hollywood and returns to
New Orleans.
Dan Rorimer, former New York
newspaper man and now a scenario
writer, is In love with Anne. but he
has come TO regard his feeling for
her as a hopeless one, especially
since his his release from Continent
tai Pictures and his rather unsuc-
cessful attempts TO free lance.
Paul Collier, who writes a daily
movie column for a string OF news
papers, shares Dams apartment with
him. He has great faith In Dams
ability. despite the latter's discour-
agement. "A play that he had writ
ten for the stage while in New York
Is returned tor Dan. ~unaccepted, and
Anne and Collier read ii and are
enthusiastic. They urge him to re-
wise 1t for the movies.
This he does. Eventually the piay
Is accepted, and he is told that he
may now be offered a contract.
knowing that Anne would like to
play q dramatic role. Rorimel sug-
etSts 10 studio executives that she
be given a test for the leading fem
in:ne part Garry Sloan Is to direct
the picture. He gives her a test
and she wins the role. Sloan Is the
biggest director in Hollywood and
Anne naturally Is elated over the
opportunity.
She and Rorimer 90 out that eve
ming for a ride to celebrate" Dan
proposes that evening, and she is
forced TO tell him that she doesn't
know whether she loves him. She is
afraid her ambition for a career has
rut the prospect OF marriage in the
remote background.
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CHAPTER XXXVIH
Mona Morrison frequently nh
served, with her customary fin
pancy, that Anne Winter needed a
secretary. but to Anne letter writing
was a form of recreation and had
been since childhood. There was
a not inconsiderable amount of fan
mail these days, which she attended
10 personally and briefly: but the
weekly letter TO her mother and
father was fat and Invariably re-
quired extra postage.
About Rorimer she wrote.
Hes as sweet and considerate as
ne can be-a wonderful friend. /
Zee. that it's my own fault in a way
but I'm rather helpless to do any,
thing about II. If I loved a man
enough to want to marry him, I
think I'd know il, don't you?"
IL was her father whom She
really appealed 10 in telling of
Dams proposal. Her letters ALWAYS
were addressed 20 both parents. but
Judge Winter knew his daughter
much better than her mother did
Mrs. Winter was beset BY materr, y
doubts and misgivings: The expect
ed the worst to happen. Her hus-
band argued that Anne had a mind
Of her " and could use II. He
rarely coInseled his daughter. off
cred specific advice only when II
was asked for.
His reply was about what Anne
had expected. and SO was the COM
ment OF her mother. The Judge be-
lieved she had done exactly right
ana ne expressed his -aith in her.
Dut MRS. Winter was horror-struck
az the notion OF Anne's even on
sidering for a minute the thought
" marriage with a young man she
mad never seen. Anne smiled.
she was not very busy these
days. A lot had to be done before
production started and she was
marking time. johnny Riddle
occasionally had her 70 lunch with
newspaper friends. and someone IN
the Grand United publicity depart
ment made an appointment for her
with one OF the studio photocra-
piers. SO she spent several hours
one day before a still" camera
That was the day Garry Sloan
asked her 10 dinner. He was show
ing some visitors around the lot at