The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-04
CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SIX
A NNE WINTER was in high
n spirits when Rorimer called Tor
her the next morning. She SAID,
when she had settled beside him In
the roadster, that she had prospects
of a weeks steady employment
possibly more. ;
cts TO be quite a big picture,
gather. with lot OF people. I'm
thrilled to death, even though am
so unimportant.
Dan, inspecting her critically IN
her fiat movie makeup, remarked
the chiseled perfection Of her nose
and chin in profile. and the shad-
Owed beauty of wide dark eyes
against the tawny pallor OF grease
paint and powder. She was wear
ing a white polo coat, long ana
loose-htting and sporty, and white
beret.
whats the picture?" he asked.
81 don't know that they have
name for it. Sylvia Patterson is
starring in fishes lovely, isn't
she2" =,
ooh. I'm not so crazy about
blonds." he drawled. Il prefer them
with dark brown eyes and black
hair. and like them to come from
Oklahoma"
you're headed straight for that
telephone POLE" she reminded him
quickly, and he turned his eyes
front.
you look as if you're going out
to play tennis instead of to work,"
he said.
Anne laughed. Don't I though?
I'm supposed to be a guest at a
fashionable house party. Today
it's sports wear"
you look like million dollars,
Dan told her, thinking that what
clothes he had seen her in would
indicate Anne Winters wardrobe
was, to say the least, adequate.
Almost as if she read his
thoughts, she said, Il think the
fact that 1 had the right clothes
helped me. You see, when regis
tered I was asked about my ward
robe. It's fairly complete; 1 found
that was necessary in stage work.
and yesterday Central Casting
telephoned me about this picture
lust when I was getting ready to
call them and ask if they had any
thing. Isn't that grand98
It certainly was, Rorimer agreed.
You'll knock 'em dead; see If you
don't"
TIE let her out at the Grand
II United gates. "Pick you up
this EVENING"" he asked.
She said she wasn't sure. I
might have to work late; you can't
tell. Perhaps you'd better not"
But I'll want to know how the
day went"
Then call me up this evening"
How about going places and do
ing things?"
mot if I'm working tomorrow
morning" Anne said, shaking her
head and laughing. EARLY to bed,
YOU know-that's what keeps the
lines out of little girls faces"
But at least we can go for a
little ride" Dan argued.
well. we'll see about that later"
His day dragged by on leaden
feet. Collins was exacting and the
cast was not speaking its lines to
suit him, and Dan had a chance to
observe what a tyrant a director
could be. Though Collins, he told
himself, was a good-humored ty-
rant.
His wide and easy-coming grin
took the sting out of the sharpest
reproof. 1t spread his little blond,
sharply upturned mustache, and
crinkled the corners of his eyes. and
flashed Whitley with healthy teeth.
He would say, holding up his
hand: Brand, you're speaking
your lines like a ventriloquist's
dummy. Don't give me dead pan;
put some animation in your face.
Atwood, here. has taken your girl
away from you and you're mad
see? You act as if he was doing
you big favor. Come on and get
mad-think about that dough yoU
lost on that horse at Caliente."
Then the grin, and then the repe-
tition of the lines. Thus the day
passed, and that evening Rorimer
told Anne Winter he had formed a
new respect for picture making.
This Collins knows his stuff,
Anne"
She had consented to go for a
ride, provided he would get her
back before 10 o'clock. They were
riding westward, through Beverly
Hills. and Dan had in mind the
beach at Santa Monica.
Her day, she said, had been
eventful and pleasant, though some
what wearying. I'm little tired,
Dan," she confessed.
Garry Sloan, it seemed, was the
director of the picture she was
working in.
Dan said: Garry Sloan, eh?
Grand United'S using its big guns
Sylvia Patterson and Sloan"
II told you it was to be quite a
picture"
do you know how long you will
be working on it?"
NO. A long time. I hope"
Dan said: Has Sloan still got his
crush on Sylvia Paterson?"
Are they supposed to be that
way?"
II thought Dan said. that ev-
erybody in Hollywood knew about
that. Sloan's married, you know
has a couple of kids"
CHE made no reply to that. he
y merely said: Everyone says
he's a wonderful director.
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