Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

ture and everyone
that sees me In my
street clothes say that | excel in tramp
parts. | like to play tramps. There
Is something about an old tramp that
kinder hits me, especially a kind OF a
good natured one that don't take
things too seriously.
Did You eve see a picture company
on Location? Well now that we have
to cary all that sound equipment and
men with 1t. why 1t looks like Bar
nuns Circus coming. We have a very
small cast. about five. Yet | bet there
IS about so of us. It takes lots of folks
to make these things, even II when
you see en- sometimes you think they
amt so hot. And the Iunny part about
1t is that q bad one takes just as
much work rs a good one, for we nave
never find anyone that can tell when
its going TO be bad. What | mean IS
that we don't make en- bad %purposely.
They sometimes look like we did. but
We don't. We do our best all the time.
and all the crew. the cameramen. the
carpenters, property men. sound tech
nicians. and dozens OF other expert
men in their lines, they all do good
work on all OF EN-. but its US actors.
and writer's and directors that just
don't click in some of EN-.
Its kind of a cuckoo business. but
trains have been full for twenty years
o. SO called smart people that we're
coming oft mere to fix the movies. and
they have all gone back. There is
things that look like they ought TO be
changed, but the wise ones cant seem
prove EN-. Its sorter like our Govern
ment. Its the ~cockeyedest run thing.
we sometimes think. but darn 1t we
keep living under 1t and nobody can
scare up anything any different.
Like the other day at the Studio
they was talking about a story. Said
it had to be changed a lot, that the
old idea of the mortgage on the old
farm was all out Of date, that the vii
liam robbing the train and hiding the
money was all the hooey. They
claimed that all stories had to be made
modern and up to date. So | told EN-
say listen there never was a time in
our lives when the foreclosing or Q
mortgate was as timely as 1t Is today
1t almost comes under the heading oil
standard equipment with most homes
and farms, and as for Williams being
out Of date, why Williams are getting
as thick as college degrees, and
sometimes on the same fellow. No sir
there is no new situations. Wives are
leaving husbands, husbands are leav
ing wives. Robberies where they used
to take your horse, and If they was
caught they got hung for 1t, now they
take your car and If they are caught
itla-miracle- and they will perhaps
have the inconvenience of having II
go to court and explain. The old horse
Ii the horse thief ever let him loose
or give him hals a chance he woult
come nome. Our automobiles don
stay at home long enough to know
where ZONES are, even il they couis
get back. So your movies wont bt
changed much more than your morals
or your taxes or any other OF tn.
things that You think should be re
modelled.
There is one epidemic now that
think could be discontinued. | haven
got any kick with my friend Bill
Hayes, but you sometimes do wonde
IL Its absolutely n~essasary before a pic
ture is released that 1t have the wors
Hell" In the title. Looks like IL the.
had to have 1t. They could put nor
hell into the picture and leave less o
1t out OF the title.
But Its the old stuff. 1t comes from
the Preachers. Take any old preache