The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-08
MOVIE
MINIATURE
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By THAYER WALDO
q. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
wNU Service

TOREWORD: IhlS may, perhaps,
be called a drama. Beyond that
leave definition to the reader.
What is one mans belly-laugh
may so easily prove another mans
pain in the neck.
We find ourselves In Hollywood In
the private Office of one L. Theodore
SiltZ, associate producer for ABC Films
Inc.-albeit the privacy remains some
what theoretical.
NJ. Glitz is a man of many duties
and must subdue that natural yen for
Seclusion which all picture people so
notably possess.
We discover him at the moment dis
playing a fine brand of his favorite
Observation-Disclosures.
Director Leo Stevens wants L. Theo-
dore to give him a FIVE thousand dol
lar budget extension on his current
picture.
The producer hears him calmly and
denies him fatty.
This has been going on for quite
while when we achieve our first eartul.
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the scenes need this money for nave
got to be in! They represent the
shows big punch-the climax-every
thing!
PRODUCER GLITZ: Yeah? SO
why don't you shooting them first then?
STEVENS: You know d-n well
never work that way! Sequences get
taken in their proper order, and that's
one of the main reasons every picture
l turned out last year was so much
better than anything
GLITZ: Say, didn't you get your
salary for last year?
STEVENS: (blankly): Why, sure;
but what
GLITZ: Then don't be talking about
what you did then! It's now you're
wasting my dough, amt it?
(Stevens gets another blast
started, but we miss his words in
the sudden uproar. The door has
swung violently open and two des-
perate young men are trying vain
" to hold back three energetic
young women. In a jiffy the lat
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bering in perfect unison. Maybe
we can pick it up piecemeaD
FIRST YOUNG WOMAN: demand
my right, Mr.. Glitz! Nobody can get
fresh with me Or .....
SECOND YOUNG WOMAN: Bert
Leroy is a louise! He put his dirty
hands on me and
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don't fire him right now, I'll raise
stink that
(FrOm out the welter energies
Leo Stevens, countenance magenta,
arms awave. He filings about saw
agely, giving off a deal of language
that would only sully this page to
record, Meanwhile, the producer
has evoked comparative quiet.
That is. only he and one of the
girls are talking at once)
GLITZ: Well, why don't you sock
ing him in the puss?
FIRST GAL: (They're all dressed,
now we notice, in nothing but large
facsimiles of liquor labels, done in
gauze and beads): l don't have to
hang around this crummy dump and
take insults from a rat like him. We
originated our speciality dance in this
Spirit of Repeal number, and we can
take it to some other studio.
GLITZ: Okay, little lady, l see
what you mean and I'll fixing it up
immediate Now just run along and
take yourselves a vacation for today.
Tomorrow promise you everything is
jake and Leroy don't bother you no
more
(They murmur bit longer, but
shortly he's purred them right out
of the office. Stevens rushes back,
but Glitz is busy with the phone)
GLITZ: Give me Sam Klein in the
legal department. Hello. Sam
Theodore speaking. want you
should right away copyright all the
steps and costumes in Leroy's new
dances-particular the Spirit of Re
peal You can get pictures from him.
And listen; tear up the contracts of
anyone who amt on the set when you
go over there; see?
(He hangs up and sits back, ut
terly placidl
STEVENS: Introducing just a
touch of wheedle): Now, L. T., just
authorize those few extra dollars, and
we can both get back to work.
GLITZ: This is my work. Amt
built a career arguing birds like you
down?
STEVENS: (the lids off again.:
Yes, you short-sighted, haggling i'm
becile-that's all you know how to do
Here l throw my whole soul into Gre
ating a marvellous production, and
then have to wear myself out plead
ing for pittance. God the mockery
of it! .......
THAT door has burst open
again; this time it's pair of odd