Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

be at home awaiting the call. Then I'm
going to fall to the floor and raise hell
and you're going to telephone the Hol-
/ lywood hospital to send an ambulance
I Tor me Immediately. In the midst Of
my Sorrowing cast I'll be placed on g
I stretcher and toted away to be oper-
4 ated on. Then, at noon, you're going
! 70 find the pay checks ON my desk. but
I alas. was struck down before had
time to sign them. Returning to the
4 set you viii break the sad news TO the
/ cast and talk It into continuing work
! Tor another week. Meanwhile I'll try
TO sell my to remaining horses. They're
getting old anyhow. First thing know
they'll be doing character partsl Get
the idea, Vannoy7"
But suppose you cannot sell the
other two horses and"
Don't talk back to mel" Mr.. Tenny
( yelled. Cant you see I'm suffering2
I'll have the labor commissioner after
me, that's what viii happen, and III
go to Jail. Now, are you trouper or
aren't you2 The daily rushes tell me
you are. You're gorgeous. But can you
troupe?"
Il cam" vannoy flared back at him.
Come and see me here tomorrow
night" Mr.. Teuny pleaded. I'll sneak
out Of the hospital after dark and ap-
pear here wearing false whiskers. The
night Waterman will let me in on q
pass signed by myself, and Wen run
the rushes and III cut the film and edit
II. AS the first CLINT Of the dawn
shows over the Hollywood hills I'll go
back 10 the hospital-to suffer until
dark again. have never cut any film
and you must help me. Get me a
strange girl to help me-night work ex-
clusively. Then she won't be around
here daytimeS to embarraSs me by tell
ing the cast things they shouldn't
know. o for the wide, lonely sagebrush
reaches OF the sovereign state Of Ne
vadal"
The general production manager Of
the Metropolitan Pictures corporation
came into the presidents office. ABE.
he said, Il want you to come down to
Number projection room Immediately.
I'm running a picture, and you've got |
to see it."
"A bush Lacquer by the name Of Lee I
Tenny. He wrote the story, wrote the /
continuity, wrote the dialogue and di-
rected and produced the picture him
self. It's called Sweetheart O. Mine"
That's q good box office TITLE" said
the president, pricking up his ears,
so to speak He had more faith in a
good box office title than he had in
3 picture. Is IL BOOuf
Il don't know whether it Is or not,
Abe. It's different. Simple little thing,
well photographed, an entire cast Of
extra people-nobody In 1t you or
ever heard of-beautifully directed and
too well cut but that can be fixed o. X.
But the girl in the lead--O baby, she'll
knock your eyeballs out Suffering
saints. how that girl can troupe"
"Sex2"
mo. true love. High romance. Made
me cry, Abe God, man, it's got me. f"
'I1l look at It," said the president.
When a picture gets ten-minute egg
ike you 1t must be worth while"
Came the sunset-and Mr.. Lee Ten
ay,s old flivver drew up in front Of Van
hoy Mara's apartment house, TO dis
charge Mr.. Tenny. Up the stairs he
-an, three at time; the elevator was
100 slow for him. When Vannoy opened
he door Of her tiny apartment he saw
he had been weeping.
20 dry them tears, you sweetheart,
Mr. Tenny whooped. We pay off IN
he morning. I've sold the picture to
Metropolitan and they've given me q
heck TO cover my production cost and
contract to exhibit II over their cir
.uit and we get rs percent Of the gross
entails. When I proved to them that
he cost was only $27, 600 they went
ray and screamed about the ex-
ravagance of their regular directors.
md they've signed me up for six pic
ures, TO write the stories and get
aid $4,000 each for them, including
he continuities and dialogue, and I'm
0 direct them at $4,000 a week and
ou're to have a contract to play the
sads In my pictures at 5000 week
upped EN- scandalously by telling
hem you were a find and the other
elbows would pay it If they didn't-and
hey didn't have the courage to see
on 60 TO their competitors, and-why,
ISIS me, damn 1t, kiss me. Don't rate
kiss2 OF course do. had the sub
oena from the labor commissioner
his morning"
20 Lee Tenny, Lee Tenny, you great,
iod's blessed boyl You're a genius"
"Tne kiss" said Mr. Tenny sternly,
the kiss And now that the ghost
'alked I'm feeling expensive as the
evil. For two cents I'd buy you a
luare cut emerald engagement ring,
slow It up with plain gold wedding
ng and make you serious business
roposition. How about it2"
Vaunoy's arms went around his neck
nd her lovely face was lifted up for
Is kiss. Darling" she murmured,
his whole affair has been so unus- :
Al that really should refuse you. just
, maintain the unusual note-but
mt"
you ought to do a lot for me-" Mr.
emmy replied, and his grin was 3 trifle
visited now. your dog bit me once"
Vannoy bent her head and kissed
le little white scars.