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


Good picture name Real or"
Real"
Wei, Vannoy Mara. we meet again.
But you're only an extra man?"
Plainly Vannoy was disappointed ]
had expected stardom for you almost
Immediately"
They pinned the stars on two Of my
horses instead" He grinned at her
and Vannoy thought she had never
seen such fine white teeth before. nor
such @ winning and infectious grin.
But what are you doing in Holly
wood?" he asked presently. "Are you
an actressf"
mo. merely trying to get a iob-and
failing miserably.9
"Downhearted?"
"At times. Today have reached my
farthest south"
To-day you have reached your farth-
est north. You have a job. hereby
hire you TO play the lead In q picture
I'm going TO produce without animals.
A drama sincere, sweet, heart-throb
story with tenderness and sentiment In
TIA story that Will inspire and uplift
while still entertaining sex-just
old, true, romantic love. Your salary
is to be one hundred a week I'd gladly
give you ten thousand but I haven't
got It. You see, I'm going to make
quickie and bet my bankroll on that
one picture. If I win-I win big. If I
lose-weil, the ravens fed Elijah, didn't
they?"
Vannoy Mara fairly sprang at him.
She grasped the lapels of his neat we'll
tailored suit and shook him. You
adorable, wonderful, inspired creature,
Lee Tennyl You'll win. OF course you
will. But--Mr. Katz Is a most exper-
fenced man and he told me bluntly
wouldn't photograph at all well. He
says I'm too sbroad-here, and she laid
a dainty finger on each cheek bone
what Katz doesn't know Is that
folks wide between the ears have
brains. And folks with broad faces pho
tograph far better than those with tiny,
narrow faces. Come on, Miss Vannoy.
You're hired-and we're going to din
ner and talk things over. My Maggie
horse starts q six weeks engagement
tomorrow at a hundred week. What
do I care for money!"
Over their coffee Lee Tenny told her
all about the quickie he planned to |
make.
No expensive colossal sets, one or 1
two well known actors to play the leads I
and underdOgS for the minor parts You 1
cut down the overhead by having your 4
story fully prepared before you start /
10 shoot. Then you shoot first the \
scenes with the high-priced stars In 1t,
and you make them work. Get rid Of
EN- IN three days. The underdogs you
can work early and late and they'll
love it. Rent cheap space in Poverty
Row, hire 3 cameraman with B camera
and get along with one camera instead
0f three. III direct and act as my own
script clerk and be my own business
too We rent all our equip
nent, paying cost plus ten percent. The
lob done in two weeks at a total cost
not to exceed 500, 000." He sighed, TT
viii have TO be-" he added, because
hats al the money have"
nAnd when the qEickie is completed
then what, Lee7"
Then I'll sell it to one Of the big
They're always turning out
% many nops that when some little
producer shows them
cal product they'll exhibit 1t over their
'wn circuit Of theaters on 1855 per-
ent basis. Many quickies look like
million dollar pictures Many a fifteen
o twenty thousand dollar Quickie has
leaned up half million. It's all up
o the man who makes 1t"
Have you got your story?"
MIR. Tenny tapped his head. tits in
ere, sdIlIlOy. Seen LDerS IOI years !
rowing. cannot afford TO buy story,
o III do that myself. Cannot afford 5
dialogue writer, SO I'll write my own
dialogue, although III expect you TO !
clip with your own lines"
When he dropped her out of his dis
raceful old flivver In front of the {
rartment where she lived he handed J
er hundred dollar bill. First weeks (
ages" he told her TN have a first
ough draft Of my story out by tomor- {
DIV night and III bring 1t over for {
Oh to read. Wen go to dinner again c
nd discuss 1t"
She held his hand In both of hers at q
arting and looked up at him with
listy eyes. Lee Tenny, you haven't (
he slightest idea what you are doing
n me. I'll never forget this thought 4
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