Evening star., 1936-01-19
By Alice L. THdesley.
HOLLYWOOD

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VI YOU speak OF working in Holly
wood most people Immediately
imagine you emoting under hot
i lights. directing other emoters or
writing scenes which will shortly ap-
pear on theater screens.
Of course, they know that some one
must design and create the gowns
worn, paint and erect scenery, make
up players faces and operate cameras
But these things are only few Of the
occupations that put money in the
bank in the film city.
There's Arthur E. Twohy, for ex-
ample. who has made fortune from
. collection of old automobiles.
He began collecting old models six
years ago, now owns fleet of 80 cars,
and each car earns from SIS to $50
q day for him when used in motion
pictures. Figure that out.
One morning in 1929 Mr.. Twohy,
scanning the newspaper account Of
the fire at the Los Angeles Automobile
Show. saw that $4,000 insurance
would be paid for an ancient model
destroyed by the flames.
There's gold in them cars" he
murmured, and added, after con-
Alteration. "IIl have some Of it."
He set out to purchase old models.
fepaint them and put them in good
mechanical condition. Presently he
-was renting them to studios and pick
ing up extra coin by driving the We
hicles or sending his son to do so.
Some of The cars have tillers instead
of steering wheels, clutches that push
in to start the car moving, gear shift
and brake levers outside the drivers
seat, all bewildering to modern motor
lists.
MIR. TWOHY'S collection includes
Az 1898 HAynes-Apperson, recently
used in Gentle Julia" little Jane
Withers' latest picture; 1902 Pierce
Arrow, . 1900 Winton, 1911 White
steamer-according to legend, no man
dared open her throttle wide and hold
1t there; q 1909 Thomas Flyer, a 1912
Hspano- -Suiza, q 1904 REQ, q 1909
sars-Roebuck, 1909 Cadillac and a
1912 American undressing with 40
inch wheels.
: Locating his finds Is part Of the fun
OF Mr.. Twohy's unusual hobby. Once
he heard that two-passenger 1906
two-cylinder Buick, with carbide lamps,
chain drive and planetary transmits
sion. was up on farm near Aberdeen,
Wash. It had been purchased by
country doctor and traded to a home
steader for tract of land. The hcme-
steader, after the trade was completed
in p town." hitched a team to his
"horseless carriage" fording streams
and jerking through timber, until he
,xeached his ranch. There he stored
his Buick in anticipation of the road
that was to be built from a distant
highway.
The road wasn't built and the
fancher died without ever enjoying his
car.
: Mr.. Twohy got in touch with the
con, who had inherited the ranch and
who dinaly remembered that the
Buick was in the old homestead barn.
When they reached the barn they
found the roof caved in, the cedar
shake sides covered with moss and FIR
trees grown up, completely encircline
the building.
s:Cant be any car In there" said
the son. "Just a rumor."
The collectors representative
Wormed his way under the fallen roof,
and there was II vehicle! He paid
80. for 1t, hired workmen to cut down
the trees. It cost $1,000 to put it in
perfect running order, but few pic
tnre engagements turned the scales.
Then there's Jack Gaylord, the
.s.handy man" at M-G-M. Studios
whose job it is to build whatever Is
requested Of him. -
He has created virtually every kind
Of animal known. each one pro-