Evening star., 1936-04-15
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL
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SYNOPSIS OF mENfg REEfgD1NG INSTALL
Graduating from St, Brides Tamara
Todhunter: whose family are e. actors, tilcc re- re-
tRe tRen rst St tme far fof IN i've y Her schooling
at the convent was paid for by an an aunt
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Todhunter abode IN the shabby Taihal1s Yah tbs
rooms in terrible disorder The apartment
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5aP SOON from
to the tsss life Of boOres hs onnH se
building she meets Maynard Mallory
movie, actor They fall in love ana MaHofty atists
and writer's in the studio of Joe and Persis
Holloway Meanwhile Coral deserts her
boy frfeS Tpd nsnst1h %ho HsS Eaeked 0s
suddenly bolts for Alaska t4o HoTwooe 1n ooe
Tamsra Fl seefGiy SFRs h% 4%
small part in a play The conyent-trainedd
girl is amazed when Mallory tells tnsstb her thst
bohTed to Gs Tsmars surSrses 1sfes
her by saving his movie contract doesn't
permit him to get marrled. Iamarae S
popular with the Bohemian crowd. she
ard Mallory visit the Holloways frequently
INSTALLMENT 10.
~ AYNE had come North to act
Nu in a play and Tam was to
w be in it. Her part was small.
4 but important. She was to
play the wife of the youngest son in
the Russian masterpiece, Five Sons
and at the end she had to kill herself.
Mayne was. of course, Ivan. The
oldest son was harmlessly crazy, the
second son was blind and dumb,
Mayne was the third son. Playing
opposite him was Ida Pinter, spoiled
young actress who had made a sue
cess in Portland and was being paid
almost as much as Mayne.' Mayne
oisliked her thoroughly. and Ida did
many a small, spiteful thing to spoil
his success.
But nothing could stop him-he was
splendid. Even from the first re-
hearsal Tam could see how as an ar
tist and a man he stood head and
shoulders over the other players; he
was at once so simple and so sure of
himself. so considerate of the others
stupidities and so careful not to delay
rehearsals or keep them waiting. He
was good natured about accepting
Frank Feeneys suggestions. Some of
the others were deliberately dense over
direction they used a patient, eX-
pectant glance to cover their bad act
Ing and fumbling lines.
I don't think l get you, Frank" >"
they would say sweetly. You want
me to-how do you want it? If once
knew ="
But Mayne worked hard, cheerfully,
changing intonations, abandoning
business. working up new business.
Tam followed his example. She was
never tired never impatient, never
pretending to be anything but the new
est and least experienced of the girls,
grateful for any suggestions at all.
Life was river of radiant happiness
in these days, and the dim, big. echo
ing theater. with the girls yawning in
their shabby street clothes and the
men slipping out into the alley for a
cigarette between cues was all part
Of the magic.
Making her first appearance at
about ! o'clock every day. Tamara
would meet acquaintance in Turk
street. It was always so good to be
able to tell them carelessly that the
house was sold out-Mayne Mallory's S
show. you know, at the Crabtree The
ater yes, third week, and still pack
ing them in.
In way she lost Mayne during
this exciting time. but in another and
more important way she gained him.
They no longer had time to waste to-
eether. to idle out to the beach or
wander up to Persis' for lunch, or to
decide that they needed exercise and
take the mile up Telegraph Hill so
absorbed Inv talk that it seemed no
walk at all