The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Fpril B. DeMille Is
Almost Convinced
| Lot Is Happy One
Rad at First Glance
T,rn, Oul to Have
IL Compcmsalions

desk IS 4 .V'''' - ,..
He wants TO be a director
>, ,na first outburSt I received
~ M him. hin replied, Why Why not not, just 1st
Oh. .',,,rs,,i ,,, 4 hair shirt and lie
En- 5C,l' on a bed Of nails'"
think he now suggests
Da' ., saser young hand, of the
f.,,rr 1r between films.
:, 7 think Of it quite often
W. .he viStful longing of a man
I,s 2 dream yet to realize
~, Isisuyc2" 7 feel like asking
-, and q shade petulantly. at
Even bookkeeperS get down
-, .,l,, s.o5ls for two weeks out
rsar I'm riding the camera
[,~ even when I'm in bed.
=. rorrhtul correspondents no
~ = 5irar,0rS seems to be based
.I,,. " ,e naS read or seen in
|, movie. Perhaps if I send him
NV w O.. nv schedule between
.,..ss II VII, diSSuade him from
.r,rgh- that directing motion
..rss : 4 6!.sttante proposition
- -,wt for Incidence and
- ps~tapS : can turn him aside
Z, something less trying, like
t,,o,a sitting or deep sea diving.
,r,s- mornings. when not di-
.,-irg : am up by 8 o'clock. But
,,rsrt been sleeping until that
-. rre beeen wrestling with the
[,5,ems Of the day.
One Of the pleaSantest inter-
., o.. the - hours is when I
,~s breakfast with Mrs. de Mile
,s~ sitting room. 1t is large
+ c,'or,a, and the the sun comes
| On the green rug, We sit in a
|-rr corner and talk.
9- ne. this could last all day.
: ,ae telephone starts to ring.
5 easier 10 cope with the tele-
|ra when YOU ayC seated at
M desk n an Office than when
mus, keep SCTrying across
2 room from where you are
[ntoy,ably repoSing on your
inc. So 7 finish the grapefruit,
[ss and go down stairs.
pos.mer. their backs bent with
have been bringing in the
Eal since an early hour. 1t is
| I'd on my desk in snowy heaps.
IS formidable because I know
contains heartacheS. fury. in
lis and praise. Censure and cries
/ help. But # I avoid it today.
ts.e vii, be a larger pile tomor-
tg. So. with the secretaries, I
Z n.
The mail and other matters
Eep Us busy until noon. when I
ETe 70 the studio. \ lady is wait
{ there 10 ask me about glamor
!. story she IS going to write.
think lis always the same lady,
!; maybe not. She wants to know
f.l. is glamor. vino has 1t and
LT do you get il. I always tell
!: the SAME thing: "Glamor is
: old Scotch word meaning a
pe. cast bv magic. From there
q tumble, but somehow she puts
lgetner a story and I read 1t
me months later in a magazine.
Ny aeX- act is 70 go TO lunch.
Between bites I discuss the fol-
.y.ng Mondays radio script with
I writer's and whoever happens
sop ~. Some times We wind
? With SnatChes of conversation
.oe script that don't belong
,fye al 81. It's Just something the
Is 91T said n passing and the
s,s.ary took It down. thinking
TaS a pear, dropped from the
N Of one Of us.
Alter luncheon. I have a story
inference on The Buccaneer. y
men We shall shortly start with
ieoerIc March in the title role.
AS lasts from two to four or
I aouTs. When possible I also
@clSS casting problems with my
soc!a,e producer. Bill Pine. who
1e.a.E points out how much
-Iey : could save by hiring
EaEe; actors. 7 refuse TO hire
-saper actors. and Mr.. Pine goes
t@ 10 MS Office. dragging his
:. and ms sheer Of figures and
-'o7S himself on the divan, cry
g softly
y O'Clock. : have exhausted
= "e.2. 20 I 90 home to a late
,-,'ss. IN Bacchanal element is
~'.-ao.E .acGtng from the din
.> a, our house. There is no
!, .-..a,1 q vine. no ringing GYM
-. 10 dancing girls. We sit down
-..''' -. 4, ne table and I have a
...'2'o" between the family
~. -.- something that happened
%.ag the day.
ate' dining. We go into the Ii
= -, SIGNAL the projectionist,
49,. !. We look q q picture or two,
'le,lmes 2 .r-r
.s. a@o .4a.s the seIf-denying
,so0ie ,.s ! nave set for myself be-
" - p,c.j.eS But now that /
~ !. Il IN paper. perhaps its
!. ...- 50 2&c f- all. Maybe It's as
,,a,'. d ..- of passing the time
Aeaning of Home"
= = Ne ancient Epyptians "borne"