Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-05

much to think about, anyhow, so al
the way there he thought how marvel
Gus Felice would be in a film, and how
Doris would be- When he got to Bill
boa s-there she Was-and ne moved
right in.
like to be a star in pictures?
81 know you, Mr.. Dorrey.' She put
the barb of flattery in deep. You may
be a great director-but you ought to
kid a sober girl
Il don't know what happens to
people. I can only watch. Larry was
lit like a church in fog-but that
wasn't it. He was sitting in at game
of deuceS, and he couldn't get out
and he couldn't draw anything else
it was just his turn to draw two
"He began to dance with her. That
was the end He not only made F'elice
a star, but a wife. 1t was like putting
player born for the minors in the
big league.
"Prunella Pateet gave their wedding
a column, and she got every name cor
rect. Some of her newspaper pals even
thought it might get her the Pulitzer
prize.
THE wedding was really a preview-
everybody who was nobody was there.
All of 1t was no more necessary than
the wedding. can see Larry's people
yet-two old babes lost In the woods
of domestic trouble-trying to act as
though long marriages were as COM
mon as breathing in Hollywood.
when I asked, What's the matter,
mother?' the sweet old gal whispered,
I was thinking Of Violet. Won't you
take me to her?'
"A woman of the sea greeting her
last drowned son was cheerful COM
pared to Violet. knew what was in
her heart-but she smiled and said,
Hello, mother dear They caressed and
said nothing else, and I'd have given
my half interest in hell for the scene
like concentrating all the oceans in
a bowl of salt tears.
1T came to me right then how cheap
and hollow all the cinema things were
to which I had given my tawdry life.
When Violet said, was he happy,
Jack? I hope So I wanted to go back
and slap Larry. And then she said, Tt
was just like you Jack, to think of
me at such a time kicked the ham
in me out of the way and said, 1t
wasn't me, Violet-it was mother here
Il got out of there quick. Went back
to the wedding and couldn't stand it
there, so I watched the moon shining
on the sea. It's a great comfort when
your hearts been stepped on like
worm at a Hollywood wedding.
"A lot of shadows danced over the
waveS-the old folks and Violet-Larry
and Felice, and Tommy Adams on
his way from Jail.
There was the usual fighting be-
tween two positives after the wedding.
Larry in his hurt went back to Violet.
She encouraged him to lie down in
the bed his follyd made.
Her attitude was so great 1t burned
F'elice-who only saw red and began
to think of vengeance. She tried to
save him for herself and Violet for
himSelf-and it did not work either
way
''Felice was a knockout in the first
picture-a hoyden on a farm.
Then Doris Gtlroy got in Felice's
head she was really society actress
that another hoyden role would type
her-as If life hadn' land Felice eased
out of the picture like a gangster out
of Jail The lower her hopes got, the
higher she'd try to lift them with gin.
"She got to moving around with q
fellow who'd put the double-croSs on
Larry years before. Everybody IN town
knew It. Don't let Hollywood get the
laugh on me through him, he told her.
"'No,' she shot back, but you'd let
it laugh at me through Violet
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