Evening star., 1940-07-21
Adjustment
Is Asked,
That's All
Ar. Extras Request
Has Director
Apopletic
By Hubbard Keavy,
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press stan Writer.

ApOplSllC
By Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press stan Writer.
HOLLYWOOD.
BY way OF preface to the recount
ing of this little event In the land
of make-believe, let it be explained
that If an extra player is required
to perform an out-of- -the-ordinary
piece Of business, he gets q salary
adjustment" If he acts, in other
words, he gets more pay.
They were making q scene at one
Of the studios In which the camera
was recording the reactions Of q
group Of people watching a parade.
An assistant director instructed the
men to be sure to remove their hats
when the American flag was car
ried by.
The scene went of all right and
then one of the extras took the
assistant aside and asked:
Don't I get an adjustment for
that additional business-saluting
the flag?"
The a. d. almost gets apoplexy
now, telling what he said to the
extra.
Not Indifference?
Dorothy Lamour and Bob Preston
were riding in howdah, only there
wasn't any elephant and there
wasn't any jungle. The uncom-
Portable seat was supported by a
framework which was wiggled and
shaken a little too enthusiastically
by the prop men. 1t gave the ef-
feet of an elephant ride. The
jungle was being flashed on a
screen.
Dorothy didn't like any of 1t. She
had her arms around the hand
some Preston, hanging on and pre-
tending to be frightened, as per
script. Preston seemed to some of
us observers to be Indifferent to
the charms OF Lamour, not as per
script.
Six months ago, we thought, this
scene might have been much diff
ferent-warmer and more convinc-
ing. Six months ago, Dorothy and
Bob were seeing each other often
OF the sound stages. Now they
see each other only on the stages.
| Imagine being Indifferent to a
frightened Lamour, some one imag-
ined out loud. Howdah you like
that?
The Eyes Get 1t.
This is part of the plot of Touch
down.: Twin brothers at college
try to convince one and all that
there Is but one of them. One is
the student, the other the football
player.
One gets black eye and 50 the
other has to have one also. But
the black-eyed twin blacks the
wrong eye of his brother. So then,
to complete the resemblance, each
must strike and supposedly blacken
the others other eye. Sounds con-
fusing, but so was it on the set.)
Anyway, Wayne Morris playing
the twins. He was in the middle
Of this eye-blackening business
when his lawyer phoned that pa
pers had been filed In the ConciIia-
ton Court to attempt to bring
about reconciliation of the es-
tranged Morrises.
Friends, with whom Wayne free
ly discussed the separation, patted
him on the back and wished him
well. And then he went back be-
fore the camera, punching and
being punched. One line of dia-
logue, which didn't seem to fit into
the scene but which was there any
way, was:
Danes are all alike"
Patriotic Problem.
Limey Plews, my favorite prop
man. is having trouble again. The
stars and stripes have him on the
spot. And neither the astronomers,
the astrologers nor the librarians
Of Congress can lessen his worries
any.
In 1854, to get right into the heart
of it, the United States flag had
81 stars. The stars were arranged
in rows in some flags, but says
Limey, what kind of rows? Some
had rows of six, six. seven, six and
six, while others had them in other
kinds of rows. On some flags OF
that period, Limey tells me, 80 stars
were arranged in star shape, the
big one being the 3lst-and Cali
fornia.
I'm looking for flags for Santa
Fe Trail" explains Limey, land
it seemed easy at first, but nobody
agrees. I discover. A Dutchman
came to this country in 1860 and
wrote about our flags and he was
as puzzled as I am now by the
variety. There wasn't any rule"
Limey is going ahead, regardless.
He is having flags made with stars
in rows, stars In one large star,
stars scattered haphazardly. Just
so they total 81.
"And then what?" I wondered
That's up to the director-he
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