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Now it was her empire and all accomplished in a week
Camels Sometimes Bite by Logan Gourlay
Last trick out of the
pack-dealer takes all!
LOGAN GOUKLAY here concludes his satire on the 'world he knows so well-the world of film stars and the men who control them. So far: Star Ann Price quits. a film half-way through, after being warned by a card-gazer that she will be dis- figured by a bite from a camel also in the cast. While she is pursued to Cannes by the minions of her boss, Hugh Evatis, Evans himself comes under the spell of the card-guzer, Wilhemina Worthie. On her advice tie closes down his studios. Now a rival film maker, Nationed Oliphant, is sitting before the Worthie pack of cards. And the last trick is to be played..
ME TREVOR SALISBURY SMYTHE, C.B.E.,
was baffled. More baffled than he had ever been by the Turks, the Afghans, the Arabs, or even the Hungarians.
Salisbury Smythe had retired from a secies of diplomatie posts to his present job as chairman of the Government Resuscita- tion and Assistance Board for Film Production (commonly known O GRAB) which made him about the most powerful man to the industry.
Starring:
MARJORIE PAIGNTON as Mrs. Worthia
PETER CHRISTIAN
- as Kenneth Worthle
Photographed by
** KENNETH DENYER
Directed by
o
| RAYMOND HAWKEY
been
Mr Worthie všho had trade union pioneer..
She tool down the cricket photsraph showing a capped Mr. Salisbury Badykite which he had forgotten to move from the panelled office, Walla.
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Tell her ve private reading.
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"Anyway I'm going to the pictures this aftoricon With that nice young man we met when we were looking over the studios. He says he used to be Sabrina's tax adviser."
Genius
Six months later pérst Worthle-inspired film came ou under the banner "at" (Empire Consolidated Film Corporation.
she hung up Mr Worthie in its place without realising for a moment allo, was symbolising the chhoting social face of Britain,' she,, said, to Kenneth, her son: "You know, It was a simple · 10tě“ diáry that important Government between a salier 1:8£; (efigh gent who insisted that I have extraction and a trade upton a bash at this job used to know lender's daughter. **** father in the old days. They were in the same unito,
"He was very nice. Said thơ bad fim business was at an absolute
Fortunately ΤΟΥ British "Now we can't very well nime ho WRS not always fasiat offcially that he goes fully aware of his power,
pandering. But the real reason Is that he also has been bitten Ho said to two of his by the old fortune-teller. gubordinates gathered round him for a crisis conference in
she told him left he bad sat down and standstill because of me, so I'd
# fat cheque for the have to take over” the board room or GRAB in a among other things that his written
one who New Home for the Rebabilta- Barrow bulking in Dean Street: ex-wife-the actress "But I don't understand. This has been playing the lady tion or Teddy Boys (White) in
"I believe
frum
should
allow
Whenever Mrs Worthis
It was 10 o'clock on the mara-
Invitation
There was an accident at the premiere. As the left the theatre | Miss Ana Price was bitten on the lett-calf by stray dog which had too badly frighten- ed by the throng of sersaming fos. The dog fecovered and so did Miss Price.
damn woman, this fortune- vampire would insist he was Notting Hni Gate, teller, cant just stop pro- making to much money
The firm was eulogised by duction In the two leading the horror as he
ing after Mr Salisbury Smythe's
the critics as a British "Marty," A secretary game in to Ekky studios. It's scandalous.
troble her· separation
The public thronged to see i meeting with the Minister when that de Hach Evans and Mr The trade papars
halled Mrs the Nat Oliphant had both been on Werthin as a genius. Only tie telephone call which summoned the telephone Inviting her to knew that she was not,
- Brices."
about six of the 10 million we
"We've given these companies Mr Salisbury Smythe, who got from the Government this had been listening with a mix- year. What do I tell the ture of sadness and bowlder- Minister when 1 see him
equine later mont on his
features, this afternoon? It wouldn't be said: "I don't think I quite eo bad if he were ene of survive this”.
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But I've been in trouble
can
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anyway over since these Socialist Saturated
chaps got in."
“I'm, afvald, it's no uso, sir, Thero. was another with the fortune-teller." said ference going en at the Subordinate No. 1, a youngish time in Mr Oliphant's
man who had previously been public relations adviser to breakfast cercal firm.
"We've been to see her several
times. We tried to make her see
MTH Worthie received
her to Whitehall.
dinner, that evening.
It was 10 o'clock exactly one
As she said to Kenneth, S She accepted Mr Oliphant's was associate producer on the week later when she turned up for her first day in her new job invitation, saying to Kenneth: Is the cards, CoLTE, 33 chief of GRAB, which was "Never liised that me Evans, you need a little luck too, Anu being re-formed" with moza 1 think do might be out of a you've got to krudw a bit about stope and power.
job.
human nature."
She smiled, showing her new She brought her can with-her, "III bave to per what non-Health Scheme dentures, *196 1 dark, good-looking young Ophant suggests for you. You Her brown eyes wère man about 30, who had just aid take over the canteens for serene, and honest, With Just same resigned head walter" in "thỏ start. But I don't see why a glit of shrewd, Fardonla
South Kensington club where you shouldn't be a producer." humous. she had told fortunes.
con-
ofice at
the ECF.C. studios.
He wn9 explaining to
tom associates why they were porarily dlc.
his
She also brought a largo framed photograph of the late say that Miss Ana
The secretury came back to THE END
| our pont of vlow. To ze-think "I don't believe all this gui the situation. To deal the cards I gave the Press about pander- dgaili, as it were. But she was ing to low tastes. adornant."
Interrupted
Mr Salisbury Smythe
.
Inter-
I've
nover
lost money pandering.
"As I once said to Sam Goldwyn, what's wrong with being a panderer? But you've got to know when to pander.
"Now this old dame Worthle
rupted with his diplomatic is a marvel. She looked at the cough.
Cards and she told me that the "What about the film people? bottom was guing to fall out of Can't We #make Oliphant the blood makket,
cee sense? He won't just chuck " wouldn't just Laico her good_mandy away."
word for it. But we've got to
Subordinate No. 2, who had face it, boys. We've saturated climbed to his position in GRAB the market.
bla
lo spite of the fact that he had previously worked in the im
"So we stop. The three we've Business
ng at associate pro- got half-dashed will look good ducer, explained that he had us assets on the balance sheets." apost the whole morning arguing smaller than the desk in
He sat down behind his desk, with Oliphant.
also kidney- The previous night Oliphant down office but had trounced that ho 24 shaped. Botore a dieting course stopped work on his three pro Mr Oliphant had been a similar ductions,
coch of which was shapo Skmself.
intended to explótt the current
public thete for gory horror.
They Were titled - "I Marriod
Dracula's Daughter," "Franker-
stein, Meets the Martiane," and"
Summons
He dat not tell his associates
“Dracula and the Nun.” He about all Mrs. Worthie's fore- had also announced that he had casts d particularly the one abandoned plans, to make the that had really endeared her to Brst mincabro horror musiest hum.. featuring Tommy Steele,
It was that he would be given "The troubic,' said Sub- the K.B.E. in the next Honours ordinate. No.": 2, "is that he's List but one. Sir Nat Ollphant, telling the Proms, that he's done The apex of his ambitions. this as a public duty.
But after all, as he cald to *I wonder the, words: don't Himself, Ho more Than #tbode' in his throat, but he says deserved Had he not slaved for he feels he canrót go on pan- years organising Royal Charity darling to the basest sadistic premierest Had he not con- tastes, so hoë · stopped produce tributed lavishty to every worthy Hon' with 'our approval.
patriotic cause? ·
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