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STORY-By Ernest Lym.

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

"Well. Its not pretty to write a Dan Rarimer, former New York newspaper nice magazine story, or a, book, and man, who is now writing scenarios for Con-have somebody kick it all around tinental Pictures In Hollywood, gets for you. But try to remember that from an old friend in New York, Ziary Young, telling him to look up ir name the production of a talking picture Anne Winter, who has come from Tulsa, Okle is an expensive proposition; this to "crash the pictures."

Dan complies reluctantly, as he is done will run more than $8000 a day crustful of Ziggy, but Anne proves to be and it'll probably exceed its charming. She has had stage experiencmal

stock companies, which Dan tells her is the budget at that..... Collins is the best foundation for an extra to have. Anne director." Kathers that httle ditest infied with things at Continental. For one thins he thinks they have miscast the star whom they select to play in the picture that is to be ronde from a story he had written before com it to Hollywood,

"So I heard," said Dan. Collins was the director who had been so pleasant to him his first day at Continential.

"When he makes a suggestion." Gregg said, "it's usually a sound

Rorimer sella Anne about some of the dia couraging phases of extra work, but he really belleves she will "ike the grade." and he thus assures her. Dan, before the evening

the Roosevelt one." Ilulel to dance, and is over, quite amitten with her.

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Gregg interrupted with a patient Ismile. "Why did they give your It was Monday morning. Re-story to Atwood? Between the two were to start that day of us, even Collins squawked a lit- hearsals

But for "Grim Holiday." Dan Rorimer, tle when Adamson did that. settling down at the desk in his Atwood's got a costly contract, and tiny ofice and staring out of the we've got to keep him busy. Bed-Ur Cenital window at a drizzle of rain, 'looked sides, he won't be as bad as you back on two weeks of idleness and think he's a trouper, whatever fervently hoped there would be they say about him." work for him in the forthcoming lot of if a

By mid-afternoon Rorimer had Even production.

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It would at least make him feel Dan, had shown where the chang- like an essential part of the ma- ing of a line here and there would chinery of this organization in- improve the dialogue. Once it had stead of a human fifth wheel, for- added a laugh to a scene in which gotten in a little coop of an office a laugh was needed greatly. It had of a long, with a typewriter, a desk and a relieved the tension couple of chairs, and a window that nerve-wracking sequence.

Collins said he believed in long looked out upon, numerous parked

and thorough rehearsals. "It cuts automobiles.

down, retakes," he explained. He KLANG When Continential bought his story the executive at prided himself a little on his repu-KOLA KANGSAR the New York office had informed tation for quick productions.

Dan made his changes right.on him that the studio contemplated

Collins, remarking that immediate production. Rorimer the sets. had thought immediate produce was quick and intelligent and tion" meant just that, and was sur-facile, once voiced his approval.

"You seem to know what it's all prised to find on his arrival that nothing had been done beyond the about," he said. "Good dialogue's preparation of the scenario. He the thing. Ever write anything for had read that, had been impressed the stage?"!

"The stage doesn't know it yet," by its technical craftsmanship.

Dan smiled. "I wrote a play, but Looking back over those

Collins nodded. "Maybe it helped weeks, Rorimer smiled a little bit-that's as far as it got." terly at the recollection of his re-

At- ception at the Continental lot. He ou more than you know.

When Dan met Frederick had been introduced to the pro-wood, the famous screen idol en- ducer, no less, and that important irely disarmed Rorimer with the and busy individual had ordered warmth of his greeting. He shook that Rorimer be shown the sightshands cordially, said he had read Ayres London The studio manager had invited Rorimer's story, "Grim Holiday," him to lunch, introduced him and liked it.

and scenario various directors writers at the table, who had greet ed him pleasantly, pausing long enough in their game of throwing dice to see who should be stuck for the meal checks to bid him welcome to Hollywood.

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"Good story. Good writing." His words were clipped, precise, his ac cent British,

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Rorimer felt a little ashamed; but, studying the almost feminine Hanke beauty of Atwood's perfect fearin tures, yet persisted in the convic- Hongkong

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side a moving picture studio before, large number of cigarettes he had Rorimer, who never had been in-cramped muscles, regretting the watched with keen interest and was consumed. They had dulled his informed by the director that the appetite-and Paul Collier would be at seven to take lights used in colour photography calling for him were several times as strong as him to the Wampas dinner down-

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1: understand they're working on a pleasure he would take in telling cold light now. It'll be great if Collier about Anne Winter. "So you they perfect it. This morning were out of town in case she had a was shooting a restaurant scene, friend, eh?"

But Anne didn't have a girl and an extra girl playing a wait ress was supposed to come on and friend; she lived alone. This he pick up a tray. Well, the table had learned upon taking her home had been under the lights for a Saturday night. She had a tiny Hittle while-and did she drop the and uncheerful apartment-one tray! It was hotter than fire, She room and kitchenet-and was dis- satisfied with it. She wanted some- said a few things, too."

What caused Dan Rorimer to thing better, but couldn't afford it. smile now was the fact that after alone: she expected sooner or later three or four days of being treated to find a congenial girl to share like a visiting celebrity he had something nicer with her. been abruptly forgotten. The see- nario chief, showing him to the little office, had said, "Well, Rori-en her out driving Sunday after mer, this is yours. I'm sending in noon she had confided that she a bunch of scripts; you can study expected to live strictly within the them to see how it's done. We'll be limits of her own funds. He learn- making you work pretty soon-andled that she had saved most of her this is a fine little place to sweat." stake.

Rorimer now fooked about him. Aine place to sweat! A fine place home for him to pay the rent, but the principal elties at the world. to sit and wonder if they ever ex- told him he didn't know his own pected to use you! Four plain walls, adorned with a few framed pic- tures of movie celebrities. A door at one end, a window at the other; beside the window, his deak,

Someone now stuck his head in at the door, It was Greeg, the sce nario chief.

"Father told me I'd be writing

daughter."

Rorimer, propped up on a pillow whence he could gaze out an a myriad of yellow lights, was willing to wager that Mr. Winter not only knew his own daughter pretty well but was proud of her.

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