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matic School where the coaches changed him from a green college box to a line actor. Jack Cox, renamed John Howard, passed his screen-test and went to Hollywood where he was starred in those exciting "Bulldog Drummond" films. Do you want this to happen to you?
The opposite sex needn't feel immune. Don't forget the case ol "Talent Scouts vs. Lana Turner." She knew nothing about acting; nor did she intend to even try to crash pictures. But her parents moved to Hollywood and, like any other normal girl, Lana was sent to school.
She only had an hour for lunch between classes. Where else could she eat but in the drugstore across the street from Hollywood High School? You can't blame her because that reporter, who knew a Talent Scout, came in for cigarettes just as she was finishing her soup. And how could she prevent it when the very next day a Warners' Scout dragged her off to the
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idio for a screen-test? She couldn't and she didn't. Destiny's irresistible force cannot be denied. Mcrvyn LeRoy gave her a small part in "They Won't Forget." The die was cast Out of that "short but sweet" performance came world-wide fame, a contract, and a few thousand bucks. It just goes to show the chances you take these days.
To safe-guard you and you from becoming a victim of such a fate, the writer has interviewed five New York Talent Scouts,
representing five of the larger film companies. Indeed, it is a tough outlook. For these Talent Scouts really get around; they see all, hear all, and know all. Apparentv the only way to remain undiscovered is to hibernate— even then it wouldn't be surprising if some producer, looking for a pet wood-chuck, found that you were just the "type" for his latest film.
Each Head Talent Scout has his own method of combing the country for talent. TwentiethCentury-Fox has no school in the East and prefers to watch people with some experience. Every week they receive . a photostat copy about five pages long that contains data on all known plays, college, professional, local group theatres, and so on. From this the Head Scout makes an itinerary for his four assistants who do nothing but travel from town to town, viewing every play listed. A complete report on each play is sent to the Head Scout who remains at home, covering New York personally. By mid-August of this year they had covered over two hundred summer productions. If your college or local group is planning a show, it is quite within the realm of \Cont. on page 67
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