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Hollywood in Hock
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The cost of that message upset his budget for an entire year. At the end of six months he was able to get up an interest payment of a few cents. But the principal seemed forever to elude his grasp.
When, at long last, he proudly walked into the hock shop with the full sum due, he discovered that the contract had lapsed and he had lost the ring by default. That was the darkest day in the kid's life and it took a thousand bright days to compensate for it.
There's a nice touch of pathos in the tale of the struggling scenario writer who hocked his evening clothes to make a down payment on a baby daughter. When some small success came his way, he neglected to pick up his togs at once.
Then, on a fateful winter afternoon at four o'clock he got a telegram announcing he had won an Academy Award and was expected to appear at the Academy banquet that evening.
He rushed to the hock shop and picked up his suit. In a fever of excitement he bustled around his house, trying to compose an acceptance speech while his wife carefully pressed the long-disused garments.
He arrived at the banquet on time and took his place at the head table. Eventually he was called on to speak. As he rose in response to polite hand-clapping, his suit, like the one-hoss shay, fell apart everywhere at once, one sleeve dropping almost to the floor. The hapless fellow had forgotten that he had gained much weight since he had resumed eating regularly.
Like the good sport he was, the writer told the assembled brains and beauty of the industry just what the circumstances were. His speech, and his trick suit, were the hit of the evening.
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