Hollywood Spectator (Apr-May 1939)

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EDITOR'S SECRETARY EXPLAINS HOLLYWOOD S years, $8; foreign, $6. PAGE TWO 1 AM Mr. Beaton's secretary. I take his dictation, * which is fast; I transcribe his handwriting, which is awful; I try to make him keep his appointments, which is impossible; he says I boss him, which is ridiculous; even the combined bossing attempts of Mrs. Spectator and me have proved futile. Mr. Beaton has gone away with Mrs. Spectator for two weeks. He left a note on my typewriter: "You've copied enough of my stuff to be able to fill the 'Easy Chair' pages yourself. Go to it. And don't dare send any mail to me, telephone me or telegraph me before we get back from where you don't know we're going." Fancy that! Fancy my writing about pictures I don't have time to see! What do I know about too much dialogue, too loud reading of dialogue, filmic motion, screen art, whether this or that picture will be good box-office, and all the other things my boss is always writing about? I could write something about a perfectly gorgeous gown I saw in Harry Cooper's window on Hollywood Boulevard. It is an evening gown of blue chiffon with a wide silver sequin girdle. With a white fox cape it would make a perfectly divine outfit with which to slay my boy friend on New Year's Eve. Or I might write some choice gossip. Did you hear about the star's wife who — No, Mr. Beaton would not like that. I think the "Easy Chair" readers will have to wait until the Editor gets back. It will be in time for the next Spectator. — Grace. ECTATOR published bi-weekly at Los Angeles, Calif., by Hollywood Spectator Co., 6513 Hollywood Blvd. ; phone GLadstone 5213. Subscription price, $5 the year; two Single copies 20 cents. Entered as Second Class matter. September 23. 1938. at the Post Office at Los Angeles, Calif., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. HOLLYWOOD SPECTATOR