Modern Screen (Dec 1933 - Oct 1934)

Modern Screen : riding breeches. I have never told this to anybody else, but I swear it is true. I could not rake up enough cash to get some breeches tailored to measure. All of the fellows were going to a man named Took, an expert tailor. I begged West to let me have some money so I could have him make me some breeches, as a great deal depended upon the impression I made in this picture, but he was adamant. He told me to go back to M-G-M and ask the wardrobe department to outfit me. "I told them I didn't have any breeches. They said they didn't have any either. When I insisted upon being given a pair, they finally told me : 'Pardon us, Mr. Morris, but anyone who is playing leading man for Norma Shearer ought to be able to save enough to purchase riding breeches.' "I explained the situation and they finally found a pair of Ramon Novarro's old breeches that he had discarded. I was doubtful about them, because Ramon's anatomy and mine have little in common, but the wardrobe fellow thought if I pinned them up in the back I might get by. So I took them, but they didn't work. That is, not in the right way. "I had a lot of love scenes with Norma which were taken at Bel-Air. A beautiful spot and a beautiful girl — everything exactly right except my riding breeches. Every time I bent over to take Norma in my arms, I'll be hanged if those darned safety pins didn't come loose with a terrific snap. You know how the 'mike' picks up funny little noises like that. They sounded just like somebody getting slapped in the face. "Finally, the sound engineer blew up and the director called it a day. I think everybody from Irving Thalberg down to the office boy stormed Roland West's office and demanded some new clothes for me. He was just as positive with them as he had been with me, but they finally made an issue of it and told him that they would not consider me for future roles unless I were given a suitable wardrobe. So he was overruled. "I went downtown and got everything that I could possibly need in the way of clothes. Next, I was cast in 'The Big House.' Following this, I was given a succession of gangster roles and those grand clothes hung in my closet for two years. I never used them before the camera. And I did not entertain. HERE is a funny twist to the whole situation. Aside from our business squabbles, Roland West and his wife were the best friends my wife and I had. We spent every week-end with them at their beach home, and we never dreamed of planning anything for Tuesday. They always came to dinner at our house then. One evening, I mentioned that I would like to go to Europe. West decided that it would be nice for all of us to go together, We went via a tramp steamer. Talk about stretching money. We did on that trip of ours. When we got to London, West registered us at a cheap hotel. 'Putrid' is the only word that can describe it. One of my pictures was opening there the week we arrived. I used to go out the side entrance with my hat down over my face for fear I would be recognized." There isn't space enough to tell what Chester went through while he was serving his apprenticeship. The only thing that made it endurable was the friendship that existed between him and West in spite of their differences in opinion. A rather horrible thing happened, however, and Chester went to West and demanded a release from his contract. West refused and he kept Chester off the screen for a year and a half. 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