Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Jun 1929)

O. K. with Oakie (Continued from page 7J) "When we get big and famous." Both started to say it. Not High-Hat, But NO, he hasn't gone out to her home to visit. He ivaiits to — the other evening ■•'* he thought he'd just /fare to call her. But " She's a big shot now; the common herd can't push in like they used ter." How wistful he looked as he said it. "Not that she's high hat. Joan couldn't be snobby. But "Yes, she's changed. Changed a lot. Of course, she's so sunburned you can't tell exactly what she does look like. But she used to be the prettiest girl I ever saw — Joan Crawford!" Probably Joan never had anyone make more poetry from her name than Jack Oakie. He admits that Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., looks like a nice fellow. He gave him the once-over when he ran into Joan and t!ie boy-friend in front of a Hollywood restaurant at their second and last Hollywood meeting. He has heard that they're married and his one thought is, "Gosh, I hope Joan will be happy." And if she isn't — well, let this be a bit of warning, Mr. Doug, Jr. Well, he was a youngster when they made that compact to stand up for each other, but he's a man now and we have a hunch that Joan Crawford will always be okay with Jack Oakie. From Stew to Studio {Continued from page yj) with a twenty-dollar check in it from Mary. The boss says, ' \'ou are a sucker, Dolly. That ain't no good, (iive it to me an' I'll hand it to the bulls.' He don't believe anybody is square. 'Well,' I says, 'I can't prove it's good by biting it, but 1 '11 put it in the bank. That won't hurt. The next day I called up the bank and they told me it was good. Gee, I was surprised! 1 told everyone Mary sent me a check for twenty dollars and it was good, too. Dolly Waits for No One "' I MlliX .Mary calls up again and says to \_ come over to her place before work next morning, so I goes. She says, 'Don't you know who I am, Dolly?' And she shows me pictures of herself in grand clothes and says she 's a moving picture star. Well, you could of knocked me over with a feather. I 've been out here for years but I never saw a mov^e star so close to before. She told me that she and Joe, who worked in the movies, too, was sent out to find a waitress for a picture, and the boss over at Fox studio was coming this morning to see me and give me a job, for fifty a week. '.Me in the movies?' I says, 'Goon.' I'm too big. liesides I make as high as thirtyfive a week, with tips and all, at the rest 'runt; anfl I don't know about this picture business. But she made me stay. It got later and later, and I says, 'Honest, mf)vies or no movies, I got to be yelling, 'Adam and Eve on a raft, wreck em' — which is scrambled eggs on toast — at eleven sharp.' I couldn 't stand u[) the boss. 'But my b<')ss is a big man, Dolly,' Mary says, 'liverybody waits for him.' 'Not Dolly Hanna,' says I, 'not with the noon rush on.' And I beat it. "But Mary— I can 't help calling her that after seeing her carrying trays of beef stew and pie even if she is a big star — Mary, she keeps after me, and so I threw up my job. And here I am. They're paying me fifty dollars a week, but I don't know what in h<ll for" PLEA/UI3E>VITIi PC€PIT WHAT woiil<l you pivc to be this artist — earning a big ineonie — enjoying studio life'^ He has learned the secret of forming simple lines into finished illustrations. It >vas only a short time ago that this young artist filled out a coupon like the one below and mailecl it to the Federal School of Illustrating. Now he is not only trained in modern art on which magazines are spending millions every year, but he has also had thorough instruction in all branches of illustration. Careful training by Federal Instructors has taught him to turn simple lines into dollars. More than fifty famous artists — making Ijig incomes themselves — have contribiite<l to the Federal Course. Clare Briggs, Neysa McINIein, Sid Smith, Fontaine Fox, Charles Livingston Bull, Norman Rockwell and many others teach you their "tricks of the trade" about illustrating, cartooning, lettering, poster designing, win«low card illustrating, etc. Why drudge at routine work? Opportunities for artists have never been better. Drawing is easy to learn the Federal Home Slinly way. Earn while you learn if you wish. .Many students find a market for their work after a comparatively short time of study. Test Your Drawing Talent If you like to draw, train your talent. Open the way to success and a fine income. Write your name, age and address on the coupon and get our Free Book '"V Road to Bigger Things" illustrated below. With it, you v^ill receive our Free Vocational Art Test to find out your ability. Hundreds of successful artists got their start by sending for these. This is your opportunity— grasp it. Mail the coupon now. t^-5?^ lO/i, 79