Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1926)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section "I got to, Welford. They aint nothin' else I can do." "No-o, tha's true. But you can keep right on doin' it." With Florian Slappey, Mr. Potts waxed gleeful. "Boy! aint I done somethin? I ast you! Them two fellers is just nachelly insane." "Yeh. ..." Florian was inclined to be pessimistic. "But if you don't watch out, they's libel to git together an' recover their sanity." "What you mean?" "Just this, Welford: Fust off them fellers was friends, then they was enemies. Then they was friends again — an' when they come back to being good friends, they was closer than a fly to a piece of sticky paper. An' I got a hunch that unless somethin' mo' is done which would keep them two fellers fum gittin' together an' tryin' to find out where all this rumor come fum — they is likely to be frien'ly once mo'. An' does they come to be so — sweetsmellin' lilies fo' Welford Potts!" "Hmph!" Mr. Potts shook his head. "I aint never said nothin' that wa'n't true." "No-o. But if they should think youhad — " Welford moved away. " Reckon I got to git my brain back fum vacation an' start it workin' "I guess you again. "Uh-huh," agreed Florian. better had." THERE was wisdom in Florian's prophecy. And Welford was afraid of a resumption of friendly relations between the president and Opus Randall. Such a friendship was an unfailing source of agony to Mr. Potts — for when it flamed he, Welford Potts, was forced to play roles subordinate to those acted by Opus Randall. It was a scourge to the professional soul of the attenuated little comedian; here in this very picture he was a mere feeder for Opus's elephantine comedy; it was Welford who was doing the dirty work and Opus who would draw the plaudits. Welford felt sincerely that his cause was just. He was content to share and share alike with Opus, but it irritated him to see favors thrown to the other man. If only this present feeling of bitterness could be caused to continue beyond the end of the present picture — if only he could once be cast in a dorm'nating role with Opus playing in support, he felt that the world would be well lost for the sheer delight which would be his. " An' after such," he murmured, "I woul'n't care what happened. But right now, ev'ybody is wonderin' why I stan's fo' it all." Which was quite true. Save for J. Caesar Clump, who was concerned solely with results, every man and woman on the lot sympathized with Welford. They felt that he was being given the raw end of the deal, and they made no secret of the fact that they considered the present ill-feeling between Randall and Latimer would be of brief duration and that the portly star would rise once again to royal favor. Clump had nothing to say and he said it consistently. He was immersed in the current production; he walked from the carpenter shop and issued orders for a meeting of the company. 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