Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1927)

Advertising Section 111 striving despairingly to conjure up a name. The man at the window smiled. "Oh, I get you," he said, and wrote rapidly on a blue card which he thrust into Oscar's benumbed fingers. "Next there \" he sang out. Oscar moved away in a daze, wondering just what had happened ; and some time later, alone, staring down at the card he held, he saw the man had written his name as Oscar Watt. Surprise and relief engulfed him. He breathed easier, comforted beyond measure. His had been a narrow escape. Oscar Watt ! He supposed it was as good an alias as any to travel under. The initials were the same ; and he must not forget if he valued his safety. The grim arm of the law was far-reaching and ever vigilant. Danger lurked at every turn. He tucked the card into his pocket, repeated the name over and over again beneath his breath. Meanwhile, people were streaming past him, chattering like magpies, calling to one another. From where he stood now, Oscar saw, with a decided start, that the structures erected along the crooked street were merely fronts, upheld by braces and ingenious framework. Exactly like signboards. And all at once the amazing truth swept over him. He leaned against a post, dumfounded. Things were clear enough now. He should have realized their significance before : the unexpected crowd at the station, their strange •talk and behavior, the buses and all the activity at their destination. Why, he hadn't reached Sapphire at all. He had been brought, unwittingly, to a moving-picture town set up among the desert hills. It was all painted scenery, a background for some Western story ; and the crowd he had joined were performers, film actors. He snatched the blue ticket from his pocket and scanned the information it contained. The card bearing the name of Oscar Watt also bore a number. It entitled him, he saw, to bed and board and all expenses to and from location. And at the bottom, most conclusive evidence, he read, "The Super-Apex Film Corporation." [to be continued.] FREE if you are GRAY Over the Teacups Continued from page 47 "The leading lady in the picture is Nancy Nash, a newcomer. I have an idea that a lot of people are going to credit her with an extraordinarily clever performance. "Oh, before I hurry away" — Fanny was gathering up her belongings for a hasty departure — "I want your advice on giving a party. Something really ought to be done for Jacqueline Logan. She has been working so hard ever since she started 'The King of Kings' that she hasn't been anywhere and no one has seen her. I think we ought to give a comingout party for her. I'd go out to the De Mille studio to see her, except that the atmosphere is so serious out there just now. "The most interesting studio to visit nowadays is Constance Talmadge's, even though Constance is home with influenza. Hedda Hopper, Julanne Johnston, and Carmelita Geraghty are all in her new picture, 'Naughty Carlotta,' and the studio always has interesting visitors. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks come over almost daily with their usual quota of titled guests. "Norma Shearer, as usual, has been given a lovely role. She is playing Kathie in 'Old Heidelberg.' She isn't just my idea of a simple little German peasant girl, but after all, nobody asked me to cast the film. "I suppose you've heard that picture producers have discovered the San Francisco earthquake. After ignoring it all these years, no less than three pictures are staging it now. It figures prominently in Bebe Daniels' new film, in Dolores Costello's 'A Million Bid,' and in a new picture that George Hill is going to make for Metro-Goldwyn. "Oh, you promised to watch the time !" Fanny was aghast when she looked at her watch and realized how long she had been talking. "Oh, well, it is almost too late for me to see any dancing now. 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