Screenland (Nov 1930-Apr 1931)

for December 1930 127 MONTGOMERY SCORED! Continued from page 51 "Why — er — " They would all explore their pockets. Sometimes a pocket would contain ten or twenty dollars. Sometimes only twenty-five cents. Whatever it was it was corralled by the proprietor and the deal was called square for the month. That collection paid his rent and his bills, all he demanded from life. He and his wife fed his people well and made them happy. And while the youngsters thought their hosts were swell and all that, it probably took years for them to appreciate what a really fine gesture this was. Youth takes everything for granted. Sometimes the crowd would wind up in a cellar they knew where, sitting on broken-down wheelbarrows, they'd drink cider or beer and munch chestnuts and pretzels while they listened to their Italian host recount tales of adventure. All this was good for the young aspirant to histrionic fame. It doesn't matter whether one has a cultured background or not if one wants to be an actor, but it matters a lot if he knows nothing about people and life. In this quarter, an argument between two people became a free-for-all with all hands to the pump. As if by magic, cellar doors would open simultaneously and a stream of people would pour out from the narrow enclosures. "It was a miracle I never understood, where they all came from! In a second the practically deserted street would be swarming with screaming, kicking humanity. All having the time of their lives," reminisced Bob. There was a colored doorman at one of the swanky Village clubs Bob and a friend of his joined as soon as they could afford three square meals a day. He was always genial and Bob liked him. One night he was nursing a perfectly vile cigar. "George! Do you mean to tell me that the men in this club give you cigars like that?" Bob asked, just to see what he would say. "Yes suh, yes," sighed George, suddenly feeling very sorry" for himself and bitter with realization, "dis is all what dey gives me, Mistah Bob." "Terrible," said Bob. "George, when I'm a star I'm going to give you a whole box of Corona Coronas !" "Law-dee, Mistah Bob! You is?" chuckled George, not believing a word of it. "And every time he saw me he would call out, 'Doan you forget those Corona Coronas, Mistah Bob !' And the first time I go back to New York I'm going to look up George and make good my promise. I'm not a star, but I can afford that bet!" On the screen or stage there are two ways of getting on : wait for breaks or keep working with your eyes open. The last being Bob's motto, he can't remember any breaks he ever got. His first chance, or at least the thing that led him into the big money, came through Edgar Selwyn, who cast him in "Possession." His work in this Broadway play brought him to the atention of Hollywood and eventually a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract. But there's a string to pictures. Popularity on the screen is just the beginning of one darn thing after another, Bob has discovered. He loves it but he wishes the strings weren't so many and that they wouldn't get so tangled up. Without his knowledge a magazine ran a yarn to the effect that Robert Montgomery would reply to all letters sent to him in care of this magazine. One day Bob was surprised to have handed to him a large photograph envelope filled with letters requiring his signature. And what letters ! "I was persuaded by our publicity department to sign them thinking that would be the end of the matter. But yesterday I was handed six of those envelopes, all of them stuffed full. And now I don't know what to do. It seems incredible that the public would demand and be offended if it didn't receive the attention a player would have to give things like that." On the other hand, Bob does his fans the courtesy of reading every letter himself. It isn't that he is high-hat or snobbish or selfish or any of those unpleasant things, but just that he is young and wants a little time after hours for fun, as we all do. How can he have it when he must be in the studio more than twelve hours a day, and then have to sit down and sign letters and photographs the rest of his waking hours ? Newcomers think picture people are snooty because their names aren't in the telephone book. If they spent one evening in the home of a popular film player whose name is in the 'phone book they'd know why picture people have private wires. Not only does it ring eternally but strangers pretending to be personal friends say, "Oh Bob. this is Joan Crawford speaking. Doug and I want you over for a game of bridge. Can you come?" Bob was fooled the first few times ; now he says, "I'd love to Joan, but I'll have to let you know. Call you back in ten minutes." Of course, when he does call back he finds out that Joan or whoever it was supposed to be hadn't called at all. And now Bob has a private wire. Would you like it if your free time were constantly filled by someone you didn't know at all trying to date you up or engage you in a perfectly meaningless conversation? It might be amusing at first but as a steady diet it is nauseating. Do you think players should humor people like that? Not that we blame those girls who are crazy about him. Bob is one of the most engaging young men in Hollywood. He is full of fun and has charming manners. He is as enthusiastic as a puppy, but he is nobody's fool. He is in this business to get along but not at the expense of somebody else. He doesn't have to. He began at the bottom and worked his way . up, so he is well grounded. There is a place for everyone who does that. It's the greatest mistake in the world, Bob thinks, to begin at the top and try to keep floating. 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