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AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Dept. 6329, 3601 Michigan Ave. Chlcaeo, U. S. A. LOOK YOU/MO/ wrinkle, crows feet, double chin, old appearance banish by Violet Gotcheff new method. Guaranteed results or your money back. This is an introductory offer, the regular price is §4.00, now with complete instructions for only $1 .00 for a limited time only. Gotcheff, Drawer 41, Calesburg, III. BIG-TIME COMEDIAN Continued from page 83 concerned, he's just Harold to them, never 'Mr. Lloyd.' "I worked on sets with him and from the errand boy to the big shot directors, they all loved him. He employs most of his help by the year and whether they work, or not, they get paid each week, regularly. Sometimes, they have months off because he only makes about one picture a year nowadays, but they get their salaries just the same and can do as they please during the vacation months between pictures. "And other things he does that people love him for: In his picture, 'Speedy,' he used a great many extras, whole families with lots of kids, and in order to keep the kids out of mischief when they weren't wanted on the set, he had a complete playground built for them on an old set that wasn't being used. He had everything in there you could think of for the amusement of the kids. And most likely could be found in there himself, playing with the kids when directors were frantically searching high and low for him. "If a child accidentally wandered across a set that was being filmed and the director started yelling at the kid to get off, Harold, looking as guilty and scared as the child itself, would quietly call the youngster over to his side and give him a quarter to run and buy popcorn or peanuts from the vendors around the studio. "No sir, he's never the boss around his own studio. Whatever his directors tell him to do he does and if he has any suggestions or differences of opinion they are never discussed openly before the cast or extras. He gathers his executive heads together at an isolated spot and there differences of opinions are amiably ironed out. "He works harder on a picture than anyone else, and not being the slightest bit money-mad he spends enormous amounts to have each detail perfect. He'd rather have a big bunch of extras come back the next day for additional work than to rush them through in one day to save overhead. But then, everybody in his pictures works like the devil. They love it ! No clock punching for them. Everybody's happy all the time and you never see or hear any arguments or petty jealousies among the crowd. They'd all go to Hades and back for Harold. "And it's funny when the lunch whistle blows to see Harold running like mad to get in line with the rest of the mob at the milk window for his bottle of milk. And don't think he doesn't try to get there first, either, like everyone else does ! Why, he's even done what some of the more venturesome fellows do, get in line twice and try to promote an extra bottle of milk. He receives the identical same kind of lunch box that the entire company gets and lots of times has a fight 'cause his pie is smaller than some other fellow's pie. "When the work is done for the night and everybody starts to go home, Harold slings his coat over his shoulder, whistles for his constant companion, a Great Dane, and wiggles through crowds going in all directions, yelling good night to everybody whether they're extra people or leads. "No posing or bored yawns for him as his car drives up to meet him. No sir, he walks all the way to where his car is parked, either at the end of the set or outside the studio gates. "Talking about his constant companion, the Great Dane : Does that man love dogs? He has the greatest collection of pedigreed dogs in the country; loves dogs like he does children and has a pet name for every dog he owns. The dogs flock around him like homing pigeons whenever he appears at the kennels ; he will give away pet dogs of his to friends and employees and then keep them in his own kennels for the new owners until they have made friends with the dogs and can arrange to take them away to their own homes. Boy, what a man he is with dogs ! "And at home : Harold doesn't go out much socially and anytime you want to find him outside of working hours, just go anywhere around the grounds of his house and you're sure to locate him fussing with the shrubbery, fixing this and fooling with that or digging in his favorite spot, the garden. He's a real home man and is plumb crazy about his little daughter; would absolutely spoil her if his wife didn't watch him. There isn't an insincere bone in his body ; doesn't bother much with public charity work but the hundreds and hundreds of individuals he has helped out personally, and the lifts he has given to heartsick people, can't begin to be told. He never turns down a needy person and gives aid with such a wonderful spirit that people never feel in his debt, only a great and sincere loyalty for him. "His name is always free from scandal, petty lies or malicious gossip and he's the sort of a man people would composedly serve corn beef and cabbage to (if that was the dish for the night) should he appear unexpected for dinner. "Believe me, kids, I'm glad I've been lucky enough to have worked with Harold Lloyd and to have known him well enough to tell the world what I think of him. He's a brick, and here's one guy who'll always root for him. He's just one of the crowd, that's all, even though he could buy and sell the Woolworth building legitimately." LOST IN THE HOLLYWOOD MAZE Continued from page 21 This screen version presents the self-same drama in half the time, and with much pictorial elaboration which the stage could never show. I enjoyed Hollywood. I enjoyed making a 'modernized' version of my dear old "Kismet." I enjoyed the association with technical experts, stars, and with players at the First National Studio. But, by Allah, may my life be forfeit if I could ever take to my friendly heart that disc of doom, the 'mike.' True, it was my prophet — but I was its slave !