Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

all of it," Jim laughs, "in buildings! There is the main house, a long thing that goes from way over here to," Jim made an arc-like gesture with his right arm, "way over there." he said. "The main house is actually composed of three houses, the other two being guest-houses which are connected with, but apart from, the main house. An innovation and an extravagance I'm rather proud of is the equipping of the guest-houses with Frigidaires and stoves so that when I get up at seven in the morning, as I do. our guests can sleep until they wish to wake and, when they wake can eat, if so disposed, in their 'own' homes. Our patio is likewise equipped for rather better than light housekeeping. We're all great breakfast-outdoors-eaters and, as I've mentioned, do most of our partying in the patio, so it's equipped with Frigidaire, hot-plate, barbecue, of course, hot and cold running water, pots, pans, china and cutlery. "There are also barns, garages, a compost house, greenhouses, chicken houses on the place. Our brooder house is built of eight-inch stone and is so large we can start out 5000 chicks at one time. The house has heat control, ultra-violet ray lighting, air conditioning and I must say that I agree," Jim laughed, "with a guest, who upon inspecting the brooder house brooded aloud, 'Oh, to be a chicken now that Spring is here!' In between the livestock and their places of residence, every nook and corner of the ranch is planted," Jim added, "in peach trees, orange trees, lemon, avocado, fig, in rose bushes, gardenia and camellia bushes and all manner of cut flowers . In cooperation with his brother-in-law and his brother-in-law's wife, Jim started chicken-ranching, he says, about seven years ago. Asked whether he'd had experience or, if not, how he'd learned "The Egg And I" business, he said, "We read a book." He added, laughing, "Even now when something baffles us, we say, 'What does The Book say?' "But it pays off," Jim told us. "We have 5600 chickens now. By the end of the year, well have 2500 more. We get about 300 dozen eggs a day, sell 'em to the wholesalers and I can only add that if, for some reason, I should be faced with the necessity of choosing between chicken-ranching and acting as a lifework, I would take the more stable of the two, and it would NOT be acting!" The triple-threat man himself, Jim is actor, chicken-rancher and, as owner and proprietor of The Liveoak Inn, restaurateur. "I have a very cute little place," Jim says, modestly, "out in the Valley A business property, a corner I'd been interested in for some time finally went up for sale and I bought it. There was a small building, run-down but improvable on the land. So I started remodelling it. Now, it's a good and going little restaurant, a Las Vegas type place. In fact, you could move it, lock, stock and barrel to Las Vegas and it would 'belong' — with a wonderful bar, a good band and, of course, food that we believe is better than good. In the Summertime, there's dancing outdoors, under the enormous old tree that gives the place its name and in the Las Vegas tradition, we even," Jim laughed, "give away those silver dollars!" Jim added, "As a restaurateur, however, I am a more zealous actor and chicken-rancher. I'm not in The Inn. that is, very often. I go in and count the money," he grinned, "see how we're getting along. Now and again, I audition a band but otherwise, I have a manager for the place and he manages it." On the table at "21" there now arrived for James, together, a plate of vanilla ice-cream and a telephone. The telephone was connected. The call came through. "Side Street's" assistant director was calling. The lunch hour was over. James must report back to work. There was a murder to be done. Two murders. "Oneerthedames." said the assistant director, succinctly, "and oneertheguys." "Two murders," said James, contentedly, 'and then two more and then I'm going home to Craig Ranch, pull up all the flowers, uproot and saw down all the trees, kill off every chicken that doesn't lay an egg every day, tear down the buildings including, eight-inch stone by eight-inch stone, the brooder house, move down to Third Avenue, whip my kids and wallow in it," said James, ferociously, "walloiv in it!" And then, but not before finishing to the last innocent spoonful his vanilla icecream, Killer Craig was gone . . . leaving us to reflect, even with the echo of his massacring last words in our ears, that it's no wonder Leo the Lion roars and shakes his tawny mane at the mere thought of casting family-man Craig chicken-rancher Craig, nice, kind, good Mr. Craig as the villain of a pennydreadful, a shilling-shocker. Still, he is actor Craig, too. isn't he? 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