Silver Screen (Feb-Oct 1935)

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"Here I am, on my way to success," he goes on angrily, "and something like this has to happen! Once I get to Hollywood I won't even let on like I have a family." Madame R begins to swell up with indignation, but while she is racking her vocabulary for words with which to castigate young Billy, Preston rushes across the room and grabs Billy by the neck. "You dirty little squirt," he savs furiously. I'll " He draws back his hand to strike him. "Murray!" May cries and Pres lets go. Then she turns to Billy. "After all Murray's done for us, you'd let him lose his store so you can go to Hollywood. You'd run out on him, you'd run out on Lewis (Jimmy Bush) because he's in trouble. Yes, and you'd even run out on me because you're afraid of a reputation you haven't got. I thought I was being good to you," she goes on with gathering momentum. "I let you go your own way— I even tried to believe I couldn't tell you anything because I thought you were a genius. I wanted to be the proud mother of a great actor. I wanted to be able to tell the world the famous Richard Carter was my son. Instead, I'm the mother of a nasty, selfish little coward!" We used to kiddingly call Billy, "Wonder Eyes" because he looks prepetually amazed but he's out-doing himself now. He's never seen his mother like this. His orbs are fairly popping out of his head. "Give me that thousand dollars," May orders. "But, mom," he protests. "Give me— that— thousand— dollars," she repeats in a louder voice. Quite terrified, Billy hastily reaches for the small money bag inside his shirt. May snatches it out of his hand and turns to Preston, thrusting the money on him. "Here! This will take care of you. We'll scrape another two hundred together by tomorrow morning and pay off vour note." "But what about Lewis?" Preston protests. "You may need some money for him." "You take care of yourself," May retorts brusquely, "and I'll take care of Lewis— somehow— some way." 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