We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.
Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.
Star-dust in Hollywood
sardonic and cynical, with a bitter, glittering fancy like cutglass ; Sam Ornitz was short and thickset in type, but the quiet good humour in his eyes was matched by a comical curl at the corners of his expressive mouth. The conversation halted for a moment to include us and then swung on again. . . .
" How the devil did you get this room, Rita ? " said Ornitz.
" It is half again as comfortable as any of ours.' '
" You have got to ask for things, Sam," said Miss Wynne, " especially if you're a woman. You had better put in for it when I go."
" You'll get it all right," said Isaacs. " You've had your story taken."
" Did you know that they are going to shoot one of mine at last?" said Miss Wynne. " It was just in time. I'm off next week. I'm not going to renew. I can't stand this. Why, I've done them half a dozen good stories — in my own style, of course — but they don't seem to like them. Didn't they hire me on my style, anyway? So I got mad and turned them out a screaming movie plot. Young man running a milk-cart falls in love with a stenographer. She despises him, but at last she is conquered by true love . . . you know the stuff . . . and in the last scene he turns out to be the son of a millionaire who has quarrelled with his father. Yes, they took that one. Well, I'm not sorry. I'm going to make stories of all the ones they wouldn't take, and I've drawn my pay. Besides, before coming over here I made them agree
[7^]
A HOLLYWOOD AUTHOR