Star-dust in Hollywood (1930)

Star-dust in Hollywood methods to a girl, but the latter proved to be as hard-boiled a baby as the lad himself. " You ought to know my friend," said the boy, " I'm sure he'll be useful to you." "Well," declared the girl, " if you say he'll be useful I don't mind so much. Yeah ! I like my sleep nights, and I'm not going to waste my time on any more fellers who can't help me along some. . . ." As the lad continued to urge the virtues of his friend, the girl interrupted : "Well, as I says, if he's going to help me it goes. But I want to know first. I've told you where I get off. If a girl don't look after herself nobody else's going to. . . ." • ••••• Sing a song of Hollywood, town of Jazz and fake, Twenty thousand optimists waiting for a break. Their optimism never falters. One week they are French peasantry of the seventeenth century, the next they are Roman citizens, and after that they are Swiss villagers. All day they loiter on the lot waiting for the call that springs them into action for ten minutes ; dreary waiting ; watching their step ; yet each time that the whistle blows hope renews itself. No doubt among them are many who have as much talent as the stars themselves, but how can one show an extra talent by rushing on to the scene and waving a handkerchief? Indeed, on the two occasions I have myself figured before the cameras I too have had the conviction that, given a proper chance, I could show the stars something about the art of the movies that they had not suspected. But I too, in spite of the fact that once I was a talent special and once a very minor star, am still waiting for my 'break.' No doubt many a man who is ruthlessly limited to playing the eternal valet, the eternal barman, or the eternal cardinal, is quite capable [240]