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HOLLYWOOD'S ACE JALOPY JUGGLER
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DURING the past two years nearly every movie, calling for scenes in autos, has shown McWhorter 's break' away cars. A few recent releases in which they have been prominent in' elude: "Sorry, Wrong Number," "Welcome Stranger," "Cass Timber' lane," "Bitter Victory," "Rope of Sand," "Slattery's Hurricane," "Sun' set Boulevard" and Red Skelton's comedies, "The Good Humor Man" and the "Yellow Cab Man."
Prior to McWhorter's advent into the business, each studio built its own wooden mockup cars, sectional' ized for camera work. This procedure, running into thousands of dollars, was also fraught with warping perils every time the bodies got wet in rain
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A straight-laced old lady was annoyed by the amorous couple seated in front of her at the movie. Unable to contain her indignation, she tapped the youth on the shoulder and asked, "Must you behave like this in public? Have you no place of your own where you could go?"
The ardent swain turned to her eagerly, "Oh, madam," he said, "if only you could persuade her." ^
'First red, then blue, and now white What are yon, a Chameleon?"
sequences. Now, for $100 a day rental the film moguls can save this expense plus the average $l,000'per-hour over' head costs while waiting for body changes — Dick's cars are held together with special clamps and the rapidity with which the parts can be shifted is amazing.
McWhorter, a family man with two youngsters, is proud of his jalopies and he looks forward to expanding his unique business still farther. Crown' ing accolade, so far as he is concerned, came recently from Barbara Stanwyck who, after finishing a dramatic scene while seated in a McWhorter breakdown convertible, turned to Dick. "Somehow," said the beautiful Acad' emy Award winner, "I can always emote better in one of your cars."
Apache Ike, a hard working Indian owning a small stock ranch, found him' self in need of quick cash and drove into town to see the local banker about a loan.
Ike's reputation was of the best, and the banker had no scruples about loaning the Indian the money. "But you've got to put up some collateral, Ike," he declared.
"What's this collateral?" asked Apache Ike.
The banker explained that it was property or holdings owned by the individual seeking a loan. "You've got a couple of hundred head of horses, Ike. You can put them up as collateral."
Ike agreed.
Long before the date due for final pay ment of the loan, Apache Ike was back with a roll of greenbacks thick enough to choke a horse. He stalked into the bank and, peeling off about half of the bills in the roll, settled his account in full.
The banker, eyeing the still fat roll of greenbacks in Ike's swarthy hand, had a word of advice. "Now, Ike, how about depositing some of that cash in our bank here?"
Apache Ike grunted. "How many hosses you got?" he asked. — Herb Smith.