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AVARICE AMONG THE AVOCADOS 75 Brother Bill said, truthfully. Til just save my money and pay your fare home/' he added, therewith rationalizing himself out of an investment which in a few years would have been worth two million dollars. The others had better luck; still short by several thousands, the organizers decided their first picture would be a stage hit of that day, Edwin Milton Royle's The Squaw Man. They agreed to $5,000 for the rights, with a down payment of $1,000. Next they went to Dustin Farnum, a Broadway star, and offered a share of the company if he would play the lead. Farnum hesitated; theater people were blacklisting anyone who got mixed up with flickers. One thing was certain: he did not want company stock, but would do it for $1,000 a week— the first week's salary in advance. Also, he did not want his name to appear in connection with the picture. They heatedly argued him out of that demand, but agreed to pay the salary. With his first male star in tow, DeMille boarded a train for the Far West, excited over the reports circulating on Broadway about a.place called Hollywood. There, if a person kept his wits about him, moving pictures could be completed entirely outdoors, summer or winter, under a warm lazy sun. Moving out to Hollywood had another singular attraction for the part- ners-escape from the powerful trust that was centered in the General Film Company. Distance meant safety; under the peaceful pepper trees struggling producers would find it easy to ignore the trust's many patents that shackled movie making in the East. In Hollywood, the spirit was militant; an odd assortment prowled its orange groves—fugitives from the trust, promoters, young men with energy and a sensitive eye for plagiarism. "Idea" rustling was the order of the day. With movies being