Life — May 13, 1926 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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ihe PUR 1 re VOM pany, 1M., ree Lunching in Hollywood “CQO we're rewriting the script again. I like the fifteenth version better than any of the others.”...“He offered me eight hundred a week. The dirty robber. Of course, dearie, I didn’t take it. I'll starve first.”...“Then the heavy crawls in through the window, cracks the hero with a water bottle and steals the girl.”...“I heard his real name is Finkleheimer.”...“Boy, what a sour picture they had on their hands! But I says to Lasky, ‘Jesse,’ I says, ‘lemme write you some good titles and pull that thing together.’”...“Really didn’t you see me in ‘Puddles of Pas- sion’? I practically stole the picture.” .--“He divorced her about the time his first wife divorced that other man. Then her divorced third husband mar- ried his second divorced wife. “Then we go into a chase sequence. The heavy steals a submarine and the hero flags the Limited Mail and—”... “I worked two weeks in 1916 and haven't had a thing since.”..."So if we can borrow three million before to- morrow, we can start camera work on the production almost immediately. “Oh, it’s an epic. No doubt about it. A box-office clean-up. The picture opens on a mustard plantation in Java and—"...“Say, Benny, can you let me have fifty bucks?”...“Well, me and Chaplin plays the scene wonderful to- gether. But when they cut the picture they left me out.”...“They paid a hun- dred thousand for the story and I'm getting two hundred to rewrite it.”... “He's lovely to work for, May. He said I looked just like Gloria Swanson in a long shot.” Robert Lord. Imposture " EN and why did Brown and Dartmouth sever athletic rela- tions and when did they resume them?” demanded the Great Executive. “I'm sure I don’t know, sir,” an- swered the Candidate for a Job. “Who were the All-American tackles in 19242” “I haven't the slightest idea, sir.” “How is an orange blossom made?” “I suppose fresh air and sunlight and ——" “How would you define the verb ‘to neck’ ?” “You probably mean ‘nick,’ sir. Why, to chip out——” “On your way, kid,” snapped the Great Executive, thrusting an impa- tient fist into the IN basket. “You ain't no college guy.” John T. Winterich. ‘AIRY STORY—Once there was a Californian who would rather have lived in New York. HARRY [ANGDON The man who makes the laughmakers laugh ramp Tramp Tramp “Then you'll know what pathos is—what comedy is!”’ says DON HEROLD, famous cartoonist. Also you'll know why millions have hailed him as the greatest of all film funmakers .... and why First National is so darned proud of its achievement in presenting him in his first 7-reel feature Tell the folks that the first night they show HARRY LANG- Langdon DON in “Tram ram Tramp” will be YOUR Laffs NIGHT OuT! * Produced by HARRY LANGDON CORP. A Firat National Picture