Go West Young Man Page #5

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Really? Well,

that's very sweet of you.

You say he owns the gasoline station?

He helps support the house too.

Married, I suppose?

Not yet, he isn't.

Further talk would be a waste of

time. [ beg your pardon, ma'am?

I was just saying, if you'll just set

down the tea, I'll try and drink it.

Oh, how silly of me, standing here

holding this tray all this time.

Why, you must think

I'm an awful ninny.

No, my dear, not at all.

Shall I pour it for you?

No, I'm quite capable

of doing that myself.

You've been very good

to me. Now-

Miss Arden, I promised

I wouldn't annoy you,

but I was wondering-

Would you be kind enough to do something

- Autograph a picture?

- Why, yes. How did you guess?

- I sort of sensed it.

One's senses become very keen

in my professin.

I've got a beautiful picture of you

over in my room. I'll run and get it.

Lovely, but don't run, my dear.

You might fall and get hurt.

I'll be here for some time, I'm

afraid. Oh, this is wonderful!

Golly!

And she told me if I bring her some tea this

afternoon she'd give me an autographed picture.

Just think of that,Joyce. An

autographed picture from Miss Arden.

Why don't you get a block of fresh

cement? Maybe you could get her footprints.

You mean like at Grauman's

Chinese Theater in Hollywood?

I read about that.

Do you think she would?

No, silly, I was only joking.

How does it look?

Oh,Joyce, that's lovely!

My sister'll be crazy about it.

Say, do you know, this morning she told me

that she's gonna name the baby after Miss Arden.

Mavis Dacket. Isn't that

too cunning for words?

Why don't you go on and get your

dishes done? All right,Joyce.

Mr. Morgan-

Huh?

Do you think there's a chance for me

in the moving picture business?

Well, I don't know.

I understand that Superfine Pictures,

Inc. is looking for a new stenographer.

Oh, I don't know how to typewrite.

I only got as far as 6-B.

Oh, well, then, of course,

you want to be an actress.

Mr. Morgan.

Mr. Morgan. Now, look.

Falling in love again

Never wanted to

I've got it! Baby LeRoy.

Oh, no.

Zasu Pitts.

Now, Mr. Morgan,

you'rejust teasing me.

I can take off Zasu,

but that was Marlene Dietrich.

Oh, I see. Can you take off

the four Marx Brothers?

You mean all at once?

Well, gradually,

if it will be any easier for you.

No, but I can practice.

That's fine.

You practice very hard, and then maybe I'll

talk to you again before we leave for Hollywood.

Oh! Oh, Mr. Morgan. Oh!

That's just ducky!

Ducky?

Oh, Mr. Morgan, I'm sorry, but Miss Arden

- She has, huh?

Not yet, but she's going to.

I told her about the weather, and she

said that wouldn't bother her any...

because she was much better

at pantomime anyhow.

She's using pantomime, eh?

Oh, hello.

Mmm.

Nice and cool this afternoon. Is it?

I'm sorry I don't

carry spare parts.

But of course not.

I wouldn't expect you to.

I'm terribly grateful for what

you've done. For what I've-

Oh, that's all right. It's really an

honor, you know, to be of service to you.

You think so? That's

sweet, real sweet. Oh.

You know, you remind me

of someone I know. I do?

Just who is it? Well, I

have a brother in New York.

Lots of people get us mixed up.

His name's Ed- Ed Norton.

No, I've never been in New York.

Have you ever been in Hollywood?

Hollywood?

No, but I'd sure like to go.

Why, you mean you'd like

to get in pictures? Acting?

Yes. No, it's the mechanical part

of the movies that interests me.

How they hitch up the sound to

pictures and all the technical details.

Yes, it's marvelous, but

too, too marvelous. Yeah.

Well, I think I could do it a

whole lot better. Is that so?

I've always been crazy about machinery

- autos, radios and all that junk.

You know, put things together and

take 'em apart. Yes, like ''Einsteen.''

Oh, I'm not that good, no.

You never know.

I've been working on a new

principle of sound recording.

I think I got something.

Mm-hmm. Oh, that's lovely.

What is it? Oh, it's

probably not worth a darn.

Don't be modest. Modesty never

gets you anything. I know.

Show it to me. It's all pretty

technical. You wouldn't understand.

You don't know what an

understanding person I can be,

especially when it's...

in connection with pictures.

Why, it's my life.

Now, won't you tell me?

Of course, you know the principle of

synchronization of sound and pictures,

alternating currents of light that vary

with the intensity of the electrons?

Oh, yes. Yes, indeed.

Good.

Now, my idea is to utilize

the theory of the stroboscope.

The what?

The stroboscope.

Oh, yes. Of course.

That is, the loudspeaker makes one vibration

for every time light passes the photo cell.

You could use an oscilloscope

for that. Why not?

No reason at all. You could.

That would take care of the rotating,

vibrating or oscillating movements...

which are apt to blur

under direct illumination.

I think this sketch shows it

plainly. Oh, you draw beautifully.

Oh, this is just rough.

Now, look here.

You see, this line here represents

the direction of the light ray-

My, that's a cunning

little line, isn't it?

And, uh, where

these two lines cross-

You know, you have

beautiful hair for a man.

Well, it's thick anyway.

Wash it a lot- that's the secret.

They tell you not to wash it,

but that's an exploded theory. Oh.

And where

these two lines cross-

Mm-hmm.

It's hard to explain on paper.

Why, you're doing beautifully.

I couldn't draw a straight line myself.

I tell you, I-I got a model

in the workshop,

the one I've been working on,

if you'd like to see that.

In the workshop, huh? Oh, I'd

just love to see your model.

One hears such terrible things

about these movie actresses,

but I saw at once

that she was a real lady.

Bah!

Is this workshop very far away?

Not that it matters,

'cause I adore walking in the country.

No, it's just

a few steps more.

Mr. Morgan!

Mr. Morgan.

They-They say

I was very good.

In fact, they said that I was

putrid. I'm glad to hear that.

To arms! To arms.

The British is comin'.

What are you talking about?

I was in the third act.

The third act of what?

What I was gonna

tell you about.

I was Paul ''Devere.''

You were Paul Revere?

They lightened me up. Well, let

them lighten you up. I'm busy.

Hmm.

Wait a minute. I ain't sayin'

nothing. I didn't say a thing.

I didn't open my mouth.

This fellow, Paul Revere.

Wasn't he the guy that roused the neighborhood

and told them the British were coming?

Do you know he was.

I ride my horse to death,

a part of him be.

To arms-

Splendid!

How would you like to be Paul Revere

in real life? For 10 bucks, I mean.

Well, there it is.

Mmm.

Isn't it lovely? Mrs. Struthers built

it for a garage in more optimistic times.

Why, it's marvelous.

Hmm?

- I can tell at a glance it's going to be sensational.

- That isn't the invention.

That's just the insides

from an old phonograph.

Oh, of course. How stupid of me.

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