Harvey in Hollywood
(Editorโs Note: The author of โHarvey in Hollywood,โ a weekly feature, is a former Council Grove youth who is now making a name for himself in the movies. His column appears in several west-coast papers. A former employee of The Republican, he has consented to its use in the Olโ Home Town paper as often as a space will permit, and the editor believes that it will be of interest to readers to get his point of view of Hollywood.)
Hi Neighbors! Only this time it isnโt โHarvey In Hollywood,โ itโs Harvey in Pioneertownโฆ the home of Western movies! Yep, riding thataway with GENE AUTRY again and this time we are taking it very easy. Only kill one hombre in two pictures and for usโฆ thatโs a vacation. Hope they donโt pick up our โKillerโs Guildโ card!
You know, thereโs something about this high desert country and the people who live here that is very good. The people are quiet, sincere and friendly, but they never push themselves or the hustle-bustle Hollywood folks who come up here to shoot pictures. They just take it easy, and seem to know that whatever may happen today; tomorrow will come along on schedule and smooth it all our, just like the night wind wipes out the footprints in the drifting desert sand. Living up here sort of unties the knots we all hav, and after a couple of lazy days under the sun, you find yourself just easinโ along and enjoying life!
Yes sir, if youโll allow olโ Doc Harvey to write a prescription for youโฆ itโll read something like this: Take seven days of easy desert life; mix gentry with your regular way of life and allow it to simmer under the sun until slightly brown. Pour back into your personal mould and enjoy it to the fullest for the rest of your life! Thatโs called a desert holiday delightโฆ we recommend it!
This location trip has allowed us to renew a lot of old friendships ad make some good new ones. GENE AUTRY, still the same swell guy he always wasโฆworking just a little harder than anyone else on the company, and really meaning it when he saysโฆโHow are you Don, sure glad to have you back with us.โ Some day we hope to meet another millionaire, โcause Gene doesnโt act like a guy with a million dollars is supposed to act, if you can believe all the stories you hear. Gene acts just like the guy down the streetโฆ and this we like.
Then thereโs PAT BUTTRAM, the guy with the permanent wave voice. Heโs all recovered from that terrible accident, and now worries about nothing but laughs. And those he getsโฆ but good!
Our friend, GEORGE ARCHINBAUD is directing and that means weโll get a good picture without anyone being killed. George believes that a director is the coach of a team, not the team and so everybody works a little harder for him. LOU GRAY is the producer and when you can make jokes with the producer, you know heโs not the usual Hollywood type!
By this time you probably have figured out that we are enjoying yourself this week. And if this column doesnโt give you very much Hollywood news or scandal, itโs just that, frankly, we are not too interested in what is happening this weekโฆ IN THE MOVIES!