Show Extras Like College e Students Student W Work orl Their Way Through Movies ovies I HOLLYWOOD Cal AP AP- AP Many AP-Many Many Manyan an illuminating i treatise has been written Ion on how to work ones one's way through through college but little has been published on how to 10 work w tk ones one's way through the movies movies' So the many students in in loidia a who ho are supporting g. g themselves themselves them them- selves while learning the way i to o screen stardom in that unofficial university called the extra ranks are arc going it alone without hand hand- books The part time occupations they follow follo in order to io stretch an occasional days day's work as an an extra into three meals a day and place to live e are discovered haphazardly under the pinch of necessity and for tor the most part are quite different different dif dif- dit- dit ferent from those followed by the self supporting college student One of the commonest part time occupations among extra girls is modeling If she is good looking enough to get occasional work In front of the the- camera a girl is usually suitable also for work as a model in some fashionable wom women's ns n's wear shop or wholesale garment g-arment Other extra girls usher in motion picture theatres under amder- an arrangement arrangement ar ar- which permits them hem to take a day or week off now and then to work in some somo picture It frequently happens in theatres hereabouts that one one- is ds escorted toone's to tp ones one's seat by an n usherette who a a afew few minutes l later ter flashes inconspicuously inconspicuously inconspicuously incon incon- on the screen in the dance hall han sequence e of the feature i picture In th the same theatre there may maybe maybe maybe be sev several r 1 motion picture extras extra'S working on the stage in a prologue pro pro logue And after one goes home and turns s on the radio radio- the piano selection one hears may be from i the fingers ot of ofa a motion picture extra ex extra ex- ex cx- cx tra tia who is her screen earnings on the air Other extra girls support themselves themselves themselves them them- selves by needlework or by paint paint- Ing lag favors or scorecards scorecards' for forbridge forbridge brid bridge e p parties ties Sonie Some dance at I night clubs Both male and female extras frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre sell sen real estate for a liv living iving iv- iv ing ing- and the there a are a few male mae e garment models among the tho extra men One man who plays doctors and presidents presidents' of ot boards of d di directors rectors on the screen creen drives a a gravel truck between pictures Other extra men mei men are are automobile service station attendants Waiting on table an an occupation which has put many many an ambItious ambitious ambi ambitious lad through college is practically practically never never followed f ll ed as as part time tim work by screen extras |