Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-11-30 | Page 10 | Rain Affects Studio Costs

Rain Ra I n Affects Studio Costs Gosts By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD It is several weeks since the start of southern California's rainy season and even the weather Dureau has been permitted to divulge the secret So it is time for an essay on rain and its peculiar effect on Hollywood's Hollywoods Hollywoods Hollywood's Holly Holly- Hollywoods Hollywood's woods wood's economic well Other places rain helps the farmers or ruins picnics but here hereit it is a matter of high finance The day it began pouring steadily for fora a time time the the first time since last I Ia spring there spring there were repercussions I Garbo I suppose went walking in the downpour though to tell the truth as a shelter-seeking shelter softie I have never met her in the act Nor did I see Bette Davis another another another an an- other reputed water baby run outto outto out outto to play in it Weather Red Ink But these aquatic sports have nothing to do with finance unless unless unless un un- un- un I less the participants happen to catch cold And there is where the weather rubs the movie ledgers on the red-ink red side On the set of Nothing Ventured Ventured Ven Ven- which has been plagued by illness Director Wesley Ruggles Ruggles Ruggles Rug- Rug sniffled sighed and grinned sardonically thinking of the et Ruggles is very fond of budgets as things to start out with They keep the front office happy he is sure and until a million monkey wrenches hit them they are neat pieces of paper All Ruggles had to contend with was a series of colds and attacks of flu which removed removed re re- removed re- re moved successively Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan and finally himself The rain simply simply simply sim sim- ply clinched matters Two Men in White On another set following a trip to the studio through the rain Humphrey Bogart sneezed With the quiet furious efficiency for which Hollywood is noted telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone calls were made Two men in m white with little black bags hurried over to the stage Bogey had his head tilted back his throat sprayed his insides doctored with aspirin and lemon juice and went wenton on working For players who respond emotionally emotionally emotionally emo emo- to weather rain has other hazards Peter Lorre is depressed by rain for instance He says it makes him think sad thoughts and indulge in sad self We Ve must close our rainy essay with a line from Ilka Chase who had this to say about our climate Its like a blond girl running in inand inand and out of a Turkish bath Beautiful Beautiful Beau Beau- maybe but too warm or too cold cold and unable to make up her mind And we are of ot course all wet