Show howl how I 1 broke into the movies 0 i copyright by hal C hertzan BY MONTE BLUE NEVER thought id break into the I 1 movies until actually I 1 was in them I 1 a funny statement to make but its so more or less leas imbued with wanderlust wonder lust I 1 shipped from a northwest camp on a lumber ship and arrived at san francisco with 15 in my pocket I 1 wanted a good job and I 1 wanted to make a good impression on the men I 1 talked to I 1 could not do it in overalls so I 1 went into one of those stores where you walk upstairs and says save ten and bought a suit SUIL I 1 was caught in the rain about halt half an hour later and when I 1 dried out I 1 had to cut the suit off so I 1 jumped back into overalls and started for or los angeles I 1 landed a job there bucking lumber but I 1 was used to heavy work one day some one told me to try the movies I 1 forgot all about it until I 1 was laid off a few weeks later during a slack black period I 1 remembered id played the part of one of the bears in goldilocks in an amateur performance for mance so I 1 walked up to the griffiths faiths studio in hollywood and joined a crowd of actors pretty soon a mat man came to the door and said 1 I want a man all the actors jumped forward cut but he said 1 I want a man to work and all the actors jumped right back leaving me standing there wondering what it was all about when I 1 learned that it was a pick and a shovel job I 1 took it just the same it meant food fond for two months monte blue I 1 chopped down fig trees and used a pick and shovel in digging the base for or a new stage one day during lunch hour the men decided to strike and asked me what I 1 thought of it 1 I got up on the speakers box and told em I 1 thought we ought to stick on the job I 1 must have said something that impressed them tor for we stayed I 1 had an insatiable appetite the next day the foreman called me out of the pit and told me mr grif flab wanted to see me I 1 thought it was a joke but I 1 went lie he said toung man are you an actor he asked no sir I 1 answered thank the lord ive found an honest man he laughed ile he used me in the absentee in a small part doing doida jast what id done the day before talking to a mob preparing to strike and he liked the work so he built up the part to give me a chance for three years because I 1 follow advice I 1 played double to many stars because I 1 could do hair raising stunts on horseback then I 1 hid bid behind a beard and played henchman to vIll lans doing their dirty work I 1 worked with miss pickford and tom delghan in and with miss bliss pickford in johanna enlists after which I 1 went to work with cecil B demille DeMl lle playing a bit mr de little changed my whole hole career when he said mue blue youre too sympathetic a personality sona lity to be playing be heavies arles try and do male beadi finally through the help of ethel clayton I 1 played a part in private Petti grews girl she realized that the part was nas just suited to me and let me have full rein I 1 was a success I 1 am and always will be deeply grateful to her for her efforts to aid me then famous players took me to new york where I 1 worked with mae murray in peacock alley and broadway rose following this I 1 played the part of danton in orphans of the storm for mr griffith and later I 1 lost the part of the leaa in the covered wagon because I 1 was lit in porto rico on an eight weeks engagement more recently talking pictures have helped especially white shadows of the south seas I 1 have a library at home made up of 0 books about abraham lincoln lies Is my ideal ills precepts are modesty hum bleness and belief in the right to read these books and to think c these precepts Is 13 ark an inspiration 0 by iiii H C Q |