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“Main Street,” The Bonk That Put
Sinclair Lewis On F.a*y
Street.
New York.—“Main Street," the
phenomennon of recent American
literature, the book that buried Its
author and publishers under an
unprecedented golden flood of
profits and royalties, was written by
Sinclair Lewis while he lived vir
tually from hand to mouth lor nine
months on a loan of $500.
This Is the romantic inside story
of Lewis’ triumph as revealed by
Arthur Bartlett Maurice in ihc
March issue of The Bookman.
Lewis, although he had written
four more or less successful novels
before “Main Street," had never
contrived to keep a bank account.
flut he had built up an abiding
aith in the ability of Sinclair
Lewis as a novelist. So. when he
felt the time had come to Ameri
can small town life, lie borrowed
the $500 from his lather, hid away
In Washington, D. C. uv Novem
ber, and emerged the following'
August with the manuscript.
Although his publishers believed
in Lewis and his book, neither they
nor the writer had any idea of the
sensation it was to create Lewis
estimated it would ell 15,000
/ copies. The publishing firm
guessed 25.000. Ow rash head sales
man made an estimate of 35.000
Within luo months it had been
bought by 50.000 readers—and to
date the sales record shows ap
proximately 800,000 copies, exclud
ing foreign translations
Incidentally, the 'Bookman article
discloses that the Lewis novel was
not the result of a week-end in
spiration. The red-haired Minneso
tan really began work on its 15
years before it was published, when
las a sophomore at Yale he wrote n
tale labelled “The Village Vims,”
; embodying the essential idea that
I emerged in 1020 n> "Main .Street,”
j In a second draft, some years later,
I he wrote 25.000 words before
| abandoning the attempt. Then he
'carried the story around in his
mind, changing ils character and
: rearranging its plot and ideas for
ten years before he set pen to pa
• per again.
The independent fortune which
“Main Street” brought him, en
abled Lewis to write his later nov
els under strikingly different Cir
cumstances While writing “Bab
bit,” lor example, he traveled to
England. to Italy and back to Eng
land. •'Anowsmith” was written in
parts in Hartford, Conn., the Virgin
Islands, the Barbados, Trinidad.
Venezuela, London and France.
The archeologists have secured
Hie resistance of a(railroad time
table expert, and it is thought that
the mysterious inscriptions on the
Maya temples, tombs, and monu
ments of Central America will soon
be deciphered—Minneapolis Jour
nal.
In Peril of Titlal Wave
j i'lus map ot tin? Hawaiian
Islands shows the region af
fected by an earthquake in
i Dutch Harbor, Alaska. It was
I feared that a tidal wave would
| sweep the coast as a result of
the tremor under the ocean.
| The S. S. Shiraha Maru and
I the S. S. Yokohama Maru,
; marked on the map, reported
; feeling the quake. Passengers
! believed the vessel had struck
I a rock.
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By DOROTHY HERZOG
(Copyright 1929 Premier Syndicate)
Hollywood.—In passing: Note
from the U. A. lot headlined: Prof.
Rheinhardt Sails For Europe After
Conference With Schenca.
Critical Situation.
About a year or so ago, Actor's
Equity endeavored to establish a
Hollywood branch for motion pic
ture players. The producers frown
ed upon the project Inasmuch as in
unionization there is power. At the
crucial moment the project crum
bled and the actors continued
their lone wolf course.
Today, judging from the trend of
conversations, the players realize
unionization would be their salva
tion.
The foreign invasion has been
defeated, excepting the English
contingent and they are to be
reckoned with.
It was some three years ago that
English actors flocked to Broadway,
following in the successful wake of
such sterling countrymen as Be
atrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence.
Jack Buchanan et al. The influx
was characterized by mediocrity
and a willingness to accept less sal
ary than American players. Actors’
Equity stepped in to protect the
American actor. England protects
her own just as efficiently.
There is observed in Hollywood
marked Increase of English play
ers, a number of whom are willing
to accept less salary than ordinar
ily paid. I say this in no spirit
other than reportorial. But the situ
ation—what with talking pictures
and the influx of stage emoters—
is very serious for the Hollywood
ians. Most of the recruited stage
ites are members of Actors’ Equity
accustomed to its protection in cir
cumstances portending to salary
and working hours. As contract
screen players, however, they take
orders and learn to give more than
forty-eight hours weekly to the
studio.
The more farseeing screen troup
er is worried. There are approxi
mately three steady producing
studios here: Warners 'which has
taken charge ot First National);
FojfMrecently merged with M. G.
M.>: and Famous Players. United
Artists. Universal and R. K. O. have
longer production lulls than the
above mentioned three.
With so many screen mergers on
tap. work sources for players are
diminishing, which Induced a keen
minded picture-ite to prognosti
cate: First, that the time will come
—and not in the distant future—
when casting for pictures will be
lone through the central casting
offices insofar as freelancers are
oncemed. Central casting is the
Will Hays’ or Producers' associa
ioai. That this will result in the
personal player’s representative
ading into the discard. That the
first producer to ask for a player
will get him, regardless whether a
second producer phones later and
offers him more money. This would j
mean salaries being lowered by
iressure or by circumstances. It.
would make the actor even more
dependent upon the producer. Not.
mind you, that the producer isn’t
charming. I merely Indicate the ac
tor's defenseless position.
Certainly a revolutionary change
Is formulating in Hollywood. Even
?fore a year has elapsed tho
ihangc may acutely affect the
.notion pictucr actor who's career
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has been harnessed to the silver
sheet industry. It is a possibility
that ever looms more darkly to him
who hitherto has gone free-heart
erly on his grease paint way.
Screenalities: Nocturnal kitchen
suppers are beginning to be the
fad hereabouts. Tother eve, after |
a party, Gloria Swanson bustled a j
group to her house for a scrambled f
egg repast. Eddie Goulding, James j
Ford and Harry D'Arrast were in ■
the party. They decided to get |
another fern or two and gave Ruth
Chatterton a 2:30 a. m. jingle. But
Ruth had to work the next day, so
she returned to pleasant dreams.
La Swanson happened to traipse
upstairs and there found Lois Wil
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was routed to kitchen, where a
light repast was munched by all
.May Allison Quick has pen
ned a delightful stock market yarn
that appears in this month's Cos
mopolitan. The Colony read it with
gusto—in the event one can read
thusly .... Bessie Love and Eddie
Foy lunching at ye Montmartre.
Bessie will be honor guest at a
party given for her at the Break
fast club tomorrow eve . . . Gene
Hum rises to sigh: “God save the
king, the queen can take care of
herself.” He may or may not be
referring to poker . . . May McAvoy
is sorta getting ready for her
marriage in June. May hasn't work
ed for some time now. That's the
village for you. Rushes and lulls
and vice versa • . . Jimmy Hall
visiting Merna Kennedy on the
"Broadway” set. Jimmy wore a pair
of brown spats. Now. Jimmy! ....
Betty Bronson and Blanche Sweet
playing tennis on a Franklin ave
nue court . . . Patsy Ruth Miller
and Tay Garnett, the director,
speeding down the boulevard. It
looks serious. . . And—that’s all.
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years, is now advertising manager
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Va. After the Gilmer store was
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year, Mr. Galloway was transfer
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Good manners are like a good
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