THE WESTERN NEWS, LIBBY, MONTANA Thursday, July 6, 1933. Page Six I Howe About: How I Broke Into n The Movies y Plans for a National Neitzsche Copyright by Hai C. Herrn*« Henry Ford The World Court By WILL ROGERS i By ED HOWE OW about this movie business and npHUS Spake Zarathustra," by N bow I got my start To be honeat i Pantheon * Frelderich Neitzsche, Is widely about It, I haven't yet got a real good proclaimed as one of the greatest start. And the way 1 figure things, a books ever written. As a mutter of cu­ fellow has to be a success before he .r&j riosity I lately looked over eight of goes lecturing and crowing about him­ its pages and noted the lines contain­ self. Ù ing ordinary common sense easily un­ Out here In Hollywood, they say derstandable. I found but live such you’re not a success unless you owe ■■■■■ ; fifty thousand dollars to somebody, r* v . lines In the eight pages. Neitzsche ■t had enormous common sense, but It have five cars, can develop tempera­ m 1 v ÿ was so corrupted by nonsense in the ment without notice or reason at all, f f'i V •' / v • M literature of the past that in his most and been mixed up in four divorce famous book the proportion of good cases and two breach-of-promlse case«. *■M V ■ i ’ I r» n « I to bad Is live to two hundred and sev­ Well, as a success In Hollywood, I’m mt enty-two. a rank failure, and I guess I'm too old s u \ > 1 J a \ * “Thus Spake Zarathustra” Is writ­ to learn new tricks, and besides I’m x R v i ten In mongrel poetry, a weakness pretty well oft domestically speaking \ ■ * * « m /«I 4* ‘V the author certainly Inherited from the and ain’t yearning for a change. -;VV \ ; : past. The hook Is full of references Now, about how I actually got start­ W: I. m to gods Neitzsche did not believe in. ed in this picture business. Mrs. Hex * m 1'; - « The title Is a tribute to a tissue of Beach was really the one who helped myths originating more than a thou­ me get started, by selling the Idea to ;4 I V sand years before the Christian era. Sam Goldwyn that he ought to star m« «AKRlSa ««IMO If Zarathustra ever lived, he was a In the movies. Mr. Goldwyn was con­ The Present Statuary Hall . type of man utterly unknown In the nected with the Eminent Authors, Inc., ‘i time of Neitzsche, hundreds of years of which Rex Beach was president. t > before, or In the present ; a better There were eight eminent authors in ■ i.s > title would have been ‘Thus Spake : the outfit, maybe that’s where they got Frelderich Neitzsche.” the name, I guess. "j * • ‘i There Is value In the book, but 1 Anyway, Sam signed me up, and I N$:-: shall not bother to dig It out, as It starred In a series of 6-reel comedy may he found In many short sum­ f' dramas for him during 1921 and 1922. maries. Neitzsche was highly educat­ The outstanding picture of this group Alexander H.Stephens-Georqia ed, but never learned to write simply, was “Jubllo" based on the theme of f naturally and properly except In five i the song of that name. . ' ■M lines of two hundred and seventy-two I also made “Doubling for Romeo" i > of his best product Probably the pro­ for this company. It was the story of fa portion of nonsense In the conversa­ a cowhand who went to sleep and s . tion and writing of men less noted Is . - dreamed he played Romeo In Shake­ \ ■ ) : il s greater. speare’s Immortal drama. I like my V • • work In this one a lot, but they had a i ■ A foreigner was quoted lately as sales convention at the studio and saying a depression Is about the most showed the film to the gang. Although -*Tï natural thing there Is; that he was I I thought the picture was very funny, ;S?< ■ y i born during a depression, and has 'i the boys seemed to think different and Y ' i:;': lived In one ever since. Americans will not accept any such 1 -ù reasoning: they demand a boom all Pi '/■ Vf the time, and, failing to get It go bawl­ L ' i W ing to the government for relief. For ;: < v. many years we have been breaking - ; • * i records and astonishing foreigners. Iri «P t: ; The action of the foreigners In laugh­ -- -, - ing at us now after robbing us, Is very 7m * JX % - • humiliating. ■ ÿgi I once saw In the newspapers a •Si statement credited 1.» Henry Ford in W. - : < V- - rV T- Û r'- the days of hta greatest prosperity. W* He said the standard of living In the United States should be advanced until Senator Robert M. LaTbllette m every man who wanted a Job was guaranteed one at twenty-seven dollars ■.M Wisconsin 1- ... < ja day as a minimum. Every Ameri­ By ELMO SCOTT WATSON can, he admitted, was so noble, so In pà HE recent announcement from Wash- teliigent, so much better than the peo w . 9 ington, that some of the statues ■ <-■. pie of other countries, he could not [ In Statuary hall on the “main line" live fittingly on loss. 1 1 ...... ■■■■ i"1...... » I between the house and senate cliam- Gen. John C GreeniA/aij—Arizona And you needn't laugh; probably ':ym : hers in the United States Capitol - -1° ) you read Mr. Ford’s brag with ap­ >;•: mm-. k are to be removed because engi­ proval. iM « neers believe that the weight of .0 ■: V I the 68 bronze and stone figures I Nothing astonishes me more than Will Rogers. which now crowd the hall is en­ V . : the incompetence of great men when » * dangering the foundations of the called upon to make decisions In ques­ refused to laugh. At the time I was v-V-’Y-f chamber, lias brought again Into WÊWi. tions of a public nature. Men who In nearly heartbroken, I felt that I was the limelight an institution which Is regarded in business life achieve reputation for a flop and was about ready to quit pic­ m as our “national hall of fame.” i i Ä? sound sense, honor and capacity, when tures. Gosh, It was awful! V; Plans are under way to place many of the : '■^4% asked to consider questions affecting I wasn’t writing much In those days, statues In the long corridor on the ground floor the public at large, have in thousands although since then the papers seem to m that runs the entire length of the Capitol build­ of cases become pltlfxM fools and dis­ ^ike my stuff and pay me for making ing. Instead of being crowded together In a graced long lives of probity. There k wise cracks, which doesn’t make me a single chamber, these statues henceforth will John M. Clacton— Delaware Is In existence a world court to bit sore. be widely distributed. which most nations belong, the mem­ For recreation I used to keep some tor, secretary of interior and chairman of the This action has also revived talk of providing bership made up presumably of as ca­ horses and goats on the lot back of Republican national committee. a national pantheon, a building where there pable men as can be found among the the studio, and 1 spent most of my MASSACHUSETTS—Samuel Adams, governor, would be ample room for the proper display of better classes. A booklet Is available time enjoying the companionship of f L and patriot of the Revolution; John Winthrop, every statue, such as was provided for by a bill giving its history, membership and dumb but honest animals. They which was Introduced Into congress In recent IV Colonial governor. proceedings to date, and I have read couldn’t laugh at roe. Which was en­ &|3 MINNESOTA—Henry Mower Rice, pioneer years by Representative George H. Tlnkham of m. it during Idle time. The object of and one of the first senators from the state. couraging ! Massachusetts, but which was referred to a com­ the world court, of course, Is to get From Goldwyn’s 1 went to work for MISSISSIPPI—Jefferson Davis, president of mittee and seems to have become lost In the rid of war; of the expense of armies Hal Roach and made a series of 2-reel M the Confederacy; James Z. George, Confederate legislative shuffle. • m and navies during Intervals of peace. comedies there. It's a serious business soldier and United States senator. In most parts of the earth practical —this making people laugh ! Statuary hall is the original chamber of the MISSOURI—Francis P. Blair, soldier, editor national house of representatives. In 1804 Rep­ bakers, after hundreds of years of ex­ I remember when I was in the Fol­ and political leader; Thomas II. Benton, senator resentative Merrill of Vermont Introduced a v j: perience at their trade, have found It lies. All I did was my rope act, and and strong Union man. resolution to have the old bouse chamber set convenient to operate night shifts, I didn’t say nothing. But one evening Wm NEW HAMPSHIRE—John Stark, soldier In aside for this purpose. Each state was author­ surely one of the simplest and most the manager asked me to make an an­ the French, Indian and Revolutionary wars; ized to place there two statues of men and wom­ unimportant questions. Yet on page nouncement, and foolishly I did, and Daniel Webster, senator and famous foe of se­ en who had been “Illustrious for their historic fifty I find the World court consider­ everybody laughed at me or with me, renown” and had rendered distinguished civil or cession. ing night work in bakeries. Many and I was a success, and they’ve kept NEW JERSEY—Richard Stockton, eminent military service to the country. __ _ have been profoundly discouraged by Colonial leader; Philip Kearny, famous soldier me talking or writing ever since. Recent additions Include statues of John M. the lack of Intelligence In men. I be­ That’s what comes of talking too much Clayton and Caesar Rodney from Delaware, Han­ . • and explorer. lieve statesmen are responsible for NEW YORK—Robert R. Livingston, Colonial and trying to help some one out Now nibal Hamlin from Maine, Alexander H. Ste­ most of the discouragement; any fair l9 governor and signer of the Declaration of Inde­ I can’t stop. phens from Georgia. John C. C.reenway from review of the situation clearly Indi­ pendence; George Clinton, governor of the state But wise cracks and picture work Arizona, Robert M. La Follette from Wisconsin cates that the common people In their Sequoyah — Oklahoma and Vice President of the United States. pay better than the rope-throwln' act and Sequoyah from Oklahoma. private affairs have done very well. NORTH CAROLINA—Zebulon Baird Vance, and that saves my feelings a lot. ventor of the ice machine and mechanical re­ The list of states and the men who have hon­ • • * Sam Rork, who produced “A Texas frigeration; Gen. E. Kirby Smith, Mexican war Confederate veteran, governor and senator ; ored their notables follow ; Sometime look over those actions in Steer,” In which I got the big comedy soldier, Confederate leader and In civil life Charles Brantly Aycock. ALABAMA—J. L. M. Curry, member of a your life generally called deviltry. part of a congressman who was a Tex­ famous educator. OHIO—James A. Garfield, Civil war general congress, Confederate veteran, minister to Spain, and President; William Allen, senator and gov- Yon’ll find that not one of them ever as cowman, says he picked me out of and author; General Joseph Wheeler, graduate GEORGIA—Dr. Crawford Williamson Long, paid you; that every one brought some all the Hollywood actors because all physician and discoverer of ether anesthesia ; ernor. of the Confederacy and brigadier general, United OKLAHOMA—Sequoyah, Cherokee Indian and humiliation. All anyone can truth­ the rest of them have morality clause« I Alexander Hamilton Stephens, vice president of States army, In Spanish war, also a member of Inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, fully say of good conduct Is that it Is in their contracts and are afraid to act the Confederacy. congress. PENNSYLVANIA—J. P. G. Muhlenberg, min­ profitable. like congressmen. ARIZONA—John Campbell Greenway, Yale IDAHO—George L. Shoup, pioneer and patriot, ister of the gospel, soldier and member of the * • • But I figured it out that It’s because athlete, Rough Rider, World war veteran and colonel In the Union army, governor of Idaho, house; Robert Fulton, the adapter of steam A man held up the other night says I was In the Follies. I’m an ex-Follle* mining engineer. both territory and state, and United States sen­ power to the propelling of ships. one of the bandits was not a day over graduate, and If Barrymore had ray ARKANSAS—Uriah M. Rose, lawyer, chancel­ ator. RHODE ISLAND—Nathaniel Greene, famous sixteen. In the progress we are now legs, he could still be on the stage. lor of state, president of the American Bar asso­ ILLINOIS—James Shields, Union officer In comrade In arms of Washington; Roger Wil­ . making 1 wonder no one has suggested But I’d been in the movies before ciation, appointed by President Theodore Roose­ Mexican and Civil wars and United States sen­ liams, founder of Providence and Rhode Island that children be permitted to vote at I signed up for “A Texas Steer." I’ve ator; Frances E. Willard, reformer, president fourteen, that the youth movement velt one of delegates to the Peace congress at plantations. been In more punkin’ seed movies, and nnd founder of the Woman’s Christian Temper­ The Hague with rank of ambassador; James P. SOUTH CAROLINA—John C. Calhoun, sena­ may become more effective. most of the Job was handling the rope. Clarke, governor of Arkansas and United States ance union. tor and secession protagonist; Wade Hampton, • * INDIANÀ—Oliver P. Morton, Civil war gov­ But that was a smart movie, a comedy senator, Confederate general, governor and senator, As moving a tragedy as I have ever special they called it, with real actors ernor and senator; Lew Wallace, Union general , CALIFORNIA—Junlpero Serra, missionary of TENNESSEE—Andrew Jackson, soldier and heard was told me by an ancient helping me out, and all I had to do and author of “Ben Hur." / the Franciscan order, the establlsher of nine President; John Sevier, soldier In the Revolu­ maiden of the martyrdom her mother was act the big comedy part of being missions; Thomas Starr King, minister of the IOWA—James Harlan, senator and secretary tion, first governor of the state and member of endured In living with the father of a congressman. That’s a cinch. Any First Unitarian church In California and “the of Interior; Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, minister the relator of the story. I knew the to Denmark, senator and secretary of Interior. congress. day In the week any congressman I've man whose matchless oratory saved California TEXAS—Stephen F. Austin, Texas revolution­ old man, and thought so little of him known can give me a big laugh acting to the Union"—In the words of the Inscription KANSAS—John J. Ingalls, lawyer, scholar and ist; Samuel Houston, liberator and President of I believed most of the charges against statesman, three terms a senator; George Wash­ natural. on his portrait at the capitol In Sacramento. the Republic of Texas, later governor and mem­ him. Some men are very hard to get My advice to aspiring movie-struck ington Click, governor and Union veteran. CONNECTICUT—Roger Sherman, signer of ber of the house. along with; the worst of the women folk Is to buy a good 12-foot rope, prac­ the Declaration of Independence, member of the KENTUCKY—Henry Clay, speaker of the VERMONT—Ethan Allen, hero of Ticonder- haters admit It house, senator and secretary of state; Ephraim tice with It, and then If you don’t suc­ Continental congress, of the Constitutional con­ oga; Jacob Collamer, congressman, senator and « * • ceed, why, you can always stretch It McDowell, physician and surgeon. vention of the house of representatives and the postmaster general. What is the greatest trouble at pres­ over a nearby tree with one end MAINE—William King, first governor, suc­ VIRGINIA—George Washington, “Father of senate; Jonathan Trumbull, chief Justice and ent In tbe United States? I believe around your neck. cessful banker and business man; Hannibal Ills Country”; Robert E. Lee, Confederate gen Governor of Connecticut, the only Colonial gov­ It Is crippling the best and most use­ WNU Service ernor who espoused the cause of Independence. Hamlin, Vice President under Lincoln. oral. ful men by men less worthy. Why DELAWARE—John M. Clayton who, as secre­ MARYLAND—Charles Carroll, member of the WEST VIRGINIA—John E. Kenna, Confeder have we unemployment? Because the Dramatic Heritage tary of state under President Zachary Taylor, Continental congress and last surviving signer ate veteran, member of the house and senate ; fools prevent better men from provid­ Arthur Rankin Is a nephew of the conducted the dayton-Bulwer treaty with Great of the Declaration of Independence; John Han­ Francis E. Pierpont, Union war governor. ing It (Not many will acci^it this famous Barrymore family and a de­ Britain; Caesar Rodney, member of the Con­ son, patriot of the Revolution and president of WISÔONSIN—James Marquette. French Je­ reasoning, but finally the sane will; scendent of the Drews and Davenports. i tinental congress and signer of the Declaration the Continental congress. suit priest and explorer; Robert M. La Follette, It Is sound.1 Immortal names In the American the- of Independence. MICHIGAN—Lewis Cass, senator, cabinet of­ Senator, governor nnd progressive leader. ®. 1935, Bell Syndicate.—VfSV Service. ât«fi FLORIDA—Dr. John Qorrie, physician and In- ficer and statesman; Zacharlah Chandler, sen*- (O by w«at*rn Union.)