LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD

Hutt News, Volume 19, Issue 12, 22 August 1945, Page 7

LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD

I ADDRESS TO NATIONALISTS At last week's meeting of the junior brancli of the Hutt "Valley National Party, Mr. EdSvard Wallis gave his audience a first hand account of how the people of Hollywood live, not only as members of the filmworid, but as private individuals. "There are, in Los Angeles, of which the city Hollywood is -x part", said Mr. Wallis, ''many different races of people and some districts are inhabited by one race alone. For example, in the Mexican quarter the houses, shops, merchandise and even the smells remind one of Mexico." The writing of film scenarios was not at all like writing script for other purposes because the writer must provide words which would suit the actor who had been chosen for the part. This necessitated learning a great deal of the actor's characteristics, appearance, likes and dislikes, so that the spoken words would not sound out of place, coming from him. Turning to the publicising of New Zealand in America the speaker gave .t as his opinion that' this country would obtain greatest benefit from novies dealing with New Zealand In heir everyday lives, showing our uty .dwellers and farmers, our cities md mountains as they really are. Too much stress should not be laid 3ii such places as Rotorua, nor upon .he Maori race because that practice had in the past given people in oilier countries a false id?a of New Zealland. At the conclusion of his address Mr. Wallis answered a number or questions concerning well-knoiv.i "stars" * # # * THE "IF" IN LIFE There are only two things to warrant real worry — whether you are well or whether you are ill. If well, there is little to worry about; if ill, only two things—whether you will get better or worse. If you get better, little to worry about; if worse only two things—whether you are going to live or die. if you live, little to worry about; if you die, only two things—are you going to Heaven, or the oilier place? If Heaven, nothing to worry about. If the other place you may not have ] time to worry, since you will be kept j busy shaking hands with so many friends. —Sir Harold Belman.