Chapter 7 Chapter Six

In 1946, Hollywood, California was the movie capital of the world, a place where the talented, the greedy, the beautiful, the hopeful, the ambitious, and the uncanny aspired to.There are palm trees, there's Rita Haywards, there's Almighty and the Santa Anita racetrack.Here's what has the power to make you famous overnight.There are hoaxes, brothels, little orange groves, and sacred symbols.Here is a magical kaleidoscope, anyone who looks inside can see his own dream. For Toby Temple, Hollywood is where he aspires to be.He came to the city with a military canvas bag with only three hundred dollars in it.He found a cheap apartment on Counger Road.He must act quickly, before he goes bankrupt.He knows Hollywood well.This is a place where appearances matter.He went into a men's clothing store on Vine Avenue, looked new inside and out, and ended up with twenty dollars in his pocket.Then he walked into Hollywood's Brown Derby, where all the stars dined.Caricatures of Hollywood's most famous actors hang on the walls of the hotel.Here, Toby has his finger on the pulse of the acting industry and feels a rush in this house.

He saw his master coming towards him.The hostess was a beautiful, red-haired, slender woman in her twenties. She smiled at Toby and said, "What would you like?" Toby couldn't help it.He reached out and took hold of her ripe breasts.The hostess immediately showed a very shocked look.When she opened her mouth to cry, Toby looked at her with bright but dull eyes, and said apologetically, "Excuse me, miss—I can't see." "Oh! I'm sorry!" said the hostess sympathetically, regretting what she had just thought.She led Toby to a table, took him by the arm, sat him down, and arranged the menu for him.A few minutes later, when she came to his table again, she saw him carefully admiring the paintings on the wall.Toby smiled and said to her, "What a miracle! I can see again."

He was so innocent and funny, she couldn't help laughing.She ate the meal with Toby, she couldn't stop laughing, and that night, she went to bed listening to his jokes. Toby worked odd jobs around Hollywood that would allow him to get close to acting.He works as a doorman in front of Shiro's company.When big names drive up, he walks up to them with a big smile and opens the doors with the right punch line.They paid no attention to him.He was just a young man sent to us at the door.They didn't even bother him at all.When those beautiful girls stepped out of the car, he looked at them wearing expensive, well-fitting and fashionable clothes, and he always thought to himself: If you knew, I would also be a big star, and you would all bow down to me feet.

Toby visited several agents, and it quickly became clear to him that this was a waste of time.Agents are all celebrities.And you can't take the initiative to find them.Instead, let them come to you.One of the names Toby is most often heard of is Clifton Lawrence.This person only represents the most talented people, and he can do things for you that you can't imagine.One day, Toby thought, I'm going to make Clifton Lawrence my attorney. He subscribes to two of the most authoritative periodicals in the industry: Drama Daily and The Hollywood Reporter.Reading these two publications made him feel like "one of his own".The script at this time has been purchased by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and Otto Preminger will direct the film.There are indications that Eva Gardner will star in "Siren Station" and will co-star with George Ralft and Jorga Kutlitt.Warner Bros. has bought the filming rights to "Living with My Father."Finally, Toby saw a headline that made his heart beat. "Producer Sam Winters has been appointed deputy general manager of Pan Pacific Pictures, responsible for the division of production."