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The article discusses the author's experience of being a movie actor in the U.S. He was reluctant to accept the role of a World War I veteran, still alive, for fear that he might not do justice for it. It says that he was diagnosed with ulcer from over working. The actor considers actor Robert Taylor as a good hunting companion.

The article highlights the career of an actor in the U.S. There was a rumor that the actor and actress Clara Bow has a romantic relationship. The actor made scenes involving explosives in the movies "The Legion of the Condemned" and "Doomsday." He made a movie with actress Lupe Velez titled "Wolf Song."

The article discusses the author's experience of being a motion picture actor. According to him, he was included in the cast of the film "The Winning of Barbara Worth" because he was a ranch boy who could ride. He describes his experience when the scenes which involve horse-back riding, battles and chases were shot. His talent fee increased as he improved his acting technique. He was chosen to double for actor Harold Goodwin for long shots.

The article discusses the author's experience as a movie actor. As part of his preparation for the motion picture "The Devil and the Deep," which he stars with Charles Laughton and Tallulah Bankhead, he studied books about submarines. He was made an actor-producer by Nunnally Johnson who he formed with a producing unit called International Pictures Inc.

The author relates his success as an actor. Starting up in the business, he sent photographs to producers in hopes of getting a part in motion pictures. When no one gave him a chance to include him on a screen test, he decided to produce his own film with expenses for rental of the horse and a fee for a photographer. Winning an Academy Award has improved his career with more starring roles and higher talent fees.

This article focuses on Eugene Holman; board chairman of Standard Oil Co. Holman was born on May 2, 1895, in San Angelo, Texas, at the time when Texas was discovering its first oil. For one destined to seek new horizons for the petroleum industry, Holman could not have arrived better equipped. For nearly 150 years his forebears had been on the move--from the British Isles to the U.S., and on across it as the Indians receded. After the Civil War Holman's father, James R. Holman, was a member of a band of restless colonists who jumped off from California for the still greener horizon of the Argentine pampas.