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blofe^part'V about 'mountains at La': Posta on the El loit&rcf i ^outdated. Centro highway He drove up there
,',eryt[|bne'l|Of them ono night for it and it nobly drove : Ls|atmechanic;and off with no repairs except to replace
pbrcflisurs , to a spark plug, and put in gas.
antiquated llnen&s BiVi'orld..?!,,, " -
PLENTY SPACE ADVISED
^stwmer;(thls one He got a "bang" cut of the book
jr.k'frtend.)steams )i instructions which went with this
5a[lro ax,U hi* old one. Ordered from a nail order
s talong^ob fast as catalog the car was sent lo'CaliforiTwenty-Dve miles nia by Wells Fargo express It came
idered insane speed crated, ' knocked down," which
ilacs' who tore up meant the buyer had to assemble
;li-;a `speed were the parts The instructions were ; by.sittaiidriiaand ton- : mostly about how lo put it together
although it did tell tha bjyer how
TENED
i lo run. it and sagely advised htm to 'be sjre lo have plenty of room and
pu.11ihg.the buggies a,-large open, space' when. learning
jes'pecifiblli'Vcitlaeris \c dr.ve .
[way from: the sight The instruction book for un
s to the indignation crating and setting up stated that
hich felt Jhat such the owner should first put '."e
.traptionsshould be wheels on "the same a9 any bu?e>
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then the chains i which ran m were
lion is worth more to be adjusted on the sprockets
mber of sbme kinds The fourth C3r was called the , tomobilea He first "Black" a 1900 buggy *ypo mrdei I
ction whan he saw A Stanley steamer 1^08 was thei
Lher parts of jl, in a bought in Omaha by Benue Snyder .iTwLh'VelIarreA htipe!i IhwpHd been 1 friend who became intercsied ir.
}. work 'He'thought adding to the collection It was
b see if be cculd fix acquired from Ms original owners
. would-run again The 1902 Oldsmobile was discoverer,
4, no longer manu- by 'Mrs. Wright, who also had be
to cBst'and make come an auto scout.
foeden fehders but Mr and Mrs Wright enjry oc
1 banged up. like a casional Sunday dr.ves m the old
;nt-day, metal ones. model cars
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somethinff.'^M ischa^l1kesj^toL,
outjhisvjaw;%openKhi3^tr.outh^
| to/hisjihaunc.nes^ard ilc^hIsi^s
dangle^'by^hisiisideS'^.Thosseffei
star Ui riband; tto;some people.^:
:ng Hollywoodrioun
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Gregorysrliacava^^thcught^theTj
of fbejwcrtd^woulddtoo^ThaLa:
.he cast Mischa-in^MyJMarT?
frey" ''end - to;d vhlm v.to-^actfli
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After trying for^elghtM-y
Miscrik finally .clicked
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`ASSISTANT VILLIAN*
When Mischa left high;-scno< New York, he became . fim-'t Eventually, he went on* the-, and ivhe.n the show got tO-'Los geles he quit because Hotlyi was so ejose by He got a bit', and there and before long he stamped a v,i..ar. But he was
f : st-rale \illian--perhaps ` bd his good humor cropped out ofien--and it was his luck tc k :'ed off m the first reel " Yoi he was just an assistant vi
a sort of stooge to the head vi ft Mischa was such a poor v
thatifor a long time he didn't a: hi--at his chosen-trade Thr Russian fricndf^RPflTEFFFF&rsk
tie a director who found M ^ anu<. ng cncugr. and bright en W to hire him as his secretary
was a job he held for nearly
years, with occasional acting coming h s way Tuttle gave
time off whenever he asked He was gi'.cr a very, very
role in the first Lily Pons pu that of a bored musician
Godfrey," months later,
him a star
NOT A COMEDIAN*
Mischa says he is not a come
he has no tricks
I am a character actor--w
comedy approach" he insists
He never knows, wr.cn he 1
his pleasant rented home and
Auer and 4-year-old Tony, wh,
comedy business of the day wi
'I wnuldni be worth a da:
I studied my script and tru
figure out comedy ' Mischa
"It just has to come to me sf
neously The director sui
things just before a scene
cndjmayoe I suggest some
Things always are funnier tha
--for me "
In 'You can't take it with
* detective turrs on Auer and 1
"Wiiere you from' *
\jicr answers dourly ojmskt' in that word he
n.iro family s inc.,gna`.:o
e scene was thougit up e of the moment because Iv
thotght the dc.octice hadnt
ss him without noticirg
Directors like Auer not onl
cauj : he enhances the comedy
Of 1 ieir p etures but becaus
unfriling gaod humor keeps t
one e'se happy On a mo\n whe e so many things can go at o :ce. such a nan as Auer
asse
H^ `.ells stones by the houi
clean qnes tV'cen he yawns, h.!
it whth gusto, like a seal ba
The' rafters ring when, wi;t
strange sense of humor arn
freedom from restraint, he b'
with similar gusto
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The only time he lost his ti
on a movie set was when`a
licity man suggested having;
viaitirg. Russian dignitarjess'c,
Mischa'-He blew up^He.?.sk:o
ir.sult then ArJ'd'.then,'. rec&lLng-;Auer's;-
grbundJ.m' RuS3|.arrh43fathJi
killed/and his .mothergwas.y
,to.flee;-;t'o- Tur key.-'whe'rejsh.e
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