“Try and get me a job as an extra,” urged Jane.
“I’ll do my best, but the star might object.”
When Jane returned from Chicago a part of the technical crew had arrived and equipment was being set up at the field. Every girl in the stewardess corps was hopeful that she might be selected for some extra role for all of them secretly cherished the desire to be a film star.
Grace, coming in from the west on a late plane, rushed in and woke them.
“Who do you suppose came in with me?” she gasped.
“Probably Gary Macklin,” said Sue, naming the latest Hollywood favorite.
“Good guess,” said Grace.
“Do you mean Gary Macklin is going to have the leading role in the picture here?” demanded Alice, now thoroughly awake.
“That’s just what I mean, and his leading lady is going to be Claudette Barrett. She came in on the same plane.”
“My favorite combination,” breathed Sue. “I think I’ll ask for a leave of absence.”