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...JAMES T. AUTEN Madison...
...women had clustered at the head of the table, huddling around a fat man in a blue business suit. The press agent with the mustache sat down next to me and sighed, and pointed to the fat man. "That's Captain Auten, the owner of the movie. He's very important." The Captain stood up, drummed on the table with the side of his hand, and told a joke about a castaway and six nurses on a desert island. The women laughed and one of them said "isn't he funny...
...press agent leaned over to me and whispered that Captain Auten had a Victoria Cross from the first world war, and that he had come over to help get his movie going in America. Captain Auten was still standing up; he told how the King had awarded him his V.C., and the women laughed again. The press agent laughed too, swallowed down his drink and leaned over once more. "I have to laugh the loudest," he said...
...bellboys were bringing lunch now, and the women were all trying to talk at once to Captain Auten. The Captain raised his hand, and one of the women shouted: "Quiet, he's going to tell another story." Captain Auten cleared his throat. "Once, when I was at a hotel in Marlborough . . ." The press agent buried his head in his hands. "God, I've heard this one fifty times. I need a drink." He waved to a bellhop for the drink and explained that he was travelling with the Captain and had spent the day before passing out two-dollar bills...
...other press agent looked at his watch and stood up, smiling. "Captain Auten, I hate to interrupt but you've a radio program to do." The Captain snorted, shrugged his shoulders, shook hands with all the women, and went out. We got our coats, and one of the women was saying "What a wonderful man! Doesn't he make fine movies." We walked out the door and down to the elevator. The press agent's laugh was clear above the noise of the room...