Religion: Aspirations

Three years ago, handsome, curly-haired Fred McClung, 29-year-old pastor of the Highland Park Church of Christ at Fort Worth, Texas, encountered a sore temptation. During the Fort Worth "Frontier Centennial" he met smart little Showman Billy Rose, who told him he would do well in the movies. When Producer Jesse L. Lasky's Gateway to Hollywood contest set up its sideshow in Fort Worth fortnight ago, star-rapt Parson McClung thought he saw his chance. So did Lasky's talent scouts, who put him down as the best prospect† they had found in many a Texas mile.

Pastor McClung's congregation was unsympathetic, kept his phone...

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