When the 20th Century Fox executive Joseph Schenk (1876 – 1961) opened his big fat pie hole and blathered-on about what he really thought of Hollywood extras, he soon discovered that this minority had champions in the press corps who would come to their aid when needed:
“Evidently Joe thinks that extras are just anybody – bums, out-of-works, ex-chorines, nosey thrill-hunters, tarts, floaters, bindle-stiffs and what-not that could be recruited. But they are not… Hollywood extras have developed over the years a distinct profession…”
