European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                % \ Page 22 actress Tracy Arnold Waits for another  John  los Angeles times a in a dozen years As a newspaper reporter i have asked for Only two autographs. One of them was from my childhood idol poo player Steve Mizerak. The other was from Becky. You know a Becky the sex topless dancer in the cult classic Henry portrait of a serial killer. In the end of the movie she gets hacked to pieces her dismembered body abandoned inside a suitcase. I first saw Henry four years ago As a sunday matinee. During this inauspicious film based on the lives of self professed serial killers. Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole the not so dynamic duo kills 15 people. In the dark souled spirit of taxi Driver and re scr voir dogs the movie takes a sinister unabashed look at violence in America featuring a disturbing Home invasion scene and others in which Henry a the epitome of the Urban bogeyman a snaps necks wields a screwdriver and decapitated a dead victim with a Kitchen knife. When it was Over i needed instant therapy. I wanted to grab people by the Collar As they filed to their cars and plead a my god How can we let people do this to one another a the movies grip on me eventually wore off. A though my wife still lives in fear always Locking the door proclaiming a a Henry a out  then came the recent Day Ait Hampton a in Hollywood. That s when i saw her Siw set Down my French Fries and asked inno Comly if 1 wanted another Coke. The glint of recognition slammed my cortex like some bad acid Flashback. It was the same Blond hair that same Petite Frame and those sky Blue eyes. No it  be Becky was my waitress i swallowed hard and asked the question that scores of Henry cult followers have asked before me a ahem. You re Becky Arentt you a she smiled sweetly and nodded her head. But when i recited a few favorite lines from the film Tracy Arnold looked at me and said a ooh you even remember dialogue. That scares me a then Arnold told her own scary Story How shed been taken hostage by a movie. Nine years ago then barely 22, the stage actress went a from Shakespeare to Shock Quot a Landing her first film role in the Low budget Henry filmed in Chicago in just four weeks for $100,000. Paid $2,000 along with two other first time film actors Arnold played Otis innocent kid sister who. Misguided by fails in love with the brooding Henry and later Falls to pieces As the movies pitiful last victim. Arnold thought she had scored big time with her first movie role. After All she knew a lot about the a _ i real Henry Lee Lucas. Some of his supposed Texas victims were friends of her family. And Lucas a now on death Row a spent time in jail near her Hometown of Georgetown Texas. Henry filmed in 1985, was shelved for five years after receiving an x rating for violence but the film Rose from the dead after critic Roger Ebert gave it a rave review at the 1990telluride Colo film festival. For co stars Michael Rooker who played Henry and Tom Towles a who portrayed Otis a the movies unlikely Success translated into steady work Rook re a resume includes roles in Juk sea of love and Mississippi turning Towles has scored regular film and television work. But for Arnold the films Success has spelled Only frustration. And the Public recognition she attributes to a my own Little 15 minutes of  by the time Henry hit the Midnight Market in a a. A a a a los Angeles times Tracy Arnold attracts Henry fans a a it a always a of my god its you you re Becky a its no Small thing a 1990, Arnold had moved from Chicago to Hollywood to begin waitressing. She landed a few minor roles including commercials for both Mcdonald a and Wendy a. Soon though the work disappeared. And the Becky sightings began. A nobody Ever just says a of you were in that Little film a Arnold said. A a it a always a of my god its you you re Becky a its no Small  the sightings actually started before the film was commercially released a among Hollywood insiders with Access to Bootleg copies of Henry. A the first time i was recognized this Guy just stared at me like i was a ghost a Arnold said. A when he finally approached me i said a How did you find me How did you get a copy of the film a he just gave me a wicked Little smile and said a of its around a a once Arnold was followed for several blocks by a grungy looking character she believed was going to Rob her. "1 thought a of am i in  then he walks up to me and says a dude you were in Henry you were like so great a a. But casting directors have been less than complimentary. A its like these people can to see me As anybody else but Becky Quot Arnold said. A they All Bear me read for roles and they say a gee you were great. We just done to know what to do with  a a $. Now Arnold works three part time jobs As she wails for mainstream Hollywood to come calling a while trying to erase the Black footnote a strange Little movie has left on her career. She has a role in the shot an upcoming Independent film she plays a savvy Hollywood reporter meanwhile she makes the most out of her 15 minutes of movie Fame. Like when i asked for an autograph for my wife. A a Betty a Arnold wrote a a in be made a Deal with Henry and he a agreed to leave you alone. But i Mav come  a j that Tracy Arnold she just slays me. Sunday june 26, 195-1