The House That Shadows Built (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The House That Shadows Built
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The House That Shadows Built
Leaf #:
00064
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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48 THE HOUSE THAT SHADOWS BUILT tomer was an Irishman or a Yankee. . . . “They just laugh at me!” complained Max. Adolph compared the colloquial English he had acquired from the gang in Tompkins Square with the rules of grammar he had learned in night school. They did not match at all. Facing the problem squarely, he, Max, and another young Hungarian employed a tutor and spent their evenings in vocal gymnastics. Adolph Zukor lacks the language faculty. Also, naturally and by training his mind goes straight to the heart of a matter, extracting the gold, rejecting the slag. To such a mind the mode of expression is a mere extraneous detail. But since other people set store by this accomplishment, let us acquire it. Through many years to come, he was to keep up the struggle with our baffling language. Now, in his eloquent moment he hits the idea dead-centre with the divinely appropriate English word. But coaching and practice have never quite brushed away his native Hungarian accent. With the opening of the busy season in 1893, the Novelty Fur Company went ahead to a startling minor success. Chicago had proved a fortunate location. The famous financial depression blighted business over the rest of America, but the Fair kept Chicago going. Just as the partners had calculated, tourists and sightseers from the small towns made their visit to the Fair an excuse to do some metropolitan shopping. The demand