Actorviews (1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Actorviews
Date:
1923
Publisher:
Chicago : Covici-McGee, Co.
Volume:
Actorviews
Leaf #:
000111
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 02, 2024
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Mr. Collier Under Oath 93 me eighteen years to have this interview with Mr. Collier. But I did not press the question. I asked him if he had ever heard a good curtain speech delivered by an actor. He said : “Yes.” “Who made it?” “I did.” “Who wrote it?” “I did.” “Alone?” “Well, I had a little help.” “Whose?” “I don’t know.” “You are under oath!” “That’s the truth. It was on the opening night of ‘The Dictator’ in London. In the cast were Jack Barrymore, Eddie Abies, George Nash and Marie Doro. In a box were Charlie Frohman, Gillette and Barrie. “ ‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ I said. “And there was a noise upstairs and a man in the gallery cried in its direction, ‘Oh, shut up !’ “ ‘Very well,’ I said, ‘I will.’ It was the hit of my life.” “Who’s the biggest man in the American theater?” “Georgie Cohan.” “Why?” “Well, he’s not the best actor or author or composer or dancer or playwright, but he can dance better than any other author, write better than any other actor, compose better than any other manager and manage better than any other playwright — and that makes him a very great man.” “Who’s the most successful failure on the native stage?” “We haven’t had one big enough to talk about since