From under my hat (1952)

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of a chipmunk, I would have written them down and put Joe Miller out of business. I once asked Digby where he got them. "From my sister," said he. "Not that beautiful woman?" "Yes. She has ten little black books filled with them." There were many naughty ones among them, but Digby, like Wolfie, never told one where vulgarity was in excess of the wit. When D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation hit the screen it gained many converts and fans for the movies from the legitimate-theater stars, who, up till then, had looked upon motion pictures as a not quite bright member of the entertainment family who should be kept out of sight when the aristocracy of the stage came to call. So when Douglas Fairbanks was approached by D. W. Griffith to come to Hollywood and star in The Lamb, he quickly said yes. He was roundly criticized by many colleagues, but after the picture was a hit Wall Street promoter Harry Aitken sold New York bankers on backing Broadway's top names for motion pictures and got the money to form the Triangle Film Corporation. The biggest names belonged to the oldest faces, unfortunately, and the bankers had no idea then that this was a medium of youth. After the close-up was invented they learned fast! Wolfie, like the others, had an offer for a year in Hollywood with options. The offer came over the telephone, but he insisted that the man bring the contract to Siasconset for his signature. He and the fellow players who signed along with him entered on a period of having their eyes opened. Wolfie's chief asset was his voice, but unfortunately the pictures were silent. Alexander Carr and Sam Bernard were certain they could pack up their famous characters, Potash and Perlmutter, move them to California, then strike gold without digging for it. Walker Whiteside, Holbrook Blinn, Laura Hope Crews, Florence Reed, Willie Collier, Billie Burke all beat us West. Lionel Barrvmore had already received his baptism in pictures. Willie Collier was the first big-time kidder of sunny California. But by the time Willie arrived, Wolfie had lost his sense of humor. 61