"How I did it," ([c1922])

Record Details:

Title:
"How I did it,"
Date:
[c1922]
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Whittingham press
Volume:
"How I did it,"
Leaf #:
00040
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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CHAPTER II MOSTLY ABOUT IDEAS There are supposed to be by actual count — although I've been too busy to verify it— about one hundred million of us in the United States. And with the exception of a negro switchman, stationed three miles west of the Turnpike, on the outskirts of Eureka, Georgia, who has been deaf, dumb and blind since his birth, all of us have at times believed we were logically entitled to become the Shakespeare of the screen. That's a most excellent ambition. But somewhere between the first and second story, something snatched the "am" out of that word. The result has been that the screen has suffered. Something always has to suf- fer. However, this particular sort of suffer- ing cannot be due to the fact that there is a dearth of ideas in America, or that creative art is on the decline. The undiscovered talent is the greatest talent of all. If there is one na- 17