Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 000118 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
000118
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MOTION PICTURE ACTING With the horrid doubts that always assail even the most valiant of us when we feel "let down," I suspected that Mr. Seymour was just being kind and that I would never hear from him again. But right after I had played in another prize failure, which didn't even open in New York, and had re- turned from the try-out, I got a telephone call from him one morning. He said, "You see, I haven't forgotten you. We have nothing to offer you right now, but I have recommended you to George Tyler for the part of 'Thora' in Hall Caine's play, 'The Prodigal Son.' He's expecting a call from you." My dear friend, Charlotte Walker, had opened as "Thora" in the big all-star cast at the New Am- sterdam. I happened to know she was not too happy in those austere surroundings and was leaving for an individual starring role, but I had never dreamed they would consider me for "Thora." Mr. Tyler wouldn't have, either, if it had not been for the impression I had made on William Sey- mour. And I had made that impression simply be- cause / believed in myself and was so furious over the affront suffered in La Shelle's office that I didn't care what anybody thought when I barged into his office that day. Emotion had robbed me of any and every inhibition. I had always been so reserved and so very dec- 92