Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 000126 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
000126
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 He said some very pleasant things about my per- formance; asked me to tell him what I had done before; and, after a while, told me what he had in mind for me—a year's contract, starting with a translation of a French farce; and during the rest of that interview, we argued. When I told him that I couldn't take the contract because I was going to play "Paid in Full," he looked at me as though I were an idiot child. "That play!" he exclaimed. "It hasn't a chance. It's been turned down by every producer in town. It was sub- mitted to me for Annie Russell, but I wouldn't let her play it—" "But Mr. Frohman," I broke in, "Annie Russell couldn't play that part!" "Young woman," he all but shouted, "Annie Russell is one of the finest actresses in America! And you have the temerity to think you can play a part she can't play?" "Yes, Mr. Frohman, I do!" I told him. "I know I'm not as good an actress as she is, yet. But I'm young, and she's too old for it!" I thought for a minute he was going to have me thrown out bodily, and then he said, "You have a pretty fine opinion of yourself, haven't you?" "Yes, I have!" I shot back at him. "I've worked hard to learn my business. I played a year of stock 100