My own story (1934)

Page scan 00081 from My own story

Record Details:

Title:
My own story
Date:
1934
Publisher:
Boston : Little, Brown, and Company
Volume:
My own story
Leaf #:
00081
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 15, 2025
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MY OWN STORY wringing his hands and calling on high heaven to punish the poor girl, who had inconsiderately stepped into a mudhole on Broad Street, I came forth with the good news that I knew the part. Finally, in desperation, the manager said, "The clothes fit her, anyway. Put her in." And so, ingloriously, I went on. But my secret rehearsals had done their work. I lived the role of Katisba. And if I do say so, as shouldn't, I was a riot in the part. At that time, I was still earning eight dollars a week, and proud of it. Eight years later, on the same Philadelphia stage, I earned eight hundred dollars. Fourteen years later, a manager begged for the privilege of paying me sixteen hundred dollars a week to play in Philadelphia. 59