My strange life, the intimate life story of a moving picture actress. Illustrated with photographs of America's most famous motion picture actresses ([c1915])

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Record Details:

Title:
My strange life, the intimate life story of a moving picture actress. Illustrated with photographs of America's most famous motion picture actresses
Date:
[c1915]
Publisher:
New York Grosset & Dunlap
Volume:
My strange life, the intimate life story of a moving picture actress. Illustrated with photographs of America's most famous motion picture actresses
Leaf #:
00045
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Robarts - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
26 52
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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'MY STRANGE LIFE and Van Enden appeared, a dark large shape following him. I stopped playing; the house grew deadly still; the operator left the thea- ter in semi-darkness. Van Enden said a few words of introduction, the audience ap- plauded wildly, and then Van Enden with- drew. Suddenly, Roland Welles was stand- ing beside the piano, his arm on the top of it. At the same moment, the operator threw the spot-light on him. I hardly knew it, but I, myself, was caught, or at least my head, in that circle of light that splashed part of the piano and part of the screen behind it. He was so close to me, so real; and I was not disillusioned. It was exactly as if he had stepped out of the films and had found flesh and a voice! I did not hear what he was say- ing ; there was no need of that. It was doubt- less, anyway, some stock speech about " How Pictures are Made." I leaned forward, and the pull of my whole soul must have drawn him, for, in a few moments, he turned his head slightly, looked down a little, and met my eyes. Then, he looked away. But, ever and again, through that magic hour, he kept coming back to me, as if, subconsciously, he found his real audi- ence in me. [30]