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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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 #:
00052
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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May 10th. The following autumn, on a particularly bright morning, a rather travel-stained and perhaps provincial-looking girl appeared at the entrance of the X Studio in New York. I can hardly think of her as being my- self. It took real courage, I believe, to do what I did. I had burned all my bridges in saying good-by to A and all my kind friends there. I had also made Van Enden raise my salary a little, and had saved penuri- ously. All through the summer months, I lived in two dreams—the dream of acting, and the dream of meeting my hero again. I knew I was only one girl among many whom he met. But I would show him that I was not like the rest. So, taking my courage in my hands, I came and passed through the staggering bigness and noise of a great city. I admit that when I found the Studio at last, and entered the white entrance, full of bustle and con- fusion, where the telephone girl sat at the switchboard behind the railing, I lost my nerve. I was just one among millions; un- known, crude, inexperienced, a stranger among strangers. [37]