Pauline Frederick : on and off the stage (1940)

Record Details:

Title:
Pauline Frederick : on and off the stage
Date:
1940
Publisher:
Chicago : A. Kroch
Volume:
Pauline Frederick : on and off the stage
Leaf #:
000135
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
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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Chapter Nine Third jMarriage Return to Stage T -HREE YEARS had now elapsed since Pauline's divorce from Willard Mack. Although after their parting she had risen to her greatest heights with the Goldwyn Company and the making of " Madame X," the heartache over Mack had not lessened. She felt that, had she had his expert advice to rely upon, those inferior pictures would never have been made. In all probability she would never have left the Goldwyn Company — a step which she now regarded as one of the bad mistakes she had made. On the surface, she had everything a woman could desire and was very happy, for Pauline never wore her heart on her sleeve. With those around her, she was gay and carefree and only the more discerning knew that she still suffered over Mack. More than ever, now that she felt herself slipping, did she long for someone on whom she could lean and turn to for advice. There was, also, something else gnawing at her vitals; something from which she could not escape and yet it was crushing her beneath its weight. This was the almost hypnotic influence of her mother. Mrs. Frederick had her in a grip that was strangling. At the beginning of her career this autocratic rule had been all right, but it had so developed in its intensity that Mumsy had to have a say in everything that Pauline did. Not for one moment was Pau 115