When the movies were young (1925)

Back Home Again 175 worked up about himself. When that seemed imminent, new talent would suddenly appear on the scene to play "leads" for two or three weeks so that the importance of the regular could simmer down a bit. Now that they had developed an affection for their movie jobs, the actors didn't like this so well, They'd come down to the studio, sit around and watch, get nervous, and after drawing three or four weeks' salary without working (things had come along apace), they wouldn't know what to make of it. They'd carry on something awful. They'd moan: "When am I going to work? I don't like this loafing — I wonder if Griffith doesn't like me any more — I'd like to know if he wants me to quit and this is his way of getting me to make the overture." Finally, Eddie August, after, suffering three weeks of idleness, on pay, got very brave and told Mr. Griffith he wished he'd fire him or else, for God's sake, use him. Mr. August was quite relieved to have Mr. Griffith's explanation that in his case he was merely trying out new people, and didn't want him to quit at all, would be very glad to have him stay. When the Black-eyed Susans had reached full bloom, we went back to Greenwich, Connecticut, and did a picture called "What the Daisy Said," with Mary Pickford and Gertrude Robinson. We visited Commodore Benedict's place again, and again he brought out boxes of his best cigars. A good old sport he was. To the Civil War again, in the same old New Jersey setting, with Dorothy West playing the heroine in "The House with the Closed Shutters." In her coward brother's clothes she takes his place on the battlefield, breaks through the lines, delivers a message, and is shot as she returns. And, forever after, inside the darkened rooms of the House