How I Became A Photoplayer (1917) 🇺🇸

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“A motion picture actress must know how to ride, to shoot, to fence, to dance, and to motor” |
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“I have just completed my seventeenth film production, or approximately 225,000 feet of celluloid in the two years in which I have been in the photoplay” |
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“Like every other actress, I had long since decided that the movies were a haven of refuge for those inferior actors and actresses who had difficulty in obtaining regular employment on the stage” |
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“Should you honor me to the extent of desiring my autographed photo, I shall be glad to send you one” |
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“The first picture I worked in was never released” |
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“I took up the study of law. Once when I took the floor and delivered a brief legal plea, I knew instantly it was the stage I wanted” |
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“I have had many offers to return to the so-called legitimate stage, but nothing now, it seems, will ever divorce me from the Photoplay” |