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Show How low I Broke Into IntoJlP nto ntoThe JlP The Movies MoviesCopyright Y ! J Jopynglit opynglit Copyright ; by Hal C . HermanBy Herman HermanBy - By RAMON NOV NOVARROMY NOVARRO NOVARRO'Y ARRO 'Y Y ' MO MOrHER rurn rH n . had h'1.d h1.d h1d ' . great grC'1.t grC1.t grC1t ' . amhttioasfor ambitions ambltlono amhttioas ambitionsfor ; My for me 111e She 5he wanted me to bo be aconCCl aconceit a [ conCCl conceit t planl-t planl t phnlc.t phnlct . ' - My father f'1ther f1ther fgther ' had Hm inn Hmbltlo11s innbitlons ambitlons bltlo11s bitlons for me . , too ills H1 HI & ! > " were ere along alongdifferent alongdifferent long longdifferent different lines He1nted Ele He IIe \ wanted \\1nted 1nted ' me to be bea bea a dentist I " wanted "anted anted Ranted to be an attarAlthou actorAlthough actor attar actorAlthough Althou Although h I studied stllclied mnsicncI music mnsic ' \ and \ncI ncI qnd real really reallytried real'itried realitried ' ' ) trIed to follow i0y m mv , } mother's mothers ' w \ vvlbhcs I islics hcs 1 I 1found Ifound Ifound found m\ m mvself mself mtself \ self In IIo11 Hollywood Iollywood , } wood going from fromJne fromone fromone Jne one ( studio Etudlo to another nnother 10ol.ln 10olln looking loohin4 . for a n job jobI I belle\ belle believe bellee bellese \ e that th'1.t th1.t th1t ' . \ we e usually usu\lIy usu lIy ' \ do the thln things thingstint thingsthat s sth'1.t th'1.t th1.t th1t tint ' . " we "e e \ want 1nt ' to do But Jobs were werescane werescarce werescarce scane scarce and nnd I needn't neednt ncclln't nccllnt ' go Into the de de- detll11s de- de details details - - tails tll11s of tho those ! > c "cary cary v " cary eary day In < davs , } s W \ when hen I in inten Inter Intervlevvcd ter ten iewed le\\ le lec \ c e every eery ' ery C'1.stln C1.stln C1stln casting cisting ' . du dnector duector ector and andassIstnt andasslstint andassistant assIst\nt assIst nt asslstint ' \ casting c\stlng c stlng costing ' \ director In tlie the town town.only townonly . onlv only to r receive Cpie receite Cpi\ Cpi ( > \ e the same unwelcome unwelcomeI unwelcomereply unwelcomereply unwelcomereply unwelcomereplyo I reply- reply replyo reply.o - ' . ' \o o \ .o o . o " I had h'1.d h1.d h1d hid ' . to live-and live and live - - and there " was "as as wns no nomoneJ nomoney nomone3 moneJ money , so I J 1 hung out my shingle shmgle as asa asa asa a teacher te'1cher te1cher te'icher teicher ' of piano pdnno and . voice .olce olce I se- se secured , ) se seemed Co CoCUI - CUI emed cured ed enoUnh enou.h enouh . ? pupils to keep the thep10Hrblnl thepiotierblal thepiovLrbIal p10Hrblnl piotierblal , " wolf "olr olr fiom f101ll from my humble door dooranll doorand doorand anll and I still had h\d h d hid ' \ limp tlmp time to make lD'lke lDlke mike ' the the"cary theweary theweary "cary cary weary " roun rounds s of the studios diy da d'l dl ' > after afterday afterday afterday afterdayAt day dayAt At that tIt'1t tIt1t ' time tlUle the tl1e Holl Hollywood "ood ood " Com Coin Communlty Coinmunity Cornmunlty munlty munity theater was producing produl.mJ produlmJ . pl'1Ys pl1Ys plays playsesery pl'1Yseery playsevery ' eery esery , week "eel eel " , . This was a little theater theaterand theaterand theaterand and t ' vaiious iitous 11 ' Ious n actors .tors tors < . who were bet\\ bet betcell between betweenpctures betweenpictures \ \ cell cell11)I'Ctures pctures ) [ ' donated their services ser\'lces ser 'lces lces \ ' I of oftered oftered oftered 11)I'Ctures 11ICtures tered mine 11l1ne too , just to keep myseIt myself myseItinterested myselfinterested myselfInterested interested and nnd was given the leading leadingrole leadingrole leadingrole role In a very charming charmmg pantomime pantomime'The pantomimeThe , uThe "The The " ' Sp'lnl Splnl Spanish Sp'inisli Spinisli ' < : ; h fandango .lnd\ngo .lndngo .lnd lnd ngo randgngo [ ' . ' \ " One O ne nl night ht J JPI Rp't Rpt Re-c Re c PI ' - Ingram was In theh the thp h b ro , w c y * x 'Wt Wt x'Wt ' , t j sn , , a a w ' - - yi ' * j4 & L ' L Ramon Novarroaudience Novarro Novarroaudience audience , although I did dld not . know b.now bnow It ItuntIl Ituntil ituntil untIl I recei received ' ed a call to report rcport to tothe tothe tothe the old Metro stU studio JO for aa aR mteliew inteiatew mteliewwith inteiatewwith inteivlewwith , with the famous director . Perhaps I 1 w " was 1S qs ' not as excited exc.lted exclted . over overthis overthis overthis this as I should have been beemi . . I had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been disappointed so many man ; , } times Urnes that thatI I belle belies believed ' cd ed that this w " was 1.S 1S ' . is just 'another another 'anotherone "anotherone anotherone " ' anotherone one of those things " Of course , I Iwent Iwent Iwent went to see Inram Ingram In . ; ram and nnd he gave me methe methe methe the usual preliminary prellmm'1ry prellmm1ry prelinimniry ' tests that day dayand dayand dayand and that made mude me think thInh . that perhaps perhapsthIs perhapsthis perhapsthis thIs visit had h'1d h1d hid ' not been ( In n \ vain aafn aln . . When I " was "as as told that I was to have havethe havethe havethe the role of Rupert nupert of Hentzau Hent7au in 'The The 'ThePrisoner * ' The ThePrisoner ThePrisoner Prisoner of Zenda " I really felt that thatmy thatmy thatmy my career " was "as as begun It had , too , be-- be be- because because be because - - cause Ingiam Ing1am Ingram had truly taken an in- in interest In Interest . - terest In me and ga gave ga"e \"e "e e ' \ " me e every eery , ery part partthat partthat partthat that he thought I could play " . V , , hore here the Pm Pas Pavement ement Ends nds , " 'The The 'TheRed 'TheRed 'TheRed TheRed ' Red Lllv Lily LIl ) ' , " "Scaramouche Scaramouche "Scnramouche Scnramouche " , , ' "Ben Ben " Hur , " Lovers Loers 'Losers Losers , ' Lo\ Lo \ ers " and "the the "fhe fhe "Phe Phe " Flying rtymg rlying leet-aU leet aU rleet-all rleet all rleetallthese [ , Fleet leetaUthese " - allthese these pictures came C'1.me C1.me C1me carne ' . to me \ very aery ery quick quick- quickly quickly . . - ly after nfter that tl1'1t tl11t ' and my ambition nrnbItlon to be bekno beknown beknown knon known kno\\ kno \ n as ns an actor was I hope , real real17ed real17e(1 realbed realbedRecent 17ed 17e(1 17e1 ( 17edRecent 17e(1Recent Recent plctl pictures ! re In " which "hlcb hlcb I 1 have ap appe1rcd appeered appeared pe1rcd peered are "Uuddle Uuddle "IIuddle IIuddle "Huddle Huddle " . , " a college foot foot- football football . - ball stOl stoii stout ' , . , and nnd 'Son Son ' Son Daughter , " inwhich In Inwhich inwhich which I pta placed played ) ed tlie the time part p1rt of a Chinese Chineseprince Chineseprince Chineseprince prince opposite oplloslte PIelen Helen H1CSSo HgaesSo Haves H1\CS H1 CS Hgaes HavesSo \ So now the embryo Paderewskis Paderewsl.ls Paderewslls Paderewshis . of ofthe ofthe ofthe the coml11 coming genel genciation genelt10n generitron \t10n t10n ' \ " will 111 h:1\ h:1 h1 have h:1e hale : \ e to tofind toInd tofind find Ind ( a new In Instructor structor < , as ' I'm Im ' nfrmd afraid nfrmdpl'lno afraidpiano afraidpiano pl'lno pllno piano ' lessons don't dont ' pay quite as well wellas wellas wellas as the movies moles mosles mo\ mo \ les . . |