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Show How S I Broke Intoihe hitoThe into hito intoB B The ihe MoviesCopyright Movies ff | Copyright by Hal fiat C . HermanBy Herman HermanBy By N NANCY .NCY NCY . CARROLLT CARROLLI CARROLLRCAI CARROLL I InnA T nnA RCAI RKAILY ! LY kicked itched my way wn wa into thl the themov theL ' mo\les mo les mo\ mo mov molesboth \ les-both les both les-botb botb - both . kinds L.mds Lmds hinds ot 01 of kicks IdcL.s IdcLs kichs . , , the thehind thekind 1 hind lnd you rc.lstcr rclstcr reelster . " , to music muk ' ) , , and the thehInl1 thehlnd thekind hInl1 hlnd J 3ou you ou register without slthout lthollt musicWhen musicWhen music musicWhen When I was a child chlld , , I Ind h'1d h1d had ' plenty of ofopportunity ofopportunity ofopportunity opportunity to prictice pr'l.ctIcc prl.ctIcc prlctIcc prtctice ' . as there were weret weretwelte weretwelve t twelte " e1\ e1 e1e \ e clilldren chlldren children In our l1r family One Onedav Oneday OneddT dav day my sister and I heard that ono one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Loew theiters the'l.ters thel.ters thelters theaters ' . on the Cast ast side In Inlew inew InNew l\ew l ew \ew \ lork lorl lorh lorkns . \ns ns n'1S n1S vis \ ' ha\lns ha lns ha\lng lng having \ a dancing dJ.nclng dJnclng . con contest contest contest test for locil loc'll locll local ' t tilent t'l.lenL tl.lenL tllenL ' . tIenL We decided to toenter toenter toenter enter and try our luck lucl . a as we both bothcould bothcould bothcould could kick klcl . over our heads headc ; thenWhcn thenWhen then thenWhen When Whcn \ tte we e reached the theater , we weconfessed weconfessed weconfessed confessed that we se wevcro e \vcro vcro were \ ere from the West Westside Westside Westside side of the city . , but they let us enter enterany enteranyway enteranyway any anyway " ay Much to our surprise for fort forV.L forVL \ % \ \t t \ ( . . , were ere a n little nen nenous nervous ous at our first firstattempts firstattempts firstattempts attempts before the footlights of a big bigtheaterwe bigtheaterwe bigtheater theater-we theater we - we won "on on son "onOur " wonOur sonOur Our first big show sho\v sho v \ after this was the the'Passlng the'Passing the'Passing thePassing 'Passlng Passlng 'Passing Passing ' Show of 1923 1023 " IIere Here I did dida dida didx a : ; 'specialty specialty cpecmlty ' number , but in one of the thenumbers thenumbers thenumbers numbers I failed to kick klcl klch . as I had to toh'1ng tohang tohing h'1ng h1ng hang ' from i 1 a ' chandelier Within 1Vitliin four fourweel.s fourweeks fourweeks weel.s weels weeks . I \ was sas \ as offered oITerpd the leiding le'ldlng leldlng leading ' role roleopposite , opposite Jimes J'l.mes Jl.mes Jlmes James ' . HallThe HallThe Hall HallTlie Tlie The show made reidy re'1dy re1dy ready ' to go on the therO'1d thero theroid rO'1d rO1d ro ' ' d and so did 'I I ' . , but my wother mother irotherwho , who oppo opposed < ; ed my being hemg on the st'l.Je stl.Je stlJe stage stifierefused ' . : , refused to let me po go o on the roid rO'1d rO1d road ' So SoI SoI SoI I left this company cOf"lpan3 cOflpan3 coripnny " and Dd went Into'Topics Into Topics 'Topics ' of 1923 1O3 : ! " . Liter L'ltcr Lltcr Later ' I did a spe specmlt specinity specialti cmlt cinity number with sith " Ith the 'PassuJ PassuJ 'Passlue Passlue ' TassSn ! ; Show Show1O4 Show1924 1O4 1929 : ! ; , " ' and after that I 1 had a prom promInent prominent promInent Inent part In ' Iiynowers 'M'lyflosers Mlyflosers I1yf1o ' " ers " b.1 b1 hi"I hiI . kiting " ' lng log a11 all allthe a11the allthe the time but to music muclc ; of courceThen courseThen course cource courseThen ; Then I had a chance to come West WestI I 1 did not kick ldck ' it 1t at that , though My Myfirst Myfirst Myfirst first part on the west coast \ was sas as with with'Nancy with'Nancy with'Nancy withNancy 'Nancy Nancy ' " In my next ne\t ne t ' \ 1\\ 1 \ two 10 to \ 0 shows , ihad I Ihad Ihad had plenty of kicks 1.lcks 1lcks . for they \ were sere \ ere the'Music the Music 'Music ' Bos Box Re\ Re Reue Revue Re \ ue ' " with "lth lth sith Lupino Luplno I4upino lane laneand laneand laneand and the ' 'Music Music ' Iuslc Box " with I'anme Ianme Fannie I'anmeBrice FannieBrice ' FanmeBnce FanmeBnceAfter Brice BriceAfter After that 1 stirred st'1rred st1rred starred ' In Loose 'Loose 'LooseAnhles ' ' LooseAnb.lcs LooseAnkles Anb.lcs Anblcs Anhles . " . which shish \ ' \ hlch toured the Pacific Pacificcoast Pacificcoast Pacificcoast coast Then cime C'1me C1me came ' the leading role In In"Chicago in"Chicago In"Chicago InChicago "Chicago Chicago " , " which was nas produced In Los LosAngeles LosAngeles LosAngeles LosAngelesEer Angeles AngelesDyer E\er E er Dyer \ er since SlDce I first arrl armed arrived \ ed on the theVest thewest thewest \Vest Vest west \ coast , I hid hrl had , wanted to go IntoC IntoY Into IntoNancy C } ' ( / . , - < " , / . Y W Yr h hj j r v X r Ne rra ' r r.l .l l . .lif if 9/ 9 9f 9ra / f ra 46 46a 46i4i V , a i4i\ i4i i4i1 \ ' " 1 f t tY Y , A AN Ae Aa Aoooooooooca N e a oooooooooca ooooooooocaNancy Nancy Carrollpictures Carroll Carrollpictures pictures pktures I fin flnilly fin'llly finllly ' illy submitted some sometests sometests sometests tests toY to \Y Y \ William 14111iam Ill1am ' Fox I'ox Iox and was gl given giventhe giventhe . en enthe the secondary lead In "Ladles Ladles " Must MustDre MustDress MustDress Dre Dress ' ' After I made that picture , , I called calledat calledat calledat at the Paramount studio In Hollywood Hollywoodone one noon to keep a luncheon appoint appointmpnt appointment appointment mpnt ment with situ \ Ith a friend of mine employed employedthere employedthere employedthere there The . ; .uardlan uardlan guardian . uardlan at the door re refused refused refused fused to let me In I had my appoint appointment appointment appointment ment and I meant to keep I.eep Ieep heep . It I didn dido t tcee tsee tsee cee see ; why he should not let me In so I In Ire Iregistered n re . , lstered istered a big kick hick Lick and without withoutmusk withoutmusic withoutmusic musk music too Ton You see I in Irish and andha andhave andha ha\ ha hae have \ e red hair too so that all helped helpedI I 1 RUCSS guess RUCSSAnyway guessAnyaJ guessAnyway Anyway Any\\aJ Any aJ \ \ , , . when 1 I was In the mIddle mIddleof middleof middleof of the big hlg argument . , Ias I was \\as as \ \ Interrupted Interruptedby by 1\11 1 11 \ Miss < ; < ; Anne NIchols author of ' . Abie's Abies Ahle's Ahles Able's Ables ' Irish Rose " " She had heen been heenpassing beenpassing beenpassing passing through the foyer and stopperl stopped stoppedto stopperlto to seehat see \ what \\hat hat shat \ the e excitement cltpment cltement cltpmentae \ was \\ae ae ; ahout about ahoutWe11 aboutNell aboutWell We11 Nell I d did r11(1 r111 ( eet get pist p'1st p1st past ' that door gmrdianin guardianIn guardian u'lrdlan ulrdlan u'lrdlanin ' in the ( ' end 'nd nd only I did not go to meet meetmy meetmy meetmy my friend frlencl I went with Miss Mics : Nlcholc NlcholcInto NIcholsInto ; Into her officeShe officeShe office officeShe She told me that I was just the thetype thet t type pe for Rosemary In her play "hIch hIch which whichsns " whichwas \ . sns \ as to he limed fi1med filmed fi1medSo filmedSo ( limedSo So you see ee I did kick Idch my way Into Intothe intothe Intothe the movies My musical show klcl.s klcls kicks klcl.shelped kickshelped kickshelped . helped me to get Into dramn drama and andthat andthat andthat that helped h'lpel1 hlpel1 ( ' me Into the movies Plus Plusthe Plusthe Plusthe the music musiciless muslc'l.lecs muslcl.lecs muslcllecs ' . tlecs : kicb kick . , lut 118t last of 01 ' all a11 . |