How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.
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It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may be training for some character or feature in some future production not yet definitely fixed even in my own mind.Florenz Ziegfeld
Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work.
Florenz Ziegfeld
I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
Florenz Ziegfeld
Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.
Florenz Ziegfeld
Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
Florenz Ziegfeld
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