Fifty Years of Make Believe

1923. The memoirs of a well known stage actor, who also played a number of important dramatic roles for the Thanhouser movie company. Contents: The Attraction of the Stage; First Appearance as an Actor; Experiences in a Provincial Stock Company; Varied Experiences of Good and Bad Fortune; Progress and Promotion; Shakespearean Ambitions; My Arrival and First Experiences in America; A Season of Productions and Successes; Edwin Booth, America's Greatest Actor; Tour of South with Edwin Booth; Booth's Theater, New York; Last Days of Booth's Theater; First Visit to California; Warde-Barrymore Diplomacy Company; First of Many Visits to Texas; First Experience as a Star; Visit Many Places and Meet Many People; Genesis of the Warde-James Combination; King Lear; Renewed Association with an Old Comrade; Chautauqua and Lyceum Platforms; and Close of the Story.