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FILMSTAR

Pauline wanted to be a film star. When she was twelve she said to her parents, “I want to be a film star.”
But it was not easy. She got into films- not as a star- she became an “extra” – one of the people in a crowd.
One evening the man at the agency phoned her and said “There is a job for you tomorrow, Pauline. Come at eight o’clock. You will be a secretary.”
Pauline came to the studious at a quarter to eight. She waited three hours before they came to the scene she was in.
The assistant director showed her where to sit – there were two other girls with her.
It was very short: the star, a famous American actor, came to the girls and stopped in front of where Pauline was sitting. The director did not like it. “That’s bad,” he said, “very bad. Put some dialogue in there.”
The two men talked for a moment and then the director said, “Hey, you at the end of the row there.” Pauline jumped.
“Me?” she asked.
“Yes, you. I want a line from you here. I want you to look at Harry when he comes in and say, “Mr Marlowe, there’s a call for you! Can you say that?”
Pauline said she could, and did everything the director told her to do. The director was very pleased, and the star smiled at her.
“That’s great,” said the director, coming over to Pauline. “What’s your name?”
“Pauline Grant.”
“I like that, Pauline,” he said. “Thanks.”
Pauline was very happy that evening.
Some months later she booked two seats for the premiere and went to see her film with her boy-friend Michael.
It was a good film but there was no Pauline in it. Her scene together with many other unimportant scenes had been cut out.

(After Piers Plowright)

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FILMSTAR

Pauline wanted to be a film star. When she was twelve she said to her parents, “I want to be a film star.”
But it was not easy. She got into films- not as a star- she became an “extra” – one of the people in a crowd.
One evening the man at the agency phoned her and said “There is a job for you tomorrow, Pauline. Come at eight o’clock. You will be a secretary.”
Pauline came to the studious at a quarter to eight. She waited three hours before they came to the scene she was in.
The assistant director showed her where to sit – there were two other girls with her.
It was very short: the star, a famous American actor, came to the girls and stopped in front of where Pauline was sitting. The director did not like it. “That’s bad,” he said, “very bad. Put some dialogue in there.”
The two men talked for a moment and then the director said, “Hey, you at the end of the row there.” Pauline jumped.
“Me?” she asked.
“Yes, you. I want a line from you here. I want you to look at Harry when he comes in and say, “Mr Marlowe, there’s a call for you! Can you say that?”
Pauline said she could, and did everything the director told her to do. The director was very pleased, and the star smiled at her.
“That’s great,” said the director, coming over to Pauline. “What’s your name?”
“Pauline Grant.”
“I like that, Pauline,” he said. “Thanks.”
Pauline was very happy that evening.
Some months later she booked two seats for the premiere and went to see her film with her boy-friend Michael.
It was a good film but there was no Pauline in it. Her scene together with many other unimportant scenes had been cut out.

(After Piers Plowright)

_______

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Pauline told her parents that she wanted to be a filmstar... .

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FILMSTAR

Pauline wanted to be a film star. When she was twelve she said to her parents, “I want to be a film star.”
But it was not easy. She got into films- not as a star- she became an “extra” – one of the people in a crowd.
One evening the man at the agency phoned her and said “There is a job for you tomorrow, Pauline. Come at eight o’clock. You will be a secretary.”
Pauline came to the studious at a quarter to eight. She waited three hours before they came to the scene she was in.
The assistant director showed her where to sit – there were two other girls with her.
It was very short: the star, a famous American actor, came to the girls and stopped in front of where Pauline was sitting. The director did not like it. “That’s bad,” he said, “very bad. Put some dialogue in there.”
The two men talked for a moment and then the director said, “Hey, you at the end of the row there.” Pauline jumped.
“Me?” she asked.
“Yes, you. I want a line from you here. I want you to look at Harry when he comes in and say, “Mr Marlowe, there’s a call for you! Can you say that?”
Pauline said she could, and did everything the director told her to do. The director was very pleased, and the star smiled at her.
“That’s great,” said the director, coming over to Pauline. “What’s your name?”
“Pauline Grant.”
“I like that, Pauline,” he said. “Thanks.”
Pauline was very happy that evening.
Some months later she booked two seats for the premiere and went to see her film with her boy-friend Michael.
It was a good film but there was no Pauline in it. Her scene together with many other unimportant scenes had been cut out.

(After Piers Plowright)

_______

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Pauline got into films as ... .