1922年,我从加州大学表演系毕业后,独自一人来到纽约投奔我儿时的好友艾芘,渴望能在百老汇的话剧舞台上实现自己的梦想。然而,在百老汇,没有哪一个剧团愿意给一个没有背景、又不是选美冠军的女孩机会。经过十多次面试之后,我的积蓄越来越少,不得不到一家餐厅的衣帽间打工,靠每周七十多块钱的收入勉强度日。终于,父亲在电话里说,如果到圣诞节我还是无业游民,就必须回家到他的公司上班。 After graduating from the University of California Department of Performing Arts in 1922, I went alone to New York to play Buddy, my childhood friend, and long for my dream on Broadway’s arena. However, on Broadway, no theater company is willing to give a chance to a girl without a background or a beauty pageant. After more than a dozen interviews, I had less and less savings and had to work in a cloakroom in a restaurant, reluctantly spending more than seventy dollars a week. Finally, my father said on the phone that if I was still unemployed at Christmas, I would have to go home to work for his company.