Before the prologue and picture was shown, a young singer asked me for a job.

7 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:53:41 in the radio play.

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- The latest who have done so are William Powell and Myrna Loy, who used to dance in my prologues.

- While most of us have heard of your theatre and footprints, few people realize that you've helped scores of players on their way to fame...

- Raquel Torres who started as one of your usherettes, Ramón Novarro, or Jackie Coogan, whom you discovered.

- Yes, it's strange how things work out.

- I used to put on Sunday morning concerts in the Million Dollar Theatre in Los Angeles.

- Before the prologue and picture was shown, a young singer asked me for a job.

- After hearing him, I said, 'You're on, but the price is only ten dollars for the concert.'

- He said he needed the work and if I'd give him six concerts in a row that ten dollars would be all right. I did. His name: Lawrence Tibbett.

- To this day one of my best friends is Charlie Chaplin. Before he ever appeared on the screen Charlie worked for me on the stage in San Francisco and I gave him a letter of introduction that brought him to the screen.

- I claim no credit for this. It just happened.

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