Double StarOne minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. |
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... role which called for my unique talents . " This other one ? Who is he ? " Dak looked me over ; I could see him hesitate . " Mmm - fel- low by the name of Orson Trowbridge . Know him ? ” " That ham ! " For a moment I was so furious that ...
... role which called for my unique talents . " This other one ? Who is he ? " Dak looked me over ; I could see him hesitate . " Mmm - fel- low by the name of Orson Trowbridge . Know him ? ” " That ham ! " For a moment I was so furious that ...
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... role ! I had once played the lead in L'Aiglon and I had played Caesar in the only two plays about him worthy of the name . But to play such a role in life - well , it is enough to make one understand how a man could go to the guillotine ...
... role ! I had once played the lead in L'Aiglon and I had played Caesar in the only two plays about him worthy of the name . But to play such a role in life - well , it is enough to make one understand how a man could go to the guillotine ...
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... role had died or dropped out of sight at those times . But it was useless . Not only was I not too sure of the details of current political his- tory but also actors simply fade out of view with depressing frequency ; it is a chancy ...
... role had died or dropped out of sight at those times . But it was useless . Not only was I not too sure of the details of current political his- tory but also actors simply fade out of view with depressing frequency ; it is a chancy ...
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