MABEL'S SUMMER MOVIE THEATER

CELEBRATING HOLLYWOOD'S HERITAGE OF CLASSIC FILMS *

SHE WATCHED  Movie Queens
As they reigned on the screens
Then said to herself, “Look at me!
I’ve just as much grace,
And my figure and face
Are better than most that you see.”

And so she opined,
While ‘twas fresh on her mind,
She’d give some director a jar;
She’d call at his place,
Let him look at her face-
And perhaps take a job as a STAR!

To make sure she’d be soon,
She left home around noon,
But almost collapsed with chagrin,
When a boy at the door
Interrupted a snore
To inform her she couldn’t get in.

“I’ll not be turned down,”
She averred with a frown,
“If I have to come back EVERY DAY!”
Her reward came at last,
And she really got past
The kid who was guarding the way.

Did the poor girl win fame
In the great picture game?
Did she really become a Great Star?
Did her beautiful face,
Her figure and grace
Bring people to see from afar?

Did she reign on the screen
As a great Movie Queen,
For whom all the managers bid?
Did she quickly make good,
As she thought that she would?
If you really must know it- SHE DID!

  * a theme party in celebration of the moving picture

To the left is a poem

by Lois Zellner

Written in 1919

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