The Washington times., 1927-10-06
rRyngG GRANT rHALBERG. HE MADE HIS OPPORTUNITY
Yes, a Few; Ask Thalberg

clerk from his counter stenographer from his notebook
salesman from his little desk in the automobile showroom will
look up and say Ford Marcus Loew all those fellows COT
IN early And they lucky What chance average
man to get ahead7 Success getting harder every day
AL of which 100 per cent untrue Success Is getting
Easier EVERY DAY.
important positions than ever demand
for people able to fill them.
TELLIGENcE AND LOYALTY. TO do these things means
success
Working hard and Loyalty won't give you Fords constructive
brain Not everybody succeed Marcus Loew succeeded
Very few would be willing to work hard he worked by
the way.
Still fewer not one in fifty Million could hope to succeed
Thomas Edison succeeded For his GENIUS
You must have that born in you But genius Edison
has said 10 per cent INSPIRATION and 90 per cent PER
sPIRATIoN."
Irving Thalberg seen above illustrates the fact that
there for him who works at the thing hand
looking at the ceiling and asking: Why don't get ahead?
little while ago Thaberg only twenty mine years
old had nothing. Now he is acknowledged be most dis
tinguished leader in the moving picture industry.
He got job with the Universal Pictures $s5 week
senogphr Carl Laemmle took him into his office and made
him his private secretary
his small merchant in small town. he spent four
teen years in that small town to up less than be makes
IA week now.
10 return to Thaibsrg He WORKED. He went from
Universal City, near Los Angeles, and CONTINUED TO
WORK
did the work for which he paid studied oppor
funites to do other work Those that work hard AT THE
THING IN HAND, KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN AND HAVE
AMBITION, don't stay in one place.
Soon Thalberg running the production end Of Laemmes
moving picture business which supplying brains
large percentage Of them, to moving pictures.
little later Thalberg charge he Of Metro
Goldwynayer production produced pictures
1.-THE Big Parade Merry Widow Tell It to the Marines
tscarlet Letter and Flesh and the Devil Part Of his
daily job not day eighteen hours de-
scribed editing cutting ting, casting advising million
aire stars giving faery advice directors script writers
and authors passing problems of estate exhibitor
troll and promotional values in his productions"
understand the deep emotions shallow temper
aents Of moving picture ladies and gentlemen that quite
seriously fame and glory forced upon them by the brains
money Of other and by their good looks Those
real talent trouble for talent harder handle
than mental mediocrity.
Tor doing this work. Thalberg gets salary would make
President Coolidge open his eyes the President got
he could retire at the end Of fouryear richer than he
would care to be.
Thalberg has peculiar genius Of his won which is his
marvellous capacity for understanding other people, what they
do, and GETTING THE BEST OUT or THEM
However observe that nobody gave him his opportunity
he Is only twenty years DID, wasn't born early enough
seize the mythical easy chances that supposed to have
been lying around fifty years ago.
He worked at what he HAD in hand keeping his eyes
for a chance to do something better, more useful
He knew that If he didn't get ahead the only person to
blame Irving Thaberg and he did get ahead So can we
ALL perhaps farther ahead than Thabeg perhaps not 50 far
but FAR ENOUGH really work and 100 per cent
what In u.s. instead of devotng per work 90
per cent to growing cigarettes soda water horse races
ball, and learned opinions the big fights.