Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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NEARLY AN INTERVIEW Bx IRVING IEPSTI4 IN 1939 RILSSEIJ rn nry Sundav best I arrrx ed at the Stanley Theatre rn Phrladelphra hop rng to obtarn an rnteryrew wrth A1 olson YVhrle standrng rn lrne wart rng to purchase mv admrssron trcket I rexrewed what procedure I should take to secure my rnterxrew and reached the ultrmate decrsron I had best secure permrssron ofthe manager to go back stage Once rnsrde I questroned seweral ushers regardrng the whereabouts of the manager but was unsuccessful rn securrng any deflnrte rnformatron XX hrle drrnkrng water at a fountarn I drscox ered a srgn ox erhead bearrng the name of the assrstant manager Mr Balkrn Immedratelv I con cerx ed the rdea of askrng for Mr Balkrn and trred to experrment on an approachrng attendant by saymg YY rll vou krndlv tell me w here I can locate xlr Balkrn he s expectrng me' I nex er knew I was capable of tellrng such a beautrful whrte le The unrformed one replred I am me about? MV face then crrmsoned I stum bled oxer drsconnected words and finally blurted out I am on the stafl of our school magavrne and I should lrke to haxe 1 brref rntervrew wrth Al Iolson Sorry son sud Balkrn xery krndly olson rs gorng to make only one appearance and he leaxes the theatre rmmedratelv afterward He srdes rt s out of mv hands Wrth these words he turned and w rlkcd rwav Drscouraged I stumbled to a se rt near an arsle and sat there wartrng for the show to begrn strll hoprng that by way of some mrracle I mrght vet succeed rn speakrng to Dlr olson To nrake matters worse for me old woman wrth glasses and cane rn hand came walkrng down the arsle beatrng her cane as she walked Ut all the hundreds of people rn the theatre she chose to srt besrde me and addressed me sawrng lNow heres Page Twelve a nrce lookrng voung lad' May I srt besrde vou' Startled Irose rna po lrte gentlemanly fashron and allowed the wom rn to be seated She talked and borsted for what seemed lrke hours to me I was permrtted to rntersperse onlv a few broken sent encesj At last the wrdow I gatlr ered as much by her talkatrvenessI rose and sard that she recognrzed some frrends who were seated rn the front of the theatre I hope to goodness her frrends keep her I sard to mvself But alas she returned rn a few mo ments then I almost krcked myself for not changrng my seat durrng her werx brref absence It grew rather monotonous wartrng for the prcture to start and ew rdently the talkatrye woman could stand wartrng no longer for she laughed loudly clapped her hands and beat xrgorouslv wrth her cane upon the floor Almost the entrre theatre turned to look at her Some stared at me and I felt most uncomfortable Frnally an usher approached and please keep vour mother quret'7 Thrs was more than I could bear I excused myself saymg that I was qurte thrrsty and wrshed to get a drrnk She asked 1fI would brrng her one I would lrke to drown you rn rt madam I muttered to myself lNeedless to say I drdn t get a drrnk drdn t brrng the woman one nor drd I return to my former seat Instead I found 1 seat on the frrst row whrch was about the only one left by thrs trn e lhe lrglrts went out and the show began Restlessly I sat through the screen attractron fhen the lrghts went on once agarn Ilearts beat faster and faster Une could hear the playmg of a band on the outsrde to welcome the great star The curtarn parted and on the stage before a mrcrophone stood an announcer It rs the ex treme prrxrlege and honor he sard that on the occasron of the openrng of hrs latest starrrng motron prcture rn thrs theatre to rntroduce to vou the rnrmrtable star of radro stage and screen the world s outstandmg enter tarner none other than Al olson' Mr olson walked out on the stage anrrd '1 storm of tpplause lhe an nouncer handed hrm a mrcrophone Ihank you sard olson vou arn t heard nuthrn vet' That rs the statement he has made so popular by nreans of radro performances Agarn the theatre applauded I thrnk vou can all hear me I dont need thrs thrng he sard rn a deep clear xorce as he put the mrcrophone asrde fhen he told Jokes and funny storres as onlv the famous nrammy srnger can keeprng the audrence alwavs rn a state of laughs and gasps Hrs act berng concluded he bowed and left the stage I mrght nexer agam have an opportunrty to see Al olson rn person Yvould I forgrxe mvself rf I let thrs chance slrp Had I come all the wav from Camden rn xarn These thoughts surged through my rnrnd all the trrne that Mr olson was on the stage Then as he was leax rng a strange power took me from my seat and I leaped up on the stage after the star followed by dozens of other boys 'Vlr olson wrth greyrng harr rs probably rn hrs fortres Hrs person sparklrng brown eves Hrs Jokrng manner when we addressed hrm was not drfferent from the jokrng manner that has made hrm known on the screen In the excrtement I handeo hrm mv drarv to autograph As Ire srgned rt I remarked Wlr olson nrt lrfe wrll come to a stop when I reach thrs prge II he entertarner then stopped grrn nrng Ile probablv thrnks lrrs jokes are better than nrrne Ihen the ushers canre and escorted us all except ol son of coursej rw av from b ack stage Once agarn I stood rn amazement before the theatre I drdn t rnterxrew Al olson but I can boast of haxrng had nerxe enough to lead other auto graph seekers back stage and of berng the first of these seekers to get the autograph of the world s out standrng entertarner Besrdes what a thrrllrng adxenture rt was' I 1 1 1 . v 't ' , - , . 1. 1 X I S ir, , . . . , I , , . 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