The camera man who took it did not think highly of it and considered the wonderful photography as good as wasted, and he had said as much--and more--to his intimates.
Beckitt, Luck's assistant, had privately announced it as the rottenest piece of cheese he had ever seen under a Wild-West label, and disclaimed all responsibility.

They of the cutting and trimming clan had not said anything at all.

Martinson, having heard the rumors, felt that they confirmed his own suspicion that Luck had made a big blunder in bringing those cowboys into the company.

They were not actors.

They did not pretend to be actors.
You will see that it was a critical audience indeed that gathered there in the projection room that rainy afternoon to see the trial run of _The Soul of the Littlefoot Law_.