There had to be two hens at least in every barnyard scene, and when Lottie came home from the cruel city, she had to have a real baby in her arms.

Lordy, I never knew what realism was until I struck the movies.

They've gone crazy over it.
"'The Half-Breed,' you know, was adapted from one of Bret Harte's stories, and nothing would do the director but a trip up to the Carquinez woods in northern California.

A forest fire figured in one of the scenes, but I never thought much about it until I saw them bringing up some chemical engines, hose reels, and five or six fire-brigades.
"'What's the idea ?' I asked.
"'To keep the flames from spreading,' they told me.
"And let me tell you, it was _some_ fire.

After I got out of it I felt like a shave from a Mexican barber." "What effect is the movie going to have on the speaking drama ?" was my next question.
"Look at the effect it's had already," he said.