He would be glad to take a small part to begin with--almost any small part until he could familiarize himself with studio conditions.

And here was a bunch of stills that would give any one an idea of the range of parts he was prepared to play, society parts in a full-dress suit, or soldier parts in a trench coat and lieutenant's cap, or juveniles in the natty suit with the belted coat, and in the storm-king model belted overcoat.
And of course Western stuff--these would give an idea of what he could do--cowboy outfit and all that sort of thing, chaps and spurs and guns and so forth.

And he was prepared to work hard and struggle and sacrifice in order to give the public something better and finer, and would it be possible to secure some small part at once?
Was a good all-round actor by any chance at that moment needed in the company of Miss Beulah Baxter, because he would especially like such a part, and he would be ready to start to work at any time--to-morrow, or even to-day.
The tired little woman beyond the opening listened patiently to this, interrupting several times to say over an insistent telephone, "No, nothing to-day, dear." She looked at the stills with evident interest and curiously studied the face of the speaker as she listened.

She smiled wearily when he was through and spoke briskly.
"Now, I'll tell you, son; all that is very nice, but you haven't had a lick of real experience yet, have you ?--and things are pretty quiet on the lot just now.

To-day there are only two companies shooting.