Pauline loved the cinema and wanted to become a filmstar. When she was twelve she said to her parents, "I want to be a filmstar." But it was not easy. After she left school, she got into films — not as a star — she became one of the people in a .
One evening the man at the called her up and said, "There's a job for you tomorrow, Pauline. Come at eight o'clock. You'll be a secretary." Pauline the studios at a quarter to eight. She waited three hours before they came to her scene. The scene was very short: the star, a famous American actor, came and stopped where Pauline was sitting.
"I want you to look at Harry, when he comes in," the director, "and say, 'Mr. Marlowe, there's a for you!' Can you say that?"
Pauline said she could and did everything the director told her to do. The director was very , and the star smiled at her.
"That's great," said the director. "Thanks."
Pauline was very happy that evening.
Some months later she two for the and went to see her film with Michael, her boy-friend. It was a good film but there was no Pauline in it. Her scene together with many other scenes had been .