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Hopeful Girl in Hot New York Seeks Stage Life
A young hopeful, Mouse Mallinger, arrives in New York seeking stage work amid a heatwave and harsh auditions. She befriends Jimmie Sears, shares a meal, confides a grim home life, and finds a glimmer of an engagement as she battles hunger, nerves, and the brutal realities of early theater life.
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Rialto
Cartur
Mins Morris
Claya Morris
Ater
Juliet
Magila
New York
Lille
Miss Masters
John Cannister
Cornwall
Hite
Monktown
Massanchusetts
Phore
Jimmie Sears
Jimmie-boy
Jimmie
Newport
Belasco
Nat
Stiss Jones
She
Amhin
Tiramie Sears
Jimmina
Museus Mallinger
Sally
Musetta
Ana Xontle
Mousse
Mouse
Fanély
Jimmie Sravely
Sha
Reneniss
Jimmie Seare
Mouse Mallinger
Joe
Mousa
Hoe
Cinderella