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Once in a Lifetime Summary & Study Guide Description
Once in a Lifetime Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Once in a Lifetime Plot Summary
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Act I, Scene 1
In a small furnished room in New York City, vaudeville partners George Lewis and May Daniels talk about their immediate future. Their third partner, Jerry Hyland, is supposed to be working on a booking for them. May worries because they have only $128 in their bank account. George is less concerned, sure that something will turn up.
When Jerry arrives, he announces that he has sold their act for $500. Jerry believes he has seen the future in the first sound movie, The Jazz Singer. Despite May's protests, Jerry insists that the three of them go to Los Angeles and get into the movies. Because films have been silent until this point, actors did not have to speak well. Jerry believes that stage-trained actors, who have voice training, will be in demand.
After agreeing with Jerry's decisions, May comes up with an idea about what they will do...
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