“Age has not the sprightliness of steps that youth possesses. It has lost the swagger and sureness of trend. This point can be easily exaggerated, but there’s a happy medium that must be considered in playing the role of a person in the after years of life.” — Mary Alden
Source: 1924
Photo: Witzel
“Too many people do something well and then sit back upon their laurels. I will do one more mother role only. Then I am going to play ‘straights.'” — Mary Alden in 1921
