can succeed. They want to tell you how to avoid wandering for weary months in the desert of lost Hope and lost Illusion.
There is a way. The Truth is the way and, in this book, the torch of Truth has been held before you so that, in its searching light, you may examine yourself and see whether you are destined to become one of that galaxy of stars which have made and are making—motion picture history.
In this book, you will learn how to tread a sure and certain road to Success—if you are qualified. You can then make no false steps. You will reach your goal quickly because you will have read and understood the counsel and advice of those who have walked it before you. In this book, you will also learn how to save yourself a bitter disappointment, if you are not qualified and not ALL are qualified. You will read the unbiased, impartial truth, colored by no prejudices, no selfish motives, but actuated only by a desire to reach out a helping hand to those ambitious, self-reliant folk who desire to achieve success in one of the most fascinating pursuits.
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