Groucho Marx Palace Theatre: Sarah Bernhardt
I was playing the Palace Theater once, and Sarah
Bernhardt was on the bill. She was one of the first great
stars to play the Palace. She insisted on getting a
thousand dollars in cash before she appeared. She was old
at that time, but they wanted her at the Palace just the
same. She used to do some scene, where she used to lie in
a coffin and play a dramatic scene. Oh, she was alive.
She only had one leg. Did you know that? She was getting
a thousand dollars before each performance. I had two
legs and I was getting fifty dollars a week.