We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.
From Leon Askin
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end.
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.
My father was an ardent socialist for many years.
It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.
From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.
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