“[Recalling The Mark of Zorro (1920)] Suddenly, as I watched [[w:Douglas Fairbanks|[Douglas] Fairbanks]]' harlequin poses and swirling trajectories across the screen, there sprang into my mind a wonderful idea. Why should I not turn my pleasure into profit, and earn my living by seeing films? The profession of film criticism had not yet come into being ... An extra deterrent was the fact that women had very little standing yet as journalists.”