According to curley's wife how come she didn't get into show business?

Answer 1

A man once told her that she was a natural at acting, and he would write her so that she could get in the movies. But, she never got the letter, and she thinks that it was because her mother took it. Her mother didn't want Curley's wife to be in the movies, and didn't let her go into the business. She married Curley to get away from her mom.

Answer 2

The people who were going to hire her didn't reply, but she suspected her mother was hiding the letters. She therefore married Curley to escape her mother and thought she could perhaps pursue acting from another angle, but instead found herself confined with Curley.

During the time where film was getting big in America, a lot of men were taking advantage of women; hiring them and they'd make them do obscene things, and the women were reluctant because they wanted to achieve stardom.

Answer 3

Curley's wife mentions that she could have been in show business if it weren't for her mother, who told her she was a natural at acting but then prevented her from pursuing it. She also mentions that a man promised to take her to Hollywood but never did, leaving her feeling stuck and regretful.