▁more ▁than ▁happy ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁job ▁to ▁his ▁partner ▁and ▁was ▁once ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying ▁" After ▁all , ▁just ▁doing ▁the ▁g ags ▁was ▁hard ▁enough ▁work , ▁especially ▁if ▁you ▁have ▁taken ▁as ▁many ▁falls ▁and ▁been ▁dump ed ▁in ▁as ▁many ▁mud hol es ▁as ▁I ▁have . ▁I ▁think ▁I ▁earned ▁my ▁money ". ▁From ▁this ▁point , ▁La ure l ▁was ▁an ▁un cred ited ▁film ▁director ▁for ▁their ▁films . ▁He ▁ran ▁the ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁set , ▁no ▁matter ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁director ' s ▁chair , ▁but ▁never ▁felt ▁comp elled ▁to ▁assert ▁his ▁authority . ▁Ro ach ▁remarked : ▁" La ure l ▁b oss ed ▁the ▁production . ▁With ▁any ▁director , ▁if ▁La ure l ▁said ▁' I ▁don ' t ▁like ▁this ▁idea ,' ▁the ▁director ▁didn ' t ▁say ▁' Well , ▁you ' re ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁it ▁anyway .' ▁That ▁was ▁understood ." ▁As ▁La ure l ▁made ▁so ▁many ▁suggestions ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁much ▁left ▁for ▁the ▁cred ited ▁director ▁to ▁do . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁the ▁silent ▁era ▁of ▁film ▁was ▁coming ▁to ▁an ▁end , ▁and ▁many ▁actors ▁saw ▁their ▁care ers ▁decl ine ▁with ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁sound . ▁Many ▁silent ▁film ▁actors ▁failed ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁transition ▁because ▁they ▁decided ▁their ▁prime ▁duty ▁was ▁to ▁tell ▁stories ▁in ▁words ▁or ▁they ▁over emph as ized ▁their ▁speech . ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y