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Show i Movie . Queen Balks at Morality in Contract ; " i - v ,v HO LLTWOOD, A uaj. It H1m Chadwlek's tilt arar tha ancaywldatii havtUdad movla anarallty ctauaa aoat har alna months ot serosa ldlanaas at tha crti Seal period In aer caraar. pha has Juat raaumad work. , - - 1 Now. don't Jomp to eoualoiia Halana of tha etaar ays, fatchinf smlta and lira proa chabla aoaduct tfn't tha kind af HH daaanrlnff at t har tha f u.danc or aor u tiny of a moraJa mod. or. But aha. tofathar with acoroa of other prominent playara, waa for-mally for-mally subjected to tha behavior ctauaa whan moat movie produce re. two yasra affo, appended It to oontracts as a flnanclaj pracautloit. Whan. )et November. Mlaa -Chadwlek's optional contract was renewed by Gotdwyn .Pletarea, she fait that tha morality amendment waa not J ally btndinff, and, being- otherwlae Lasaltafled, chalianred tha entire paot la court. Tha Ooidwyn corporation, on tha othar hand, fait that Mlaa Chadwlek's defection waa baaed an complaint that aha waan't receiving-enough receiving-enough pubUvlty and was dlagrualied with har aaiary. a ' a a' - Whatever tha martts tn tha dtapvta hatwoafei aaaaa -theeanaayaaaala anataagoanviataa new settled In renewed film family comity, tha fact ta that Helena Chad-wlrk Chad-wlrk and many othar aereea lural-nartoa lural-nartoa ara tnailnad to -took, aakanca at tha morality clause aa a potent ail bludgeon In tha producer' hands. And the foregoing? la Intended merely to make that point, no Innuendo agaiaat any company to ba ImpHad. maimii, iv.iwwi.in si tmtu rtoua caaea. felt they wara Justified tn adopting It aa Insurance. But it la considerably lopsided aa a contracture! con-tracture! obligation. . permitting tha widest latitude la interpreting what shall eonetllute "pobllo offenea" an the part of a player. Even tha emok-Ing emok-Ing of a cigareytn pobllo might ba as construed, and It la capable of being used for ulterior motive - Ona company, not Ooidwyn, I am Informed, employed It aa a aubter. fuga to fire an aotreea and rehire her at a entailer aaiary. No caae of dleehargc under the morality clause haa yet been made public. If any but the one adverted to exists . Both Ooidwyn and Mlaa Chadwlck. I ahould ear, are ta be congratulated on having affably mended their temporary tem-porary differences, Tha Incident ssrvea alee to demonstrate Mlaa Chadwlck a mettle - Bhe'a not one of thoee who eoane biasing up In plot urea, precisely be- riuee aha s ao much the normal merlran girl In feature and tem- Krament. Haf at ayeara In the fllma ve been hard plugging flrhtlag every sup of the way Not being a K renounced type, ahea had- to use iiu er wit. talent and gumption to hold her own with mora distinctive competitors. com-petitors. , . Patha-Astra Film company found bar through an advartlasmsnt In New York after Harrlaon Flaher and other arttata had poaed her for megaslns covers Chadwlck. N. T., her birthplace, birth-place, waa named after Helen a grand-father, grand-father, woolen mill exeoutlve. In New York aha studied dramatic arts and starred In school playa. She Played leada with Antoole Moreno for Patha and then algned up rot Ova yearg with the Ooidwyn oosnpejir. - Rupert Hughea. whs haa Ukan a wrofeaalonal iMareet In Helena's sd. vancemant. haa caat her aa leading woman In hla forthcoming 'Law Aaalnat Law." written direct for the acTwen and having Mlaa Chadwlck In mind for tha featured role. |