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O PARSONS I E ERI I if I had not visited the Gol Goldwyn wyn studios one day last fall fallI j I nd happened to meet George Loane Tucker there would not have a story about Elizabeth Risdon but lUt after talking with him hime itne je e interested and decided I must know more about this star who lunon on the pictorial horizon all of a sudden and has remained before ever since that eventful day t time Elizabeth Risdon scored fen she played the feminine lead In Inquiries flooded this tills ent nn and wheres and und whys 1 such uch flocks we had bad to stop and ourselves Anyone who could comS com com- S much attention as ns Miss Risdon must be he worth while part of or it all was that the thed fad rad d' d not entirely pleased me mc She the he popular vernacular of the day T 1 fie I on L nerves in this picture In L scenes cenes she was wonderful and Innes in nes she was very cry bad ihy ky said I to myself will a girl br file MM j scenes fall tall down so fO completely ther scenes are nrc some Borne of tb the best acting that has evert ever Titon t ou on the screen screen irge Loune Loane Tucker answered this l for me inc Said he What donk do sink jink of ot Elizabeth EUzabeth Risdon 1 I 1 Tho The lady la is variable liable She 1 Js is like a n chameleon she changes color with every ery breath r ath of the wind That is interesting said Mr r Tucker for tor the la lady happens to be m my wife I took a n long breath turned tume as many colors as the said chameleon and tried trie ray my best not to let him see how anno annoyed ed edI I was at him for taking this an ad advantage of me Dont apologize he said earnestly You have spoken the truth you have hit bit the nail on the head I have directed direct d Miss Risdon and I know her ber temperament t better than anyone else elee in the world She is Just as you ou sa say as variable as ns the tho winds There is a man an in that cast to whom she took a distinct dislike and whenever he appeared in the scene she pho ho showed it so plainly she sho simply could not act These I believe were the scenes that got on your nerves just as ns they got goton goton goton on my nerves and on her own nerves Ver Very tactful is George Loano Lonno Tucker JS lIr fiji t. t u s r W fc S v y i R I t v u hW i P N. 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S j c i iti K t 24 o ti J As she app appears ars in The Manxman 1 hut but in Iii the future futuro whenever a man asks me mc what I think of a n certain star I shall hll ask Wife sweetheart or sister The above c ot of course is purely personal per per- Fonal an and has nothing to do o with Elizabeth Eliza beth both Risdon the woman owan Though she has been on the thc stage si six s1 years she has only been playing inc before the camera for a u brief two seasons OIlS She Shu has nil all the appearance of ot an nn En English girl tall 1111 willo willowy and nud rather ruther cold an and the thc most of her work on the stage has bas been een in Lon London on but she Is American born Tier Her first appearance lu u America was In Bernard Shaws Shaw's Fann FannY s S First Play PIny Miss Risdon was working on Mother her second big pro production when I talked with Mr 1 Tucker cr fI Mother lother I Is a f tion floii of Eden Philpott's novel cl A IA Mother of ot Dartmoor Not many women of ElIzabeth Elizabeth Eliz Ellz abeth Risdon's Hisdon's youth and und apparent ability abilIty abil abil- ity Hy to play roles would woul be willing willingto to take the part of a woman CO GO years ol old Miss Risdon ou was vas very cry eager enger to have hac tho the her conception conception con COIL opportunity to give to the public of this gra gray haired wrinkled lc woman Risdon's theory of or old age Is not always s 's gray hall hair wrinkles spectacles and stooped shoulders shoulder although she f f Mi 2 i pi p T T ox wn wo x d f. 1 J J f J W x Jl x r- r x 1 4 itt v F f f. f l C iti I c h. h ij ij'S J I I 11 x i 1 V C j J r S 'S J. 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F t JJ Risdon still stall in her twenties in ai ar aia appears 4 S 'S y S r iJ a woman taman of 60 years A- A t 5 Af U l' l JP r F Fany any uny little labor and a pathetic weakness These tire are the things which bleh me firc responsible for Ii her bel er successful characterization l Elizabeth has bas a ho hobby l. l y on character character char char- acter make uI e-uI She has bas written a n book on oil this subject for the benefit of the pro pro- She has hns analyzed the secrets of ot the art of ot up make-up and prepared a work which might be bc used as a textbook for tor those who are less skilled One of the Interesting things about Mother Iother Is the thc beautiful scenery of the exterior settings I It was pro produced uce in England in the thc Dartmoor section made famous by Lorna Jorna Doone Some of these same name forest settings have been brought to the thc screen by Mr Tucker who Is a n stickler for atmosphere realism The combination of or star and director in the same family is often thought detrimental detrimental detri detri- mental to the success of the talent of or one or the other othet This lias not teen seen en true H U Uthe the case of ot Mr and Mr Mrs Tucker Hf E says he understands his wife's tempera temperament temperament temperament ment and Is able to overcome faults which another director would find baffling She Sheon on the other hand han is an inspiration ti tl Mr Ir Tucker and anel is partly responsible foj fo fojtho the tho Yer very excellent picturing of ot Thi Th Manxman Miss Risdon's tastes are not unlike those of or English sh girls raised on a abig abig abig big country estate She is a n great sportswoman sportswoman sportswoman sports sports- woman and loves oves the big out outdoors She Sheri ri rides es horseback plays golf golt and tennis and andis is enthusiastic about walking Miss Risdon on can hardly be si said to be one of ot the great celebrities in motion pictures pic- pic tures tUlE though her star Is in tho the ascendant She is too new to the screen to hn have e en- en mastered every e intricacy of the tIe camera but her hers friends and a admirers are stanch un and bell believe ere that ere the year of ot Is over oer Elizabeth IUs Risdon on will be high on OIL the list of or film fa favorItes fa I f Copyright 1918 by J. J Keeley Keeler |