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R ls j T n f l K Kr w Y i f r I f The e End n of o the e Hollywood o Woo Trail ra ONE NE out of 1000 girls bec becomes mesa a leading woman a successful 1 J free lancer in In d demand demand mand at various studios during production periods she may have a limousine of her her- own and some day may maybe maybe be a star Fully out of 1000 girls are utterly disappointed unable to see the inside of a studio whether they come equipped with money and clothes or not Ten out of 1000 girls earn a precarious livelihood oc occasionally employed as extras in large scenes for which they receive from 3 to a perhaps day-perhaps one day a week There are out of 1000 girls who find employment in Los Angeles cafeterias telephone ne exchanges or in other ther lines There are out of 1000 girls who unable to remain in California Cali Cali- after disappointments return to their home fornia forma ultimately towns S Fu Fully ly out of 1000 girls are swallowed ved up in the wreckage I o bodies of-bodies f bodies odies and souls souIs seared and soiled the er return home I I great annual march on Hollywood Honywood has leas begun the begun the feared influx of struck film girls for whom there is not nota ft e. chance and chancy and welfare agencies of the picture motion capital are f sending ending appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals to their organizations in other States to spread the news news- that the opportunities op op- opportunities x op in the studios are almost nil niI the number of pilgrims pilgrims pil- pil Strangely enough grims is increasing in spite of decreased studio activity and standardization of the film-acting film business Late summer summer and early fall saw an unparalleled accession ac ae cession to the ranks of the Coxey's army of the films films besieging the picture capital capi tal daily with demands for work n Hollywood is suffering from a plethora ora of pretty faces Thousands are already on tho the ground the cafeterias telephone exchanges and other vocation vocation- vocational al occupations for disappointed ones are ara overcrowded Many rany are penniless out of work Yet they come come on on every train in autos outos afoot on bicycles even on alfalfa wagons And the national board of the Y W C C. C A. A sponsor for the Hollywood Studio Club is ia isable able le to accommodate only twenty twenty twenty ty girls at a time In spite of of the fact that Will WiIl Hays has raised to help the national board of the Y W. W C. C A. A of which Mrs John D. D Rock Rockefeller feller Jr is a member multiplying five times over tho the housing accommodations for smitten film girls the tha unprecedented influx cannot be ac IT TT TAKES just dust two weeks in the film capital to kill kijl the ambition of ofa a movie struck movie struck girl That js the time limit allowed w d by t t. i St Studio dio Club to the average average average aver aver- age girl girl who goes to Los Angeles Angele seek seek- seeking seeking ing fame a e on the silver sh sheet et A And d Miss Marjorie Williams s the director of the club is authority for the statement that two weeks is often nore pore than enough to disillusion a girl Some come with witha a wardrobe and sufficient funds for several several sev sev- eral months but but most with barely enough to get them to Hollywood Many do not have enough even for railroad fare but come ome hiking or beg rides from along the national highways Mary P Pickford tells of one girl who ho hoh r h had d walked all the way from the East app applying ying at t her studio for work t In t spite of of the fact that the Fairbanks Fairbanks- F Pickford st studios dios use only experienced people Doug made a place for this this' girl in stock and Mary for arranged for her accommodation n at the Studio Club Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless Nev Nev- the girl soon d dropped from irom sight It takes more than a chance to tomake to tomake tomake make good on the studio lot r And this c chance ance even even to show what r tone ono one can do is placed by William C. C DeMillo DeMille as to 1 shot Not more ore r V than one girl gill in iri a a hundred who dreams of udom ardoin ever r gets a chance to f ce V the cameras camera i It h o 1 a 1 i s Elf I V V 6 F f Y c. c t r d rC AR ARS S i r s 4 sl sli slA i r f Y A I i 7 y The lure lure of Hollywood j just st f to see it im impelled impelled im- im t three h r e c e New York stenographers to walk across the theN continent continent- to Film ville where they were were e entertained entertained en- en Y by Marjorie Daw Dav v Da e standing in the center The only only work ever ever available available for a an n novice vice is in itt mob scenes which pays from 3 3 to a day quite day quite a contrast with the high high- salaries high salaries which stars and leading leading leading lead lead- ing players receive Even old troupers who are greatly in demand get no more than fifteen or or twenty days a month in this kind of ot work And nd these must have an extensive wardrobe pay commissions commissions com cpm missions to agencies purchase scores of a pensive expensive photographs for submission submission submission sion to casting directors and land to keep up up a front Holl Hollywood is full and still they come The disillusioned disappointed girls of today were the arrivals of a few days finding there is is' is easy before no e easy sy road to fame in th tha tho cinema world I r Ir J k k h h t. If lX l 1 I If Stay Home I 97 I I I i r Says Hollywood d to I II II i I Army of Movie I Maidens as California Wrestles With Problem of Caring This Winter minter for Forlorn Lass Lassies ies Stranded at End of I Rainbow Ra Trail I t r. r i n k kh h s y k out the the from fromi out Many a ar wire has gone Studio Club affiliated with tho the Y W. W C C. C be would who A. A to discourage girls silent actresses and actresses and usually the anam answer an an- is another wire saying 1 I 1 am coming anyway Ambition and self- self them to ignore the impel the prettiest girl will warning but heart-brokenly heart after two wilt and cry weeks' weeks job hunting at the tho studios of Hollywood The number of arrivals at the club is increasing each month says Miss We W e have re- re Williams the director Gently turned away ninety girls With our limited quarters also it has been necessary to limit the stay of the girls here They have been found other employment employment employment em em- or been willing to go back home when the time limit was up Of course I try to discourage these girls as much as possible from coming here hereto to work in pictures My daily mail is filled with letters from girls all aU other the country who write they are coming here asking reservations I immediately immediate immediate- ly y wire begging them not to come telling them only in rare instances can cana a girl get a 1 chance even to play pIny extra but so few heed my warning I usually receive a telegram saying I am com- com jing anyway So o there is on ony y one thing to do let do-let let them see for themselves There is nothing more discouraging than these long tramps to tho the studios then waiting all day perhaps without seeing the casting director If the casting casting casting cast cast- ing director is seen he will probably tell them them they must apply at the Athe Service YR- YR I V r l r ti 4 If the aspirants are lucky mind you they sometimes get gt I jobs in which they become but little more than part o of the stage tage setting In order to attain even this degree of cinema fame they must have youth beauty freshness freshness' and nd fac faces s that will photograph well Bureau Tho The bureau being r crowded will likely refuse further further applications It takes a very little while for Now of course under our wing the girl is absolutely protected The seriousness seriousness seriousness seri seri- lies in the the fact that wo we can can house but a limited number Those va we must pass by are the tragic cases cases During the recent slump in movie movie- land a n. well known night restaurant king noticed a beautiful girl enter his cafe cafe- with a man whom ho knew as one of of the worst of the city's night C Copyright 1023 by bv Lodger Company V ii 2 3 I r. r 1 t tA l A S I. I I r A I y l r rt t 4 f f G e eV 3 V V N One of the hard parts of the task of Miss Nell Newman l business secretary of the Hollywood Studio Club which is trying to take care of part of the disappointed is isto to keep girls from going to o Hollywood life She seemed ill at ease He concluded con con- cl eluded ded she was inexperienced an and he had better keep an eye on the couple During the evening from snatches of her conversation he learned she was virtually starving The man had accosted accosted accosted ac ac- ac- ac her on the street and proposed a dinner Hunger made her accept dependent dependent de de- pendent on his charity for a meal If she knew the real character of the man she was too discouraged and to too weakened weakened weakened weak weak- ened to c care re The cafe m man n decided to interfere when he did so he found the girl had come to Hollywood from a middle West town She had left home against the wishes of her parents confident she would would would-be be successful She was a rarely b beautiful girl but her beauty was in her vivid coloring which is lost on the screen Even in prosperous prosperous times she would not photograph well weIl before the camera Quarters were found for her she was provided with rith a meal ticket at rt the cafe until her parents could be informed They sent carfare and she returned a wiser if sadder girl Dozens of girls are not so fortunate as to meet meeta a hearted big-hearted man of disinterested human human human hu hu- hu- hu man sympathy It is by no means rare that film- film struck girls go hungry H. H E. E Westgate former proprietor of the cafe is authority for the statement that young girls some some of them with faces noticeably pinched with hunger have come to to him and begged for scraps in his kitchen The end of the Hollywood trail is often too dark to picture Girls thinly thinly thinly thin thin- ly clad out of work with no money for room rent have sold their souls for a sandwich Pretty girls driven desperate declares declares declares de de- are one of our our hardest problems clares a m member of the Los Angeles morals squad It is these that the Studio Club is designed designed designed de de- signed to reach rather reach rather it is girls who may be saved such a fate 1 One Ono of the factors factors' has been brought S i. i d vIt v J t It takes take just abo about t two weeks in in the film aca a ca capital P ital to kill the ambition of a movie movie movie- struck girl that is the time limit set by bythe bythe bythe the Studio Studio Club and Y VI W. W C. C A. A of 5 Hollywood The end of the trail is often too tod to dark to picture v w m T i r v 4 r 1 jl x At the head of the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- to keep girls from going to Hollywood is Miss Marjorie Williams She Sher She She-is is the director of t the e Stud Studio o Club and past mistress in inthe j the gentle art of discouraging 1 t ing girls bent on courting J disaster in Hollywood 1 to the tho attention of the Los Angeles Ministerial Association the Association the so-called so bathing gir girl mobs Graceful young girls of natural modesty are often given roles in which their sensibilities are soon blunted perhaps they appear only once find themselves jobless and haunt the stu studios ios v vainly thereafter WELL ELL defined regular features are a a 1 necessity for screen ability The Theca ca camera era picks up the slightest defect Charms of coloring are lost on the tha screen b be it that of hair e eyes es or com com- Size is a very cry serious defect at timeS tunes THe TIe The chances for tall girls are relatively few People like to see see the heroine considerably considerably con shorter than the hero I IA A good wardrobe is necessary The larger studios have wardrobes which provide extras with necessary clothes but the smaller studios do not Given all the these e necessities one must must have sufficient funds not funds not less than a m month nth and be able to live where other other girl girls in in the profession n are living Going it alone with no help from the outside is fruitless B BUT UT the great tragedy lies with those those who out of pride shame or humiliation stion never go back That i is is the lot of many At the Studio Club in Hollywood Miss Mis Williams and her assistant Nell Nen Newman Newman Newman New New- man business secretary of the club dub are doing what they can to reach the press and welfare agencies of the country with tho plea that they spread the news ne 1 that Hollywood is full to overflowing t with pretty girls and th that t their chancel in pictures are nil t |
