Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 15 | Contract Rewards Persistent Efforts

Contract Rewards Persistent Efforts By Dy GEORGE H H. H BEAL SEAL HOLLYWOOD United Press Press Press- Twelve years of ot trudging tre sIdeWalks sidewalks side sIde- walks of ot Hollywood from studio to studio has brought Margaret l Mann lann to her goal In her sixtieth year her determination deter deter- i and md faith has been re res rewarded re- re 5 s warded and she Is now flow under contract contract con con- 0 tract ae ne a a. featured player for Fox TUrnS TUrnS' S Her case ease probably forms the theS S greatest contrast to those of 01 Dolores Del Rio Janet Gaynor and a a. score of at others who In the flush lush of ot youth climbed d the film pinnacle In a a. few fewS S short months mouths Margaret Mann appeared as MarIha Martha Mar- Mar tha Iha Washington In a tableau at the I San Ean Diego exposition In 1915 She i vas was 48 years ye old then but she de decided decided decided de- de tod to take a a. film career Sh She came to Holywood and only disappointment met her efforts Not ot discouraged she he continued year ear after year to form a a. part of ot the throng which dally daily passed from one casting office offic to another In search of a a. 7 O check Sm Small n parts part and bits fell to h her hgr r occasionally nally Sh She accepted them eagerly eagerly alL all the while hoping for recognition As tire the years ears passed pas her ber determination ti Increased I Dissatisfaction of John Ford 1 Fox 0 director with tests of ot every established established established character woman In the film I colony olony led hm him to explore as a a. final resort the ranks ranks ranks-of of the extra unknowns r And Margaret Maun faun was found L her final recognition a a. sixtieth I birthday present The rhe abilities of ot this veteran Director Ford F rd says sas jv wiIl astound fans and cr critics alike S tie e release of her hei first major 1 picture as S y yet neither completed or titled