Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-05 | Page 15 | He Deserted Diamond for Screen

HE DESERTED DIAMOND FOR SCREEN I I Edmund Lowe Low Attends PI Prize ze Fights Operas With Equal Zest I f T TlE lE STA TEt A fLAe Dt r I I LA J fiND i IE E 1 I. I rt ru r- r ton IX I r ERmE HE C tn 5 wEll wE'll As PE GIlJE E Qt O cc G i r Ac ti rt Star Spends Spare Time Experimenting Experimenting- With With Plant Grafting Enjoys Sports I HOLLYWOOD Cal Col NEA- NEA Edmund Lowe Lone started out to be bo a n anro professional baseball 11 player but player but fortunately I for tor him ho lie couldn't quito quite mako the grade So now no nohe he heIs heis heis is a star of ot the sliver silver sheet instead of or the diamondI diamond I played on the Santa Clara university uni uni- ball bail team back In 1307 1907 and antI 1908 along alonS' with Artie Artic II uniTy Harry a try Welters and Benn Benny Kauff urr sal said Lowe Towe J All 11 of or them made tho the bl leagues 1 but ut I wasn't quite good enough I 1 always had to take t a funny tunny little etCh before I threw the ball bali That was all nil right In collegiate baseball but I knew It would keep krep me out tf the major leagues So I became an actor Instead However acting wasn't new to toI toI I I- Baseball wasn't his only achievement while attending tho the university Ilo ha also was wai Intensely el Interested In dramatics and was wa on onor one of or the stars stare of the rugby r football squad squall Rugby football was n tho the bl big sport of ot the colleges collert's In n those thoe days daa For years lS after he ho had definitely c. cast t hi lii lot with the acting don sion EidIe used to duck out whenever when when- ever eret he hue hall had a chance and attend ba baseball games That sport port was still hl hH his first lov lo love Durin During the thc da days when Pacific Coast st league baseball used to be played playe in the old Washington Washington Wash Wash- In ington ton park Eddie was one of or the most mot regular fans Like LUc man many other sport followers Collo he hc now has switched 8 his allegiance to lo football Lowe Losse certainly refutes the old oM theory that actors arc dumb II He Tic holds the distinction of or being the youngest man to graduate lo from Santa S Clara Claro university being only I I I 18 Is years old when h he received his A. A B. B degree A year later he was iras awarded his M. M f A. A degree Eddies Eddie's debut as an nn actor was mado matte In Los Angeles l In The Brat Brnt A show which he lie also played In Now New York YOlk opposite Fulton After Arter playing on Broadway for six years ho he was wag finally persuaded to try his hand at motion mollon pictures his first part being In Vive Ise la in France nce in which Dorothy Doroth DaltOn was starred starrel From Froin then on th the th story slon of oC his life liCe Is nothing more inure nor less than a of ruin film successes topped II by hl his portrayal of or Quirt in What Price Glor Glory about I 1 years yeas's ago He lIe now is with Dolores Dolore Del JUo in A lOA Sailors Sailor's Sweetheart which he thinks think will willbe willbe willbo be bo tho the best film he has hns mado made to date tf Lowe Lone 1 is h more than just an actor lie Ho also Is lit a r rancher I having ha a small ranch of ot 1200 acres in the time Santa SantaCruz SantaCruz I Cruz mountains rite Tho majority of oC these theM acres are ale devoted to the growing growing grow grow- ing of or grapes grape But ho he uses some of ot I the tho space for fol hl his l own experiments Just JUt A. A short time ago aco he 1 I id i'd in grafting a tomato and green popper plant thus producing 1 a new nesi vegetable which he calls a I Tho Tue actors actor's favorite a s sports for fm hl hi own indulgence nce are ire horseback riding and antI tennis Even ven when hen he lie heIs lieIs Is working he usually manages manases to take tako an em hours hour's ride or play pIa t two o or three sets ts of or tennis to start the theda day da off oft And nd nd ho likes diversified entertainment Ope nl night ht you OU may mn fee FCC him at t time the tights fights and the next at the Q opera tra And he lie enjoys himself him him- I self equally well ivell at nt both