Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-05-02 | Page 8 | What's in a Screen Name? Stars Often Change Theirs

What's in a Screen Name Stars Sears Often Change Theirs HOLLYWOOD May 2 As 2 As is well known to those who follow the biographies blog- blog I of oC th the screen stars a certain proportion of them have assumed different dif dif- ferent terent names for their cinema ca ca- ca Their Theil screen n cognomens arc are In a sense cense ens their trademarks Sup Suppose ose for i instance that the coming John Barrymore picture II S were announced to the thc public as John Blythe in Movie Moue fans would ask Who is this John Blythe Never Ne heard of the bozo And yet jet et Blythe is the legal name of tl tills this s star REASONS Y VARY ARY There are all sorts of reasons for forthe forthe forthe the adoption of stage names Take Marilyn Miller for example The star o of the Broadway musical comedy successes Sally and Sunny Sunn who is now in Hollywood to appear In First National pictures was born Marilyn Reynolds When Marilyn was still stUl stilla a child her mother divorced her fa father fn- fn a- a ther and Joined a theatrical company of which the leading man vas Vias Caro Miller whom th the mother married M Marilyn rIlyn adopted the new name Richard Barthelmess resisted the temptation If temptation there was of or changing his name to something shorter or sua er Among screen celebrities who v have changed their names are arc Mary Pickford nee Gladys Smith Claire recently starred in Kiss Me Again was BernIce Greta Garbo was Greta Gustavsson Richard Richard Rich Rich-I ard Arlen was born Richard Van I M Gary Cooper was George ge Cooper Marian Manan Davies was Marion Marlon Douras Hoot Gibson was Edward Gibson Al Jolson was Asa Lupe Velez was Lupe Billie Dove was Lillian Bohney Ramon Ranion Novarro was Ramon as Anita Page was wa Anita Pomares Mary Brian was Louise Dantzler Richard Dix was Ernest Brimmer On the other hand Joe E. E Brown has hils clung to his baptismal and family fam fain fly ily name So has Ruth Chatterton now hOW a Warner Bras Bros star Charlie Chaplin was always Ys Charlie and Chaplin Douglas Fairbanks Jr of course carries on the family name Kay Francis has her name just so soon soon soon on the family Bible Loretta Young star of Too Youn Young to Marry is really Gretchen Belyer Her sister Betty Jane wa was renamed Sally Blanc while the thc eldest Polly Poliy Ann also took tool the thc name of oC Young Youn Jack Whiting on the other hand Is the son SOil of Dr A. A D. D Whiting a famous surgeon of Philadelphia