Show Norma Talmadge Talmadg Turns Editorial Writer i 1 Pretending Is my profession s as it Jt Is of ot every ver very actress actress- In one film I 1 pretend I Iam Iam Im am m a a. daughter daught r of the tho underworld In another another another an an- other I 1 am the smart wife of ofa a New York banker Ina In a third I rust must persuade myself myself my my- self I 1 am the gay hearted gay hearted child of an Irish gentleman My success with critics and public depends upon my ability to tomake tomake make th these se pretenses seem r real al TOmake To Tomake Tomake make them seem real not only to to myself myself myself my my- self but to others I 1 came to the studio the other day discouraged discouraged dis dis- dis d over a new role I couldn't pretend It to suit myself It doesn't come somehow that somehow that character I 1 said raid to my mother Pretend harder she advised Pretend the way you ou and Constance Constance Constance Con Con- stance used to when you OU were children Pretend with all your soul l. l the way you used to when you u were Mary Iary Queen of or c in one of ot my old dresses and the children of ot the neighborhood had to pa pay six pins to see you you Loon Look she interrupted inter inter- I S i The Ehe youngest ou gest electricians electrician's youngest daughter aged aged a 5 a. a was was playing b by herself herselt In the dark corner of an ait empty set A Apiece piece ot colored cheese cheesecloth cloUt fell feU from her head to the floor trailing behind her tiny feet like a train She rutted proudly Who Vho are you ou pretending to be dear I 1 asked Im not pretending she ebe said loftily I I am a princess I believe I you ou I I admitted admitted gravely gra And thanks for your our advice on my new role Mother good actresses aren dren ren don't dont merely rel pretend They actually bell believe Ve NOR NORMA rA TALMADGE TAL Frank Fari Lloyd Lloyl has haa been lieen en engaged by Jo Jo- seph M M. r Schenck to direct Norma orma Talmadge Talmadge Talmadge Tal- Tal I madge in her big First National feature production La Duchesse de Langeais being adapted by Frances Marion Marton from an Honore Honor Balzac stor story Sidney Franklin Frank Frank- lin who recently directed Norma Talmadge Talmadge Tal Tal- madge in Through to to bere re leased in February is now directing ConI Constance Constance Con Con- stance Jn n The TIu Divorcee i I Lines from the song Smillin I Through b by Arthur Arthur Penn Ienn which furI furnishes fur fur- I the theme of ot the play pIa will wm b be flashed flashe d on the screen n In Norma Talmadge's Tal- Tal madges madge's photoplay of ot th the tho same name |