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Show Sure Enough Duchess Playing Minor Roles in Movies Mra. Oliver waa -Idantlflad aa a aura-anouvh aura-anouvh duohesa Bha aaya har tltl will neither help or hlndar hr. that aha wanta no Dart aa a KBJW YORK. June 14. Tha movie studio la a plac wher roa-wraath4 - romance blooms la every corner to th uninitiated. It la only prosajo work- ; ship to thosa who. labor there, a plac . of eye-hurting light and muggy atmo- f phsr. , Thus th news ahou Stella da Lantl ' has tha Paramount studio all astir. 6t,lla ; haa been playing In amali parts for a year. Bbe waa given a character role " In "Burning Sands." Th road to fama - and recognition 1 sttll to b traveled. Yet Stella la a noblewoman, tha Ducb- ass d LantL member of on of Italy's ' proudest families. , She "played hookey from an art school In Laondon to appear as antextra 'ln a : plctur made by Path Freres, She da-' da-' elded then and there sh would aom day 1 b a movl actraa. i Along cama ih war. Stella enlisted as a nurse. Hh mt Ken wick Oliver, an 1 Knallah soldier. They married. Then th armlstlc. Oliver's health waa Impaired. A doctor ordered a dl-mat dl-mat ilka that of California. They went to Hollywood. They regie tared at the studio for work. Nothing was aald about Mrs. Oliver's tltl. Hoth hav appeared In a number t picture. It wa only raoantly Uxat $ ' ..." - grand dam lit pic t Urea becaua of her title. However, ona wonder what hay been th feelings of tha I-uche de Lantl aa aha has,watchd aom strutting actress play th part of noblewoman. e e e perhapa th Touches da Lantl can give a few of our ovardresaed stars point ara on how to wear train. Leatrlc Joy Is to appear with a doth of gold train 10 feet long In "Manslaughter." If Cecil DeMllI Introduces th earn fa Is ele-ganc ele-ganc In this film ss he did In "Haturday Night' he might appropriately chang th tltl from "Manslaughter" to "Mufder." On great stag spoctael that will g to prove how far more capabl t tn screan than tha at- In preeentlng apo tacular effects la "Ben Hur." That play owed Ita graat popularity to mechanical device that startled th audience. au-dience. (Joidwyn has closd ar deal with A. I Ertanger for th screen rights and one. half the dramatlo right to "Ben Hur." When th play I flashed on th screen th stag version wUi pal into l&s.ig nifl-cance. |