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Show NEARLY 3 DECADES IN FILMS BOASTED BY MANY ACTORS If ' ' ; ' ilf ; Shrilah Graham HOLLYWOOD, Jan. T How many bank presidents do you know who have held that Job for M years? How many doetora, lawyers, generals, gen-erals, government big shots, hoods of corporations have held first ranking rank-ing positions for 16, JO, to years? Not many. Well, here's a strange parados. The movies, with their supposed allotted span of Ave years, are chock-a-block with veterans a with anything from over five to M years of more or leas steady employment employ-ment Charlie Chaplin, who first appeared ap-peared on the Hollywood scene In 1011, Is currently concerned with an epic titled "The Dictator." True, there havs been long Intervals between be-tween Chaplin's later films. But Dot only has his studio been open, with all employes on full salary, for ths past 30 years, but Chaplin himself him-self has rarely passsd a day without e talking, writing and thinking up . new Ideas for his next movie. He has yet to utter the words, "I will retire." I doubt whether the soft voiced, gray haired Englishman ever does. Hersholt la Veteran Jean Herahort Is anothsr still active ac-tive top notchsr with M years of movie making to his credit. Jean tells me that, in 11J, he made two or three short rasters a day (he a can't remember their titles). His first Important picture "The Servant Ser-vant la the House" was made in emoting In 12S Jack Oakio In "Flndsrs Keepere." Douglas Fairbanks Fair-banks Jr. in . "Tha Barker," Paul Muni, who flopped In "Ths Valiant"; Mariana Dietrich ("Blue Angel"), who la currently flopping; Fredric March, Just as good today in "Trade Winds," aa In ths 1921 "Tha Dummy," Dum-my," and Jean Arthur In a little number titled "Warming Up." Chalk up 10 years to Gary Cooper's film longevity. Alao In 12 came Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard In "Married In Hasts" and Berbers Stanwyck In "Ths Locked Door"; Herbert Marahall In "The Letter," Joanette MacDonald -In "The Love Parade," and Robert Montgomery and Una Market All of them, with the exception of Miss Market, are going stronger than aver. The gorgeous Clark Gabls appeared ap-peared on the cinema scsns in I MO, together with Maureen O Sullivan, Lew Ayree in "All Quiet an the Weetern Front," Ginger Rogers ("Young Man of Manhattan"), Blng Croeby ("King of Jaia), Joan Blonde Blon-de U and James Cagnsy In "Penny Arcade." Betto Davis msdo a me-dioro me-dioro appearance in a mediocre picture. pic-ture. "Bad Bister"; Leslie Howard ("Outward Bound"), Pat O'Brien, Joel McCrea, Margaret Lindsay and Joaa Bennett. Comparative Newcomers And now we come to the comparative com-parative newcomere who have only eight years to their movie credit-Irene credit-Irene Dunne ("ClmarrOn"), Ray Mil-land, Mil-land, George Brent, Miriam Hop- Joan HortheJt . . , Hat 26 years of movie malting to hit credit. In "What Price Beauty. And Joan Crawford In "Pretly Lady." These two charmers are currently la tha 1330,000 a year class. Carbo uttered her first "I tsnk I go horns" In 12 after appearing in "The Torrent" that makes 13 years of "going horns." Shs has Just signsd a nsw long tsrm contract con-tract with Metro. Alao in 12, we hed gravel voiced Andy Devine, Janet Gaynor in "The Johnstown Flood." And Loretta Young, a school girl sged it, got a rois In 'Naughty but Nics." Mickey Rooney, ths wondsr boy of 19M. mode his first plcturs. "Not to Bo Trusted," in 1WT. From the looks of things. Mickey will be screen batting In 186?. Quite a number of our present day film luminariee started ecreen kins, Robert Young. And Spencer Tracy, who made a quiet entrance with "Down the River." It Is hard to believe that Tyrone Power haa been screen acting sines 1B31. Ditto Cary Grant. And that Shirley Tsmpls has spent six of hsr IS years before the cameras. With Shirley's start she ahould outdo all corners in movie old age. And Juet think what a long celluloid cellu-loid career lies ahsad of Deanna Durbin. Some of our beet known lady stars will never sse M again. Deanna la only 1 and haa already screen emoted two years. What price now the worn cliche that a movie, career lasts only five years? IS it. Slim Summsrvllls, who still gsts a hand whsn bis screen Imsgs appears, ap-pears, also started In 113, with Mack Bennett. , Frank Morgan, who Is now at ths height of his popularity, made his first film In 181S "Ths Girl Phll-lipa," Phll-lipa," with Anita Stewart. In ths aams year Lionel Barrymore starred , in 'Ths Yellow 8treak." for Metro. And W. C. Fields sxhibitsd his humor hu-mor in "Pool Shsrks." Richard Barthelmeaa mads his debut in "Wsr Brides" in 116. He Is now In "Plans 'No. 4," with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. Back In 111 One year later Wallace Beery appeared ap-peared on the picture scans with an spic titled "Behind the Door." ZaSu Pitts, now smoting In 'Ths Profsssor Steps Out," cams a ysar ' after. Irene Rich, whose latest picture pic-ture was "That Certain Aga." with Deanna Durbin, Is another Hit veteran. vet-eran. Norma Shearer began screen acting act-ing 1 years ago in The Stealers," of 1820 vintags. The following year the movie colony was giftsd with William Powell and John Barry-more, Barry-more, both in "Sherlock Holmes": Richard Dix in "Not Guilty," and Joseph SchiMkrsut with Lilisn Gun In ths unforgettable "Orphans of ths Storm." Warner Baxtsr, Ronsld Colman and Anne Shirley started picture making in 1822. Miss Shirley appeared ap-peared in "The Miracle Child" ehe was, of course, a toddling Infant. All three are more popular, today than when they startsd 17 years ago. Other Stars Start Edmund Lows came to Fox In 1823 In 'The 8ilent Command." Also e Edward G. Robinson in 'Ths Bright Shswl." Ths next year brought May Robson in Cecil B. Do Mille's Ths Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." Victor McLaglen in Ths Beloved Brute." George O'Brien for The Iron Horse." And only ths year after, In 182S, there waa Myrna Loy |