Show I Inner h er l Life f MSt Story ry oi f Mary Jary Pickford V. V 1 f How th the Queen O of M. M Movies vies Rose Q e. e to Fame and d For Fortune une MARY df i MARY DIVULGES i SEC EGRET ET OF f r J I t B Be ne Thorough Look and Feel What You Pu Act She Says t INSTALMENT f f. 4 Douglas Doulas FairbAnks who wa was di dl- dl 1 W from his wife l last t year did V not riot attempt to c hI his attachment for tor or Mary Pickford and nd she herself V. V has hag confessed contess d t 1 to Intense admiration for for ti th U ft g gnus g of this this m man m. m with whom V V her er professional life lite ha has been bound aUP up of ot late On One friend of ot th the two Jwo who has se seen n them together r r 8 at t the studio t 4 V and Y and among their artistic circle thus thu speak speaks 0 of their as association ocIa I It would be hard to find in any ny walk of life ute a I I couple who Jle seem m to be made for tor each V f other ather as as Mary Pickford Ickford and Douglas f k Fairbanks Fairbank are fi J Th They Ter y are areas re AS EtS happy a as as' children to toL to- to L gether gether Aether and ant th their ir normal joy jo in their profession Is intensified by the Ule fact that they realize I as J eve everybody body else V. V I around them docs doos that it Is is' here nere s a ease ease case of t two perfectly attuned t ned V. V two iwo a artists who reach the toe highest ex- ex V.- V. of or their gifts s in association the two essential p parts of at an artistic whole Fate has played plaTed strange tricks V j ln tn lee these thes two so apart so long V i and nd one can oan only wonder what difference differ ditter- V ence nc would have bave been made had they only met In the dayn before the tho lives JIves of of ot both had been marked b by the painI pain I I land and s suffering Qt of a a. mistaken ta n n union upton j WAR V V At the tha time when ien Mary Pickford V was waa feeling most acutely the effects of ot her hel unhappy dome domestic Uc life lite the United d V 1 States entered nto the world war V I and and like Uka zd 10 many V other patriotic V VV wom i women n. n Mary was anxious to do what t the ehe could to hilp Ilp th the allied c cause use V V She Bhe asked w aj s shi sh l C could do do and ancI andr V r was was told toM that not cut out for V V nursing because of her h health alth She V V VV next offered to go gu ha ita a a. tOur thur of ot the i allied trent front to fo cheer the soldiers beV behind behind be- be V hind the line Une by talking to to th tn and V VV V he agreed that t a a certain proportion V cf her work should be supplied free to the Auth for tor exhibition to the men in the trenches in t the e brief bt ef intervals rv 18 of rest Lo Ie V This Utter offer otter was accepted but V there was was s some me difficulty about sending send send- V V ing ing Mary l to Frace and while It was wa V I bein being ov overcome be heard of ofa a wa way in Via L LV V VV F which she could toe be of val value e to the lamed allied cause cause cause-by by sourIng America th in support of the sIe sale of ot Liberty bonds 4 the great groat loan 1 br hI which the United V States State was seeking t to make the financial finan- finan ci cia cial 1 tr front nt of ot the allies unbreakable In spite of ot her health and th the warnIngs warn warn- f ings of ot the doctors she threw w herself I Into the campaign with enthusiasm and and along along with Douglas Dougla Fairbanks she s. s traveled the American V continent Kv v Everywhere she was received with the V I greatest enthusiasm V r C BROUGHT IN VAST SUM V V 4 It is estimated that the campaign I IV V tV of ot Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair Fair- V V banks and Charlie V g Chaplin was wae responsible re responsible re- re responsible V I for tor adding m many ny hundreds I of millions of ot dollars to the c common I fund of ot the allies aIlles and some some of of the sV scenes cenes of ot enthusiasm were only to be beP I IV V P- P compared compared to these attending the more i i 1 fervent revival services In Wales 43 fe V Buildings in which Mary was to tc B t speak were besieged by excited cr crowds I V long before the hour of the opening at It was altogether one of ot the most b amazing demonstrations of popular es es V teem that any woman In any age has I IV V ever been honored with and one one can ca can w Imagine wh what t a a. Joy It must have haye b beer en t to Mary Pickford to o se see such a spontaneous spon spon- tribute to her efforts OIl If there is thIng one that m makes kes me torget for tor- tor get the pain o of ot the past she ahe said sak I after fter one of these demonstrations it ji t I V V I V 7 V VV V VV V V VV V V V V V VV V 4 V V VV VV VV V V V V VV V o. o V V MARY AND DOUG t I V V i i. i is- is 01 he th thought bt of th the Pla place V I seem e t to V have hav in the hearts of these people SECRET OF F SUCCESS V V V No story ot of the rise t to fame farne of t Mary Pickford the cinema te q queen n would be complete without an account of ot the methods that have ave brought h her r. r success V V V V Not so so very long ago she was asked t to shed some light on 0 her methods for tor forthe forthe the benefit of ot aspirants to fame on the films and ild she ShO answered The These J se se secret r t f of s success Is in one word word word- thorough One must must be thorough in all things One must must look and arid feel fee V the part down to the smallest d detail tail V She might have added that it was necessary to toV liv live up to the part patt of thorough for tor that is what V she has done V V When she V is is asked t to take take- part In Ina Ina a Va picture play she not flOt only studies closely the text of the play plays and tries to eite into int the mind of ot the author and the ch character she is to play but out she reads up everything she V can a f find nd J jon on n the subject and is not contentI content I until she has the dress the g gesture sture and the mannerisms of the part to I perfection and can pass the test of ot expert expert criticism V A At the thU present time sIts she V is V playing V in a picture play dealing with life in inthe inthe inthe the East End of ot London in the Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese quarters and among the children of ot the ghetto of f England Before beginning beginning be be be- ginning inning serl work In front of V the cani camera ra Mary read rend all she could lay Jay hands on regarding the part of ot London London Lon Lon- V don she was was wag dealing with and the life Ute of the pe people She was not at first satisfied with her success and when she heard that there was In Lo Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles a former medical missionary who had worked in hi this very quarter fOX for m many ny ye years rs Mary Iary insisted d d' d don V on V h having i this lady to toV V act a as e expert p r cr critic uc i CRITIC SPEAKS UP Ui I V You must not riot be ba afraid tra rad d to speak out when you think t there ere Is s anything wrong about the acting acting- or or phere of the thing she the said said and the improvised critic was not slow to acton act acton on the instructions given Seven times she declared that th the setting was was' not realistic eno enough gh for the east end of London London that that at it looked more l like kt t the ie Bowery in New York V V Those r responsible insisted that the critic was wasa V a a faddist arid and iid th that t realism V of ot this this- kind was unattainable bl but Mary Pickford stuck to her heri point and at the he eighth att attempt the acting and the surroundings were such that the former missionary was thrilled It Is Just like being back back among the old places she he said and that criticism was more to Mary Pickford than anything written by the professional professional sl nal newspaper newspaper critics She he believes that success success is only ly p when one prod produces c s' s son on the screen what strikes those thos who know spontaneously as the tho thereal real thing V Mary Pickford rd thinks that she is best in two kinds of scenes love s scenes enes an and girlish romps Regarding the former or she says say I cannot act mul until I t l' l have shut out of ut V my thoughts eVer everything b but t the im immediate immediate mediate work worle I T must feel that I 1 am an playing a a real part in life lite that I am amIn In iii the presence of ot the ideal lover that dwells in hi the heart of every y woman and until I I get that feeling In me rue my acting lacks go and pepper r. r V FOND FOND OF OF CHILDR CHILDREN N. N Mary Iary is passionately fond of ot chit chil chil- dren I 1 always find a r romp mp with the Iddles' Iddles the best inspiration for tor IT ny nty y work It makes one one one- so happy and so so full fun of ot joy V But it Is is not the happy children who can romp romp about In the gladness of 01 perfect health that thEt 1 Mary 1 is Inter interested sted in alone fr she is like all aU who excel in the art of ot expressing ex ex- pr pressing joy capable of te feeling Ung Q deep V P sorrow V V L. L V |