| Show I rr t a 5 Y II II I t I I II 1111 Ij I Ii II III 1111 III I Y 11 r I 1 h hi 11 I II I II I I Ilse I IIii i o I t I I IN A I I S I I iW Il 1 I I III II l I I p t f iI II I I I I II r III I I I lily Iii IiiI 1 I I I I 1 I I I f. f 7 Y I i II III II v k tr I II j I III 4 N p I-I I 1 I H How OW to B a M OVle l S tar By Louella hue a O. O Parsons ors ns I J f F Formerly I Scenario Editor f of n Company OP Author f or of ord jj I rif oI d Moroto to o Write P The n nf a Film rte Jl i ul As s i in 2 All Human Endeavors S S 1 r vly li r w the e Most Difficult Step Is s r- r 1 Getting Started for Once 4 t i 4 t i In in the e Whirl of Work 1 Difficulties Are re Met a an and r 1 Mastered as a Matter o of J s Y Course Today Today's s Article Inspires the a Ambitious din b l t o us by Telling Telling What May Be Done 5 Toward Getting Your 4 i Chance to Start in the Race r 4 for Fame acne u H r Ej 4 i E r v l T WOULD be wrong and wicked IT for or me to say that every girl who has movie mode ambitions can act and can get into pictures If It I 1 made such a statement I s should feel e l as if It I were as guilty as af i the man m man n who l promises not only t to tp teach m motion Uon iii J 7 picture acting but to secure his pupils 1 Wm o 1 li a permanent position t A 1 I firmly believe tha that eve every y one one ne who who'll ll l' l lilt has Sias ability can eventually get get an opI op op- opportunity I 1 1 ru I f 1 to appear In in pictures res I II 1 i hj I II I 1 l I ha have hate e watched numberless girls r come cometo to the and other studios and accept minor positions ns and after litter I VA f heir their days of apprenticeship take their place with the theother other well known w well known l plc plc- I t lure re s stars ar Producers ar are on on n the thery ll t lookout lookout for good ry t types pes They are de de- irous MOUl of fi finding people eople who have haye that 1111 I f I i hr q II qI l I ill ira fa and and nd who can an antAl I ll Ill I'll le be taught aught ry to fo r register emotion e 1 a 3 camera There here thereisa i is a a distinct place for t the e title tal- t tAl f A pla player er But aut there is no place placer t r foe tor or the conscious self man manor or woman oman III who ho cannot forget h himself long Thug i C enough S r f to tb play play a part Th The tIlle fi fil field ti elde is l f Ill i open to sonic some but but- not to Lo all These hes hesY Y r A articles are arc written to h help lp thos os who who'll ll J ml are truly endowed with histrionic hist 1 r f I alert a lent ID In s suggesting the path to to tp foll fol fol- ha l n rv v it must be bet taken for granted that i he lie Jat path is being hewed hewed ved for those thos who ho fA sire are gifted but have no way of knowing know know- ing mg how to get into the movies I E. E Every Lvery ry week week tat tales s as and and ande e 4 interesting as the miracles miracle pe performed t r ed d it n 1 the fai fairy y tales of long ago agor are to the attention of tho those who wrought e r 1 are iro Il in t the fi field ot motion pictures s. s A d A story which I know will interest lh 1125 reader r comes comes from th the Lasky studios u Now Now ow an anyone one vho who I is fa familiar wit with knows that that the n me Lasky is s synonymous non with good act net actIng Ing lug and arid careful a f l- l prod production on The g gates gateso t s IllA to 0 o their studios in in Hollywood are shut to every one wh who does does' does not ot pos possess pos sess a lo long lg line 1 of cr credentials in a acting act tIA t- t I A I ing g producing ng and s scenario e rio writing writing- or whatever their particular niche nicho 1 in la d may be Although i this this r studio is a autocratic l lc in in its its attitude de toward any but r recognized Pro prot professionals es- es s. s still stin the following story ls is isi J i told and vou vouched he for tor by the he producers produs r of pt the Lasky p r Marguerite House 8 a swe sweet t girl tot Hof sixteen en s summers and as dainty dainty as asa asa I flower i applied applied to th studio for wo work lr A director direct r saw her and was nS so o pleased with Hh her beauty n and d s swept sweet f that he lie h cast her for fo fork Sa ta tar small part iii his hair r ip picture It happened hap M if 4 j to be Just at the time Geraldine 1 i Ih 1 in California Farrar was California for the sol sole I 1 l m By GENE MORGAN t 7 Ej CE and content w were re written written I A P PEACE on th the face ace of ot Jitney Jim in cir circus circus cir cirl cus poster letters Jetters He lIe blew V wreaths gayly as he hc strolled IIA Into the foyer of f the Theater Myrtle the box office girl was delighted delighted de de- lighted to to see see the most critical of ot movie fans fansIn in such SUell an amla amiable e woodS mood wood S 'S She opened the conversation by reminding re reo minding him bim that there was a apiece piece of ot rice at the corner corner of his liis mouth j f It wouldn't take a af detective to guess that t. t Ive I've just committed chop Its ILs my my uc clde Jim fa favorite dish dl h when ti 1 I i i wish ish to be at nt penco with all the the world The Thc Chinese Chi Chi- Chinese nese are Ule the most peaceable race in purpose of ot giving Carmen in celluloid loid laid to the world S Miss Farrar saw Margery and wasso was wasso wasso so delighted with her that she adopted her as her The name Margery Mar gery fiery Daw was given the year old girl and at Miss 1 Farrar's earn earnest st solicitation so so- Jf Margery Mar ery was ca cast t in ln ina a real part in a picture So creditably did she she acquit herself that she was taken Into ri th the studio and made a member of ui the Lasky company This of or course is just one illustration illustration tion You rou may argue that Margery might not have haTe been seen Still it serves to show th that t there there are places for for forthe the amateur m who has confidence ence and ambition Or consider the romantic story of ot B Beverly Baynes Bayne's career Pearl Beverly Bev Bev- erly which h Is the name given h her rJ J w n-w g cv S a school schoolgirl girl living in Hyde Jar Park a residential resi rest district of ChIC Chicago g Miss l Bain h had a chum named G Grace ace Taylor Both girls were movie movi mad To act in a a picture was the We dream dream of their young oung lives t They applied at the studio in Chicago and were given a chance to a act t as extra girls That was Beverly's Bev- Bev erlys erly's first and last ast extra work She was made leading lady almost in in- It sounds sounds like a ai miracle i but its it's th I th and one o of ot f the very few instances where a girl ha has been ra raised sed to stardom over nig f l I la a as It were Very similar a arg r n the stories of ot the early experiences pf qt Anita Stewart Ruth Stonehouse Stonehouse N Norma rma Talmadge Talmadge Marguerite Courtet Ella Hall Mae Mac Marsh Betty Brown Alice bluster er erand and a score of other girls whose only training was Is t that at received In th the e studio These h se girls pIa play only stellar roles ol st and to their l i initial director the theman theman theman man who who discovered and gave them their start they owe some of ot the laurels they have baye re received d in the fas- fas they ha have e embraced 5 The beginning Is everything the ability to to get into the picture world under under the right auspices Such Suck men menas menas menas as David TV Griffith Edwin S. S Porter Tom Ince C Colin Cohn in n Campbell ampbell Mack Sen Sennett Sen nett Cecil d de dd Mule antIe Otis Turner E EIL E. E H. H Calvert vert and ana Fred Wright Fred have hav extended extended ex ex- ex tended a a helping hand to hundreds of at young people standing on the threshold thresh thresh- old of ot fame tame By kindly advice and p pertinent suggestions they have encouraged encouraged en en- these thes sciots actors to to give their best best do 0 o the critical outside world orl In the movies as as in ih every every profession pro ro- ro there ar are t those s who have bave reached reached- 1 the heig heights who vho hf cann cannot t see any h hope pe for tor a sister Ister bitten Ditten by the the world you ou know They never llever did believe in a an army and a navy They put the spirit of of peace in their writings their songs songs their art and their laundry work Let Lett foreign foes toes tear down their c country country's flag ag They should worry Ina In a eek a week lor r so they'll be t tearing aring the foreign dev devUs ls l's shirts As s I said when i T e c cV t Chinese chow I am peaceful I w want nt to hear only peaceful voices and 1 music I want to think only c cam calm tm quiet r i- r thoughts thoughts nice nice bread pudding thoughts and and and I 1 wish to rest my wandering gig lamps on still pastoral S and peaceful pictures I 1 J Ha ha ha lla 1 I chortled chortled Myrtle a good one on you you you Jitney t f 4 b. b i iS S f i 2 Ni n S' S r y w J r i j r r 3 y s r. r r Y c la N. 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S r S Z r f 4 I Sl k v j J r r f I T tf r A struck screen bug That they themselves them sei selves es have succeeded without Pl previous previous pre pre- vl us s stage training is no lO argument nJ in favor of ot the ambitious ones ones But ButI But ButI I I am am thankful to be say there are Are are precious few selfish picture stars Youve You've come come to tl the e w place tonight to to- night W Were We're ro showing European war movies 1 Jitney Jim didn't seem startled by this announcement announcement It It failed to make him act as if it he didn't b belong long What What do you you th think n I came here for for- torto for forto to see a n rUbb rubber crust r- r rust pie pie- pie eating contest contest demanded demand d Jitney Jim pp Or maybe an exhibit of winning prize winning shawls knitted by the D Burglars Burglar's Busy Dusy Bee Club of ot Sing Sing V Do you ou think l' l Im I'm blind bUnd Myrtle and that I dont don't know where Im I'm going I a. a mit Im I'm m a n bookworm but butI I can cart read signboards if it the they're re printed d in large plain type That's why why I flitted over to o the The The- 1 r 1 The whole fabric of motion pictures is built of or such new vow that J each branch branches is made 1 of the e help fp ex ex- ex extended extended tended end d to the u unknown kr Th The arthas art has been founded by new li people file and the stars are big enough to t to be be will- will ater atel tonight I saw sate you rou were advertising adver adver- Using war pictures And nothing rests me up so much muchas as war war- pic pictures ures When my my mind is peaceful they're the films I want to glimp Theres There's nothing more peaceful than Europ European a i war movies Its the tho made American celluloid war drammer that mal makes es my my h heart heartbeat heartbeat rt beat and my face flush and my back hair stand standon on its toes and yell eU Down Downin in front Every drammer nowadays that's worth anything from the box office e standpoint has got to have hae the punch A play is boosted boasted if IC its it's got the punch It must be vital gripping blood n a n struggle of mind and muscle between man m nand and an man J f e rare I U Y VY Y t LLUU u ui ing fug to po help l any d deserving g i person lerson t th tha h comes seeking ai aid Of Ot course course they c cannot 1 not enc eto whom talent and native nathe abi ity have been denied but they ar for for- forth th the most part people v with th gr grea a t he mn r Mt s bit glad to se set s ne deserving persons person's feet upon path that leads to tofa fa fame me Mary Fuller who is is one ODe of of th the pioneer movie novi actresses always sees a ft chance for forthe the talented girl Miss Miss Fuller has a comprehensive c knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of Ot th the 1 picture picture business s and judges it from angle She says in speaking of motion motion pi picture ture acting as a care career career r for a girl It depends depends' upon n the girl She must have real talent and keen mental mental men men- tal perception p Not Kot many girls are qualified ito to make malc a a. success of it Natural talent is the first requisite Intelligence and a quick gulck brain rain the next The technique or of acting for for the screen Is more intricate than most people eople think But DO no amount t of technique will Inure injure ure e success without natural talent for expression One One must act with with more more feeling ee ing and sincerity sin shi- than Is required required-on 11 the dramatic dra- dra r matic matte stage r i The The producer is the mo t taut v taut fa factor tor in picture making toda today ami and there are are only a few good directors tors In this country We nee need more for tor th the producer must mUt do 50 Lo O per cent ent of ot the work rt of or the production and andall nit alt the direction There Ther must always f be the master mind Miss Fuller is quite right In her the importance estimate f of or pro producers producer's r. r tance tac He e is tieman why Wl r olds holds file flie lie future suture of every emb embryo o picture pl tur actress acY ac ac- tress In the hollow of his hand It Is r Y r to him that the t e making of the photoplay photoplay photo photo- play star Is and it is to himat him at t. t sh she owes owes much of or th that t glory which has tome come to her by dint of her own owne own owne e e e- e ehard bar hard l work and his advice i 1 Keep on ou knocking at the studio e door all ye who have bae talent Be in in- int t x t Copyright 19 19 v 1 Ii ag Ill l 1 Jitney Jim at Peace With J 5 at War MoVies e 1111 p IJ If j i How lIow often have I sat with panting breath and quivering nerves squeezing the juice out of the seat handles bandies while dashing Jack leaped from the front of a flying racing caronto car caronto caronto onto the rear deck of ot a. a fast express train whereupon he grabs the villain main by the throat and wrests a n knife from his hand then reaches down into the bad mans man's boodle bag and secures the paper papers after which he hc tosses the villain vii vil lain Jain down the slant of a n mount mountainside mountain mountain- n- n side and we see tl body roll until it finally splashes Into the raging raging tor tor- rent Whew I JI J- J T It I doesn't dont o. o t d 5 ah oil d f for r he c In soothing ng peanut brittle breath In my eat eai and whisper not to worry worry that that its it's only a n play The strain has been too great I 1 want to creep out into the open air and cry like a child and push some policeman oft off his beat Yet the the dra Itself Is peaceful Its It's a story of ot American life Ufe toda today today- the thc program says so Its It's got the punch yes punch yes and somebody gets the punch That's why hy we like itOh it itOh Oh Myrtle j how different is a. a nice peaceful European war wn 1 J see r soldiers drilling Its It's nl nice e photography ra raphy h but Lut the the scene h hasn't s 's t got no punch We Wc 1 cm em digging trenches t trenches 1 But ut that near so o exciting ris as as to o hear a 11 spaghetti foreman boss a a sang gang gang 1 l' l ll PI 44 t n e or t Sn l 4 side aide t the e enchanted wall V Write rite rHe write call until in sheer self protection I 7 0 you OU get a hearing and are given a chance charice to stand before the picture camera i If Ii ou cannot attain entrance l you within with with- i in n t the h e first mo month th do not be is lr lJ 1 z I aged but go to work again with that desire e uppermost st in lu your mind d. d I knew kne a gIrl who who carried her y A to the studio and ate it there every 1 ld daj- daj day because because use the milD man whom tp h he wanted want want- t tand ed cd to see was only there between 11 it and 4 The She he sa sat t on the mourners' mourners bench bench |
