Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-26 | Page 7 | Miss Gulliver Working Hard to Merit Interest of Salt Lakers

V Miss G iver W Working Hard liar to to Merit Interest of Salt Lakers S I I S SIn In her third letter to The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram Miss Dorothy Gulliver successful successful successful suc suc- candidate for forThe The Telegram Universal course in moving pictures at Universal City writes a as as- follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows lovs S Dear Reader Friends The more I 1 am on on the lot here at Universal the more I begin to realize what a tremendous organization It is Just to think right at at at- this moment there are twenty four separate productions pro pro- in course ourse of being filmed Over pictures a year are made here and released through rough Universals Universal's Unive- Unive sal's own vast releasing department department department depart depart- ment in addition to the International International News Weekly an and the Century Cen- Cen Century Century Cen Cen- tury comedies To a layman Jayman this might not be very Impressive but when you stop to realize that most tl tf the other large companies boast of making twenty or thirty or even fifty pictures a year and consider that an excellent record why then you can see what our endeavors mean to the Industry Yesterday I had the extreme pleasure of meeting a a famous man manin manin manin in pictures Dimitri who is one of the greatest directors directors directors tors of all time He has been engaged en er- by Universal to produce the most lavish picture ever filmed The Midnight Sun In which charming and petite Laura La LaPlante LaPlante Plante is to tobe be starred They have been preparing for this production for three months on account of the mass of detail necessary to the pro Pro- Special scenery has been designed massive sets an opera house where the great Ballet of Jewels' Jewels will be seen a whole Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian elan village luxurious costumes dozens of screen tests of various actors have een m made de scripts have been written and rewritten and the fill hil ll has been burned to make The The Midnight Sun a suc-I suc suc suc- cess Now Kow everything is In readiness readi readi- nes ness and all on cn the lot are awaItIng awaiting awaiting await awaIt- ing with bated breath for Ifor the openIng opening opening open- open Ing shot This is to be accompanied accompanied accompanied nied by some ceremony the mayor of ot Los Angeles will be present and anda a a prominent Hollywood minister will give his blessing ABSOLUTE REALISM I have been very busy the past week as a a- member of the crowd InThe InThe In Jn The Still Alarm the famous story which is now being filmed at Universal Universal Universal Uni Uni- versal City by Edward Laemmle Lemmle Bill Russell plays the leading role that of a fireman and Helene Chadwick Is his wife Thrilling scenes of cf rescue will be a feature of this picture and a real block of buildings have been burned to the ground Real firemen were also used to make the production I cally perfect and and and- andreal real horse horse drawn drawn fire engines now nov obsolete were purchased from the San Francisco fire department The great lengths to Which Universal goes to Insure absolute realism In their pictures isa is isa a II source of constant wonderment to meI meI me I 1 also pad had the extreme honor honorof of being presented to Rudolph t tie the e famous continental stage star Mr is at Universal City playing the leading role in His People the story of a plain humble family Mr I kraut enacts the role of an aged rabbi and his characterization is a remarkable one This artist has had some interesting experiences one ono of which or-which which he relates with great greM gl lee glee e. e I have played In over roles roles- said Mr to me each one requiring a a. separate and distinct makeup I 1 have been everything everything everything every every- thing from a king to a slave from froma a a. cardinal to a rabbi But one of the most interesting was that of the miser in the German classic The Misers Miser's Gold My wardrobe consisted of rags and my makeup was that of a bedraggled miserable miserable miser miser- able recluse Without being egotistic ego ego- I 1 can say that fifty years on the stage have taught me nearly n arly all there is to know about the art of makeup Hence my appearance as the miser was not one to Inspire confidence One day I was late forthe for tor forthe the theatre and I donned my makeup make make- up in my automobile on the way downtown When Wien I reached the the stage fOro door I ran from O the h car and j I nt ra when I reached h the door o tender e he refused to allow me to enter MAKEUP DECEIVED Veteran that he was my makeup make make- up deceived him I pleaded with him but he ho was adamant and threatened to c call U the tha police Nothing NothIng Noth Noth- Nothing ing would have it but I had to re remove remove re- re move mo my makeup on the street and convince him that I was kraut The curtain was delayed for twenty minutes but the inci- inci S. S S dent did didiot not hot anger me me The un unConscious unconscious un- un 1 conscious flattery to to my ability was too pleasing to me And very I often some visitor reminds me of the time when was threatened with arrest anest I w was s pleasured at the wardrobe department yesterday for the most gorgeous gorgeous evening gown I 1 ever saw for my any appearance e in s production of The Midnight Sun The pity of It Is that I cannot buy It for tor my own use after I have fin with It It It It will revert back backo to o the wardrobe department nt and I will have to s say y a sad far farewell well to it The longer lOdger I am here at Universal the more I 15 begin t to realize what a avast avast avast vast organization It Is and what a privilege Is mine to be a member Things are going along swimmingly and I am working hard absorbing everything losing sight of nothing and storing up a great fund of knowledge for that great day when you see my name In electric lights And believe me when It is there you had better go and see my pie pic tures I S I DOROTHY DOROrHY GULLIVER I