Show c 2 o. o Kims F is in Motion rei d' d Are Becoming g Popular LOS 3 ANGELES Aug AuS' 21 TinY Tiny tragedians s. s cross section comedians portion poi m ii heroes and heroines these iro o O of tho the movies children express press themselves natura y In action a new race of bt act t t springing up D Griffith h aId Its Ws be be- be v voices C because because be- be cau ol their little pipinG cause they haven't sufficient opportunity Zor acting that n so often on the speaking stage Just give Sive th them ma a chance to o make play of anything and they're all ail right All of OtUS 15 s Dave at some ome time or othel marve marveled marveled d at the acting ability of ot some Child ild on the thc screen but when we JI k bai back at our childhood wo we wor rem l ber r th that t glorified Io ever mon act of life lite er c every stick and ne and d tho the most sordid task beca exciting In the light ht of ot torna om drea to It It ii In other words p pwe we o acting a part every en i minute So it Il not to to be wondered at that the tho ln offers otters a glorious opportunity or children to express themselves them them- selves elves tin n art Rah F For r Dave Davo Da Griffith as ns usual was one ot the tI fit fiat t to make us use of ot a a. 1 big truth The Reliance studios h have ve mew polley-In polley producing child drama A large company compan of ot Juvenile actors actor ranging from tram the age ige of or 4 to 12 are staging kid comedies or melodramas melodramas melo melo- dramas at tho rate of ot one a a. week The stories of or these tell real tales of Icid life there are no prigs no Little or Dismal Deltas Delias or Prissy Poles Poles' among them up Grown-up char- char 1 I whenever necessary ary sary to carr carry out the plots Some of ot the most delightful corned comedy have been Introduced with the chU children r n acting as subtle foils toils for tor the I grown grown U S. S The Reliance child company compan has as I Its us principals George Stone leading ea I m man man Violet Radcliffe he heavy heY Y al always al- al wa ways starred in boys boys' roles and Carmen Car Car- m men Inca n de Rue leading woman Tho The ages ases of ot these children are 4 8 S and b byears years ears old respectively cl In a addition to the these e is the very Yer versatile emotional child d actor Francis Carpenter aged 4 c 10 Joins the child company when he is not specializing In child chillI parts In some of ot the big dramas C. C II M. I. I and S. S A. A Franklin distinguished for their work in this field direct the productions pro pro- Bernard McConville who writes writes' the stories shows show he hasn't forgotten hi hia own kid kill days All Ali Fixed UP The Juvenile company at the Re Reliance Re- Re liance has Its own nursery and dress dress- res ne-I ne J- J ing Between en acts they can pIa play dolls or games same an and they have certain hours for tor study un under a private yale vate teacher A A. maid has charge 0 of the little ones ones' during their off hours Little Georgie Stone the leading man carries himself clr with all aU the heroic swagger attached to a grownup grown grown- up film mm idol In all an arguments Master Mas Mas- ter tei Stone Is the peace maker Also if It too childish levU levity Is indulged in in little l Georgie Geonie reproves his co- co u I u n un l- l lL L J. J De Rue Hue occasionally Indulges in tits of temperament quite equal to those of grown In For FOl Love o of Mary iary Ellen Enen Miss 1 Carmen was cast for 01 tho the star tar role but she was sas commanded com corn to do her pretty prett curls Into ugly t pig She wept strenuously and refused Violet Radcliffe was wash h V the part but when Informed of ot that fact Miss De Dc Rue stamped her upstairs to her dressing dressing- i Jy om reappeared rel In the desired pig pig- talf talf pushed the small and sur- sur I right into the thc discard i Violet Radcliffe who plays boys' boys parts an expert lUtJe lUtle 1 boxer swimmer swimmer swim swim- m mer r and baseball aU player However on on occasion she can don a white dress with Uh her hez skirts Hummed out go to toi ton n i kid party and behave as demurely ao as any n ny little miss In the crowd Olive Johnson and Billie Jacobs are two VO delightful children who have ha ap appeared ap- ap p- p cared together in many ninny kid comedies come dies I s Billic BUlle being featured as Olives Olive's lover er Olive can cr cry or laugh at a a. moments moment's notice and has a wink that rivals the She Is 4 and has lias been on on the stage all her J life re appearing appearing ap ap- ap- ap a first in a drama in Boston wh when n two weeks old Billie Jacobs Is Isnow now nosy with the Keystone company and andis is one of the most delightful of the kid comedians The he Bosworth Bos Company Compau boa boasts ts a a. number of ot child actors Baby Hess 18 months old ho has J Just I finished work with Maclyn Arbuckle Arbuckle Ar- Ar buckle In The Reformed Candidate Ife Je has bas a scene where he is supposed to lo crawl under a A. large bell and go to sleep Bleep How did thc they make him do It Rehearsed him with a a. chocolate candy lining to tho the ben bell It didn't ta C m 1 opE to learn his lesson and W v ou 01 see him cooing and laughIn laugh laugh- In re reaching his little hands out out- it k- k t because the ang angels lB were ti to him or he was looking I at at fh birdie No No It was tha that cand candy that was doln doing the Clever Kid Kidi Kid are two er very clever youngsters young youns- with the Jk I. Lasky Company Compan One Ona I h little Marjorie Dawe 12 y ld but hut very grown up in looks an ana ways was who has do done o some re remarkable re- re ble work In Out Out of the Dark- Dark ne s w with th Charlotte Walker Talker and with wUl Ina Inn Claire In The rhe Puppet Crawn She I Is tho the little girl who played ed the small sister of ot Blanche Sweet In The Warrens of or Virginia An and who also appeared appealed as Innocence Jn inthe h Hypocrites s Marjorie always was a serious serious- 1 very ery Lu U U lUlU bill bU b aDOU IWO to ago she decided in her child mind mild that she must choose a career Sh SIt e sat at down dow and thought it over ard made up p her ler mind that th the life ure of or ofin im n actress s appealed to her most saying a a. word to anybody Fh ph hc went over to the Universal ono one Ia di day and nd t told ld them soberly that she ahe accept a position as an ac- ac Lois Weber overhearing her was drawn to the child because 01 ot of other her beauty and evident character- character funess as at well wen as amused by her naive e assurance and ahe she engaged th the tha girl who subsequently appeared In everal of or Miss Webers Weber's film SU Still I Another Gerald Gern d Ward Is another Lasky genius who played the youngster li In InThe InThe The Captive with Blanche Sweet I G Gerald fald w went nt Into the business from p purely lely commercial reasons One day last lat winter he demanded a n. bicycle o ot of r dati The bicycle was as not forth forth- coming coining Next Neat day Gerald played h hookey fr from m school chool and made the th rounds of the picture studios wind wind- In lug up P In 15 luck at nt the Lasky where th thy they y chanced to n need ed some children inThe Warrens of or Virginia H no Be Bew w went rit t h home me mc late that nl night ht with a n 3 gold piece clasped tight In a ery very ery w warm rm and dirty h hand nd The Tho maternal materna Upper slipper was az 88 ready but It is surmised surmise that U at l Hs a w much nuch l en th the tha IS 5 part of ot the role rola was WaI I I told for tor Gerald has been playing In Inthe Inthe the pictures ever since The Universal has many children in stock Clara Horton one of ot the tho favorites favorites tai orites was an on artists artist's model when she was 2 years old an artist seeing her on the street in New York olk stopping stopping stop stop- ping her mother and asking for lor the childs child's services The little girl was wan dancing at the time as children will m malong along the street and had struck a a. pretty pose just aa as the artists artist's eye ee lighted upon her f j- 1 J At The City I Rina Sorter 9 years old ol old i Georgia French 4 are both children of young oung extra women employed at the Universal and both show de deI decided de- de I talent Georgia recently took a b beauty uty prize prIze- In a kid contest Benjamin also of ot the thel U 0 9 years rs 01 old 1 took destiny into his o own n hands last lt summer w walked lk d out ut to the big plant and nd told them he would play In animal pictures or an any old thing They took him at his word and he never squealed even when the 1 big lion looked right at him and has hns been one of the pets of ot the place ever since Of at course they i had hall a s. keeper and a big bl policeman watching watching- the scene all 11 the time but Benjamin didn't know that that that-In in fact h ho never ask asked Ho lie Just showed grit and went through with wilh his little stunt Doris DoMs Baker of the U 13 appeared appealed In several pictures with Mrs Irs Leslie Carter CarleI and is considered one nc of ot the 1 best est child actresses of ot the theU theU U U. U Others are arc Bordon Griffith Dorothy Doroth Moulton and Nora Dempsey nil all 11 of or whom ate atc said bald to possess Unusual un- un usual sual ability Bab Baby Marie Mario Kiernan Is 18 one of ot the I loveliest children on the screen NOll Not only is she a clever r little actress bUL but she ho dances divinely Though o only ly she can do a n number of t fascinating ballet jallet stunts and some very pretty lyric Irle dances lending her own interpretation interrelation inter Inter- pr relation to any music she hears She is with Pathe Belie Bebe Daniels now the youngest leading ending woman In playing lends leads with the Pathe the is 1 but ut 14 years ears old ld She Is a n. lovely girl and has been een a n. favorite fa of ot for tor some time Ime as well vell as appearing on th tha speaking peaking stage since babyhood She appeared ared with William Desmond DusIn Dus- Dus Un tin In Farnum and other leading actors actor In n various plays at one time appear appear- In Ing ng in repertoire There be scores of ot other clever litle littie lit lit- tie tle le ones w whom om lack of ot space does no not permit me mo to mention but who seem destined for big things in the film I world I |