Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-11-06 | Page 24 | Mary's Niece, Little Mary Rupp, Doesn't Want to be a Movie Star

Marys Mary's Niece Little LitHe Mary Mart Rupp Doesn't Doesn t Want to Be a Movie Star Stal The movies is not a profession that appeals particularly to Miss Pickford's Pick Pick- fords ford's niece little Mary Rupp tho laughter daughter of Marys Mary's sister Lottie Lottie- I I asked tho the question of the little girl now aged six six Are you going to be bo a 1 film star when you grow up The child looked up at me with sudden indignation registering in her expression There wa wasn't nt any doubt about it My question had aroused In tho the youngster Instant and utter contempt For Fer a moment t she said nothing and then with large larg-e emphasis sis and very slowly lowly E she lie said I r should Say should say NOT NOT Later Miss Pickford endeavored end to explain the reason for Cor this tremendous tremendous tremendous dous disapproval on the part of her niece for the tho th profession which had meant so much to the Pickford clan She is a stra strange ge little creature Often she says things that absolutely amaze you but everything she says proves silo she uses her brn brain n and figures out everything for before Herself herself before she speaks The PunIshment of Being a n Star She knows enough herself even at ather ather ather her age age to know now that honesty and decency decency and every other good quality are present to as large largo an extent in every motion picture studio as in any other place in tho world where men and wom women n recruited from all walks 1 of life Ufe are engaged together in a i common task tase It isn't at all that t sho has been taught any of the tho ridiculously ridic unfair prejudices against film i t folk that makes maltes her shy away from i the idea of ent entering ring the profession It Its s simply that she knows from knows from J actual observation of what happens s to me mo very ve often and anel to my sister RIster r and brother when they are engaged 1 in making pictures that pictures that to become 3 a film star calls for a capacity to take a punishment of the most gruelling J kind Young Youn as she is she has al already already already al- al ready learned that success on tho the screen can come only as a result of f the hardest kind of hard work And any child of five who wo would wOJ tid I wax enthusiastic over the prospect t of downright drudgery drudgery drudgery-at at any task c or for any reward would reward would merit pity r as being g abnormal t 1