Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-07-03 | Page 17 | Julia Faye's Willingness to Help Brings Her Stardom

Julia Fayes Faye's Willingness to Help Brings Her Stardom i I wr I 7 wg I fi Jj 5 pa v S. S S r r t l. l Julia Faye S 'S By DAN THOMAS N NEA EA Service Writer HOLLYWOOD Cal July 1 1 Miss Faye I wonder if you would mind helping us give a screen test to a new girl this afternoon 1 It was as the casting director at the Cecil DeMille Del st studio dlo speaking Juha Juia Julia Ju- Ju ia lia Faye always a good scout con con- She has nev never r been known to refuse assistance to anyone y yet t. t I The test was made with Julia do doIng doing dolog do- do ing log everything possible t to help the newcomer A few low days ago the casting di director director di- di director rector again put In a a. call for Miss Faye I never even thought of you for foJ that role Miss Faye he exclaimed exclaimed- d I but I believe youre you're Just the one poe we want And so so because she did a good turn Julia Faye Is to play the feminine fem fern mine lead opposite Rod in Brigadier Gerard It Is one of the most coveted roles of ot the year and will advance Julia several sev sev- eral run rungs s on oil the cinema ladder Brigadier Gerard Is L LaRocque's first picture since Resurrection in iii which he scored d a tremendous I hit lilt I have known for several weeks that I 1 might oUght get a chance to play lay with Rod but I was afraid to say anything for tor or fear It wouldn't m materialize ma hut- Miss Faye However they have told me I am to ha have ve the role so M I 1 guess there Is no doubt of It now now It was just a stroke of luck that I was asked to help with that first filst test Since I found out I had a chance to get the part I 1 have been fighting for It ever since That's the only way I can get anything atoL around nd here As a result I am in al always always al al- i ways fighting with someone someone- Usually the casting director Julia Fayes Faye's real ability was wac latent Until she was cast In the therole therole therole role of ot a Turkish harem wife In Imi her last production Turkish Delight De De- De- De light The r role le called for light comedy something comedy something entirely new to Julia Julla- Julla Julia and and she c came me out of her hershell hershell hershell shell like a butterfly out of its co co- co coon Prior Prior- Turkish Miss to Delight l I Faye BaYe was In the same predicament a as many other actors Bern Be Be- rn o of beirut miscast l she he was WiS I I kept In the class ot of Just a good actress In that o one e picture gOOd she I has won new honors honor With Rod La LaROCQue ROCQue she will jr get r t more