Show how I 1 broke into RIO the mo movies vies herman by RICHARD barthelmess tl N NTO this universe atit why dai A not knowing nor whence like water willy nilly fl bloing flowing floing and out of it na as wind along the waste I 1 anew not whither willy nIlly blow ing 11 life to me ta Is something like that omar hits me ine quite often somehow we humans do things in spite of our ourselves ourse selNes hes in the sannie of existence we sort eort of find our niches wally willy nally my father died when I 1 was as one year old my botner faced with the necessity of rup supporting portIng herself and tier her baby too took k to th the 0 0 stage tag 0 As aa I 1 grew to boyhood ny my education become became a problem and thus when my mother went on tour she sent me to military school durin during 9 vacations I 1 sometimes appeared on tile the state but not Y w ith the stage in my mind as aa a serious future then alien came college days trinity Il hartford artford conn where I 1 took part in amateur theotric theatricals als one da day Y a olm film company from new york cume came to a nearby village on location I 1 was impressed with their M ork but still my original purpose to enter business upon lea leaving V ing college remained vien then came another vacation period and rather than remain idle I 1 work at ten dollars a day rs ra an extra etra in Cl gloria orlas a romance starred burke I 1 then hen followed more extra work in a pro of I 1 romeo and jill et 11 f followed 01 by a lull rather unwelcome at this time my mother caroline Fl arrIs was adear a dear friend of fit nazimova in fact it was my mother who taught nazi 41 richard barthelmess mova to speak english when hen that wonderful russian actress alist came cama to america was about to start the production of war under tile the direction of herbert brenon they hid had been seeking for m beeks for a young man to play the role of the younger son arno while plans for war brides were going on I 1 was getting terribly discouraged I 1 hid spent weeks deelo biking nuking the usual rounds of the lee and new I 1 bork ork studios and had bad about made up my mir elrd d that there was as no DC room for me in motion alcure work I 1 suddenly decided to sign up for a na al training cruise to tide me over the summer I 1 had always loved the sea and this seemed I 1 ke an opportunity port unity to do something before go IX ing bk back to trinity college for my senior dear on the evening when hen I 1 was to depart on the cruise pate smiled iron leally and decided to alter lay iny life A telephone coll call came from nazi mriva mova asking me to see tier her at the chotei I 1 was engaged for the role of arno in war Il brides rides and that ni was as the I 1 I 1 never returned to 1 trinity I I 1 I 1 was nas not yet twenty one when this turning point lii my life occurred but had the call come the n next it div I 1 jonm have been away annay on the cruise and prohn probably bly become a second rate bu business man at the end of roy my college daa daas s ai brides came several leading rol bolm j with marguerite dark clark folios followed ed by some grent great bral baals i I 1 to la david nark griffith productions culminating in n broken blossoms an and d way down don rast then out of clear skies carne came the talking pictures UrS I 1 appeared appended appen red in river luver drag both dla dia logue illais find anil it Is s to talking vie pic tures that I 1 look for that greaf great role of my career |