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Show www "HERE COMES THE LENS LOUSE!" " 'Here comes the lens louse,' Such was the greeting afforded me by the boys at the Lambs' club several years ago, just after I had forsaken the speaking stage for the screen," said Dustin Farnum, star of Paramount pictures, produced by Pallas Pictures, Inc., the other day, "and this was by no means the least of their epithets which readily expressed their feelings at my going into what they then called "the movies." They have since changed their tune. "Screen acting always appealed to me, principally, prin-cipally, I believe, because I saw in motion pictures pic-tures much more scope than in the so-called legitimate le-gitimate play. Not only were there possibilities for hundreds of scenes, descriptive of the author's thought in writing the book or the play, but there was opportunity for the actor to rehearse and perform in the open, which was a big inducement for me. I like the out-of-doors. I like the freedom free-dom of the country. How can one compare the dingy surroundings of "behind the scenes" with the natural settings of .nature? When I was a child my parents encouraged the out-door life by aiding me to have all of it that was available during the sunrise to sunset hours of a normal boy's life. I was practically raised in the open and my distaste for the indoors can readily be (Continued on next page.) "HERE COMES THE LENS LOUSE" (Continued from page 14.) appreciated by any person who has spent the greater part of his childhood days under the blue sky. "However, it is not my intention to convey the idea that the life of the motion picture actor is ' r , one continuous round of pleasure. There is plenty of hard work and so anyone who shies at this screen acting will prove most difficult. I don't '1 mind it myself. Very often I get up at three , o'clock, have my car at the door, go to my hunt- ; ing lodge at four o'clock, do an hour's shooting , and after I have bagged twenty-five ducks, I ride back to the bungalow, take a cold shower, have my breakfast, go to the studio and at a little after . , ' seven start work for the day. "Let me tell you that by the time six o'clock in the evening arrives one is about ready to tumble into bed, especially when you consider you may have to jump from the side of a ship; J swim against Indians; ride at breakneck speed -Jrij down steep hills, not once, but many times after the command is given and "all the stage is set." "A contradiction of certain reports to the effect ef-fect that I am at present in the east would per- haps not go amiss at this time. My activities "" t at present, I am pleased to say, are confined to ' my work under, the Pallas pictures brand in and around California where I will remain for some time to come, duo to a long term contract with this concern, which I have just signed. After "The Gentleman From Indiana." on which I am now at work, will be the well known "Davy Crockett" Croc-kett" followed by others, including Charles Ne-., Ne-., ville Buck's famous "The Call of the "Cumber- '" land." |
