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Show WHO'S WHO IN THE MOVIES ' H I (C. ILL dalton f Butt ls a reg H vJCjI ular guy when ne's out among B tjle feiiows, but in a drawing- H room oh, gracious, how nice! H When he's free from professional H duties, when lie can relax for a little H while and he himself he smokes strong H black cigars, drinks his whiskey H straight (when he's where he can get H it) and goes to the horse races. H But when he's traveling under hiii H alias, he's the most lady-like person B one can imagine. H Bill Dalton, or as he is much better H known, Julian Eltinge is a native of H Butte, Montana, where the copper min fl ers are not picked until they are six j feet tall and weigh 200 pounds. But H William Dalton was picked too early H to be a copper miner, and was trans- H planted to Boston, where he acquired M culture and corsets. H The Bill Dalton of Butte was trans- H formed to William in Boston. Tradi- and publicity for Bill Dalton, alias Julian Ju-lian Bltinge. His first salary with Cohan was $175 a week. It was increased to $400 a week after the first week. "Vaudeville then claimed him at $1000 to $1500 a week. Then he went to the regular stage in the double role of Mrs. Monte and Hal Blake in "The Fascinating Widow." Next came "The Crinoline Girl," in which he played Tom Hale, and then came "Cousin Lucy." The latter was such a success that the Lasky people grabbed him for the celluloid, cel-luloid, and he will make his debut this fall. Bill has pretty brown hair, quite dark; soulful dark eyes and a marvelous mar-velous complexion due perhaps to the enormous quantities of cold cream he uses in putting on and removing his makeup. He is now engaged in making mak-ing the first of three films to be produced pro-duced this year. The title is "The ' H tion says that family influences forced H him to wear long curls when he was a H kid, but that was contrary to his per- Hj sonal taste. When he joined the Bos- H ton Cadets he and his associates gave H many amateur dramatic performances H in which Willie played feminine roles. H When he was out of school or away B from the amateur stage he was em- H 4 ployed in a wholesale house. He was H 1 not a Harvard man as many think, H i but nearly all of his associates in the H ' Cadets went to that classic school. Br In one of his amateur stunts he was 'i cast as "Miss Simplicity." In that he 1 made a tremendous hit and was soon 1 on the professional stage. He went B to the New Amsterdam Roof Garden, V,' New York, and then jumped over to Hik London, appearing in the Palace The- Hv atrei Returning to New York he ap- Hc peared at a Sunday benefit for George Bt Fuller Golden and attracted the utten- H tion' of George M. Cohan. After that B' it was corsets and coin, powder puffs :' Countess Charming," and his opportunity opport-unity for double roles and duplicity is said to be greater in this than in any of his legitimate stage productions. II |