Show Mary Brian Started Out Outto I to Be Commercial Artist Mary Brian was born In Corsicana Texas Like Gary Cary Cooper she went to Los Angeles to take up commercial art and remained to become a motion I picture player During her childhood she showed a natural aptitude for I drawing and end the elder inns Brians fondly dreamed of an artistic career for her Her lIer pencil sketches found their way Into the high school paper back home and she designed costumes for lions Believing that Mary Alary would have hae greater opportunities for developing developing devel devel- her talent In a big place the Brian family moved to Los Ios Angeles Shortly after their arrival Mary won wona a beauty contest and aDd later luter emerged with the most votes otIS In one of ot those personality contests that were vere much In to vogue ojue during the last decade Albert Al Al- bert brt Kaufman at that time tilDe managing director of Graumans Grauman's Metropolitan theater offered her a part In III a prologue pro pro- prologue logue and encouraged her ber to try her luck lurk In pictures rive Five minutes after she had been ushered Into the office orrice of at Herbert director she was chosen for tor the role of Wend Wendy In ID the film version erslon of ot Peter Pan Ian Leading parts were easy to get after that picture picture pic pic- ture came out Among the films she has hus appeared In are The Street of Forgotten Men Behind the Front Beau Geste Shanghai Bound Bound- Man Ian I Power Under the Tonto Rim lUm IUm Forgotten Faces aces River of Ro llo- mance The 1 Kibitzer Brown Drown of Harvard High Hat lIat The Royal lloyal Family of Broadway Homicide S Its lt U's Us Tough to Be De Famous Varsity Cite TITe Virginian and JIt I. I |