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Show MAIL "APPLAUSE" I FOR MOVIE STARS! H June Caprice Says Consolation ' H Comes In NotesFrom Admirers. D A FAMOUS PAIR OF SHOES IHIj wh Eth PPPrll Got the TltU of Bj The Girl With the 8ad Eytt" A B 8tar WhofUm 8lxtesn Different Bflj Dresses In On Picture Likes to Wstr BBS Gingham Apron at Horn. BB "ITY the poor photoplayor," BBB 1 Bays .June Caprlco beseech- b JL Iuk1'- WnyT wo aslc- BBB "Because slio has to do with- BB out that jvhlch la tho nectar, the elixir, 3 the meat and drink of every actor's BBB and actress' life applause. Beams mid BBB reams of good, had mid mediocre stories BBS have hecn written about Uie dlffercnco BBS between playing on stage and screen, BBS but I'm sure tho only thing tho photo- BB- player really docs miss Is tho applaud- BB lug hand. That Is tho conclusion at Bf which I havo arrived after talking to BBb dozetis of my co-workers. Tho sis . 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BTB Movie shows unintentionally teach (RBB pcoplo to become 111 mannered, accord- HBB lug to rreemnn II. Bloodgood of a jBjTC' state board of control. "At a movlo BK show," observes Bloodgood, "thu people WJK In the nudicuco tall: out loud. At first 1MB they only whispered, but now they tall; HaK right nut. Tho result Is, when they nt- H tend n play, musical recital or vuudo- v'" Bnow "le.v forget themselves and jw chatter, gossip and comment nloud or Mm In strong whispers, as though they Wgt wero nt the movies." p " Gives Up His Bear Friendship. Mja George Bcbnu and Unmo, the bear jjH under whoso enrcful tutclago tho star was learning tho benr language, arc no f.B longer on speaking terms. In prepara- fl tlon of Mr. Bebau'a nest Morosco pic- ftB turo the bear and Mr. Ilcbau had a SJ short scene a very short scene In KB which Mr. Beban lost a slight portion MB of his car. Mr. Italian and tho bear Bj were becoming more nnd more lutt- jnH mato until Bruno spied n comb of !jB honey and pushed Mr. Iteban out of MM his way In his endeavor to reach It. PB Illght there tho friendship ended. Bl When She Is Plain Frltzl. IF y'-;:?TtT7M U K i& M &:&Jbb BV K,.w ';-BBB s!B!,vfeH KK ft' sv) retfSYiPl Bl P - tk?,l'2B7ItB n ulmTMIaVBVJ B FIb'KbbHb! HI laBSlEHBHI RSI hBkSRbbI ' 1 ygwi If RbW'BbH MR p-'fc;!BiipP'a, M pkHWpS ' ffrvfr.LTTfyLTr W m - :BBBBBfe1 III ilABBBIRSiBH?B b i$iP7- B uru ISN'T AM, MOVIES von I'KITZI H imU.Nl.TTK; HEI'.E'S ntlTZl AT HOME. I 9 Don't wnsto your llfo on tho pictures, I 9 Kritzl Bruuctto tells her actor friends. ' fg Do your work well, finish your net, ! Mus ,1L'" K" out nml C'"J0-V 'tturc, slio lias 1E often been heard to any. And slio prac- ifl tlces what sho preaches, too, so her IjH suggestions carry weight. Sho loves to jB dig mid plant in thu garden at her IBB home, near Chicago, and, nlthoiigli she Wy wears sixteen different gowns while IMB' ' playing tho I.uro In "Ilowaro of Strati-1 ' gcrs," sho puts on the simplest glng- ham apron when sho herself Is "lured" i to her garden plot. I Girl With tho Sad Eyos. I Kthel IVpprclt, "tho girl with tho Bad ' ejes." who has been selected to play I opposlto Henry King, first had this mi. usual tltlo bestowed on her by an l-sent l-sent minded director who could uclthef i renienibcr her name nor forget her j wistful eyes. Miss repprell's real i namo Is Davis, and her family, well f known in thu south, can trace their relationship re-lationship to Jefferson Davis. Sho has n brother on tho U. S. S. West Virginia, Vir-ginia, who wrote her that ho wos bringing her u buby tlgor for n pet, r Vi s - A Lover of Homo Life. Far up near the top of Mount Holly, wood, at Los Angeles, Cal.. a new houso Is being built. Wheu It Is tin. Uhed It will glvo refuge to ouo of tho fairest stars in fllmdom. Gladys Ilrockwell Is having It erected for tern, porary relief from tho hurry ond rush of tho Interfering world. In Gladys Brockwell's present home, near tho studios, tbero Is one room which Is absolutely ab-solutely sound proof. Tho noted actress ac-tress has had this apartment so arranged ar-ranged as u means of getting away from tho Inquiring telephone bells and street noises. Its walls are covered with book shelves, and Miss Brockwcll spends many hours In It, accompunled only by Hardy, Meredith. Ibsen and other moderns. When the Wall Broke. Ono of tho comcdy'Bccnes In Chcpltn's production, "Easy Street," culminates In the fall of Uric Campbell head foremost fore-most Into a diminutive pool of water wherein ho flounders until rescued by nu attendant Tho pool was constructed construct-ed of substantial woodwork mid duly filled with water, hut twb takes of tho camera were necessary, nnd Eric's enormous strength caused tho sides to strain apart on tho retnke, with the result re-sult that the mlulature pond looked as If n bomb had struck It. Charlie surveyed sur-veyed tho wrcckago thoughtfully. "I've heard of tho pitcher that went to the well too often nnd got broken, but thlB time. It looks ns If tho well was getting Its turn." Whose Shoes Are These? X T.UB OK NINES THAT HELP TO MAKE A "WALK" l'AMOUS. These may look like strangers to you, but you have met them before. Char-llo Char-llo Chaplin normally wears OVfc shoes when In his "Sunday go to meeting" clothes, but on tho film he uses tho "old friends" shown above. They uro No. D's, and hi good or bud fortune they have stood by him, helping to make millions luugh. Charlie in telling how his famous walk originated says: "I used to llvo In the vicinity of the old Queen's Head, In Lambeth. Ijoii-don Ijoii-don had been iriy stamping ground slueo I was a baby. Tho Queen's i Head wns n 'pub.' There was a cnb 1 stand near by, and an ohl character they called 'Huuiniy' Bluks was ono of the landmarks. He had u bulbous nose, a crippled, rheumatic body, n swollen ami distorted pair, of feet uud tho most extraordinary pair of trousers I ever saw. Ho must have got them from a giant, nnd ho wns n little; man. His shoes, too, must have been banded down from Goliath. When I saw Hummy shuffle his way across the pavement pave-ment to hold a cabman's horso for n Iienuy'tlp I wns fascinated. The walk ' was so funny to mo that I Imitated it. Not long ago I went In a New York the-' the-' ater to say a few words. I was In oithodox evening dress. Tho audience behaved ns though' It was tongue tied. So wub I. I began to get uncomfortable. uncomfort-able. Tho occasion wns too solemn for words. I quit miking and seizing an Inspiration I shuffled off that stage with my Hummy walk. Tho roar that hroko looso In that houso amazed me, I had to shnfl'.e back to shuffle on again 1 and talk, nnd every word I said drew n roar of laughter simply becauso of the sliufHe." |