| Show CLIMB TO FILM FAME DIFFICULT II Path of Stars Has Led I-cd From R B It R n Engines and Mines Iines HOLLYWOOD Cal April 3 3 Shiny serge serRe nulls suits have been sup sup- supplanted sup planted up-planted planted by arrays arras of ot English English- tailored English tailored garments Flossy fur Imitations have given way to so- so sables sa sables bles blu Instead of o hall bedrooms there are tine fine homes Trips to Europe once confined to dreams now receive no moro more thought than visits to Florida Such has been life lire to many of the movie mo stars who ho began belan In the ago ao of oC one one reel reel thrillers thriller when five lino dollars II a day was as considered a fat salar salary T To the millions m that throng the pIcture houses this might seem ns as It Ir a fairy bad had waved her wand But Dut to tho the tho players the change has been written In weeks months montils and years ears ot or toll repaid by rapid progress of oC a 0 new Industry nr ai PICKFORD'S OS O'S PAY Y After a II career on the stage which began at the age ae ot of o five and led to Mary Pickford entered motion pictures as an extra under Da- Da David David Da David vid Wark W Griffith From five dollars a a day she advanced aneed un- un until un until til tit In 1916 the Mary film corporation was organized The star had a drawing Ing account or of a week with fifty per percent percent cent or of o the a profits profits a remuneration remuneration tion representing the highest amount ever paid a no woman to pIctures or any other profession proCession at tho the time Today she Is one of ot the tho lead lead- leadIng leading lead leading ing figures In the United Artists corporation and Is receiving II a The Tho other other member of ot the lam lly Sly lIy Douglas rail Fairbanks however has never nc known a poor salary In fn Inthe the movies He lie came In at a when producers were offering hIgh pay to Ind Induce Uca stage stars to appear on tho the screen This Utile little era was marked by the fact act that Fairbanks and William S Hart were among the very few tew to remain re- re remaIn re remain main with pictures Shortly after Miss went with Griffith tho the Gish girls Dorothy and LIllian joined the director as extras Lillians Lillian's tame fame came In The Birth of a Na- Na Nation Nation Na Nation tion Her latest vehicle was as La Boheme Bohem Dorothy also atso starred In several of ot Griffiths Griffith's special pro pro- productions pro productions and her last appe appearance rance was In Nell Gwyn an English Wm film 20 0 hOLL DOLLARS S WREN WEEK Wallace Beery was an animal trainer and then a baritone sinKer singer with a stock com company pan Ins His first salary with Ith the movies movie was little littlemore littlemore littlemore more than the twenty dollars ho had received as a II warbler Now he owns a II home In Holly Holly- Hollywood Hollywood wood two mountain cabins a stable or of o horses and Is a 0 mem mem- member member ber her of or twenty-six twenty clubs stubs and lodges The Tho MarQuise de la de dela dela la 11 Coudray better known as Gloria S Swanson anson came camo along alon aton a m lit lit- little lit little tle pie later liter as a bathing beauty beauly In short comedies Soon eho ehe may have ha a company of ot her own In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United Artists group Norma and Constance Talmadge and Dolores Costello were little littlemore littlemore littlemore more than kids when they played bits In the one which brought John Bunny and Flora Floro Finch to the height of their land rame Charlie Chaplin made mado his screen deb debut t In 1914 1314 and three years later signed a a no contract to tomake tomake tomake make eight two reel comedies at ata ata a 0 salary of ot TodaY ho be Is ono ot of tho United Artists clan Fifteen years ago Ricardo nicardo Cor Cor- Cortez Cor was making two twenty-two dol- dol dollars dol dollars lars lara II a a week cek In tho the movies mo A 0 Ahard hard hard climb brought him to the top lop and he now Is working In Sorrows of oC Satan which Grif Grif- Grif Griffith Is making I D MAN riRE-MAN railroad A firemans fireman's seat In a II engine coal mines timber limber camps and wind jammer fleets engaged Monte Blues Blue's time before ho he be- be became became be became came a 0 stage hand In la a It movie mo lot here where Griffith gave Kavo hima him hima a 0 start as JIB an extra Blue now heads his own owl OW production com com- company com com- company company pany with Warner Brothers L HOLT BOLT A MINER Jack Holt was a engineer miner sheep raiser and anda a freighter of or government mallin mall mallIn mallin In Alaska before he began tac- tac fac ng fac-ng log Ing the camera His progress wu was replete with hard bud knocks but to- to today today to today day he manages to own a stable or of fine line ponies which ho uses ac aca aca aca a member r of or the famous club polo team Lon Chane Chancy Chaney v remembers a when the light had not even ven been thought of ot as a 0 pos pos- possibility In those days the whole staff would drive Into the coun coun- country coun- coun country country try and usually return with one complete episode to a serial aerial In addition to his screen work Chancy Chaney at present finds much of hIs time taken by business Inter Inter- Interests Interests ests cats Numerous oth other r stars have ha tol- tol followed fol followed lowed the Industry since the day days of Its Infancy Virtually all the tho big producers of ot the present day Lasky Lasky the Goldwyn Fox and several others have others have do dc- de developed companies which had ha theIr origin la in the first days dUs of the movies To the veterans however ad- ad ad advancement to stardom does not seem as difficult as formerly As an actress on the European stage Pola Iola Negri lived In pov pov- poverty pov- pov poverty poverty erty Famous Fl Players Players-Lasky Players brought her to America wealth and tame fame all within a few tew years Betty Bronson had appeared In small roles In but two or three before Herbert Brenon brought her to the bright lights as the star ot or Peter Pan and andA andA A A Kiss for Cinderella Samuel Goldwyn n was In when he met Lois Lots Lois Moran a six six- six year teen teen year Pittsburg girt girl work work- workIng working Ingas ing Ing- as an extra In French film A few months and she had at- at att at attained t recognition through her work In Stella Dall Dallas s While on the same trip Cold Gold Gold- Goldwyn yn wyn met Vilma Banky In Buda Buda- Budapest Budapest pest peat She Sho came to America an and 1 appeared with Ronald Colman In InThe The Dark Angel Since then she sho has had sev several al leading lending part parts |
