Show I a I I I Ii II i I I Ij t Dy By nU RUSSELL J J. ff I TT- HOLLYWOOD Calif July JUI 18 is following the tho earthquake at nt Santa s. la Barbara Darbara a coterie of ot press agents from irom Hollywood came rushing in Int with t hot stories that their start stars had narrowly averted a death at al the hands of or mother nature It is with what rapidity a movie star with the std aid of ot a I press prees agent obent reached the scene cene of ot the mighty quake Like the wave 1 VO of ot a II magic wand the press Iress agents lightly touched their and presto their clients were catapulted into the throes of ot the tho devastating catac- catac sm It was no trouble at nt all for or Norman orman Sper who on the night before the quake had 1001 signed Mon Ion Montague Montague tague t Kue Lovo Love on a II publicity con con- contract contract contract tract to have Ve u the actor in a room if tt l t the Arlington hotel flipping a no arota coin rota to see sec whether whet r or not nol he would desert and return to Holly holly- wood Mr Love according to tho Uh I press rl agent felt a premonition hat that there would be a 0 quake quale so 80 so in accordance with the result of flip flip- flipping flippinI flipping ping pinI the coin he ho hurriedly ru rushed back to the movie town thus es escaping escaping 9 caping untimely death Roy Miller and C C. S S. publicists also managed to ha e Robert G. G Vignola the director I sleeping somewhere in the vicinity of ot the quake However Vignola YI nola did not become as excited as Love Iov Tho rho director merely turned over ovel Ind went hack back to sleep wrote the press agents Marlon Marton Da Davies les cs was as invited out tut outto to Pick-Fair Pick home of o Mary Olar Pick- Pick Pickford Pickford Pickford ford and Douglas Fairbanks to aid the famous amous pair In entertaining the Prince of ot Slam The actress was wal wasa a a. bit late for or the tho appointment She rushed through the front door A small dark man In resplendent re regalia re- re regalia galia galla was standing Inside the en en- en trance Marion Marlon threw him her coa coat and nd ind gloves then rushed Into the drawing room to meet met Mary 1111 and Doug DOUK Wheres hers the Prince she asked breathlessly Doug smiled broadly Youve Just used him for a n. butler huller he said paid pointing to tho the Prince of ot Slam Siam at the door still holding the actress' actress apparel On the Boulevard Doule Warner Varner Bax- Bax Baxer DaxEr er r handsome leading man step step- stepping stepping ping into a n. cab in lieu of ot his perpetual smile no one would suffers from ever ver know that he ho stomach trouble Gor Gor- Gorman Gorman Gorman man coming out of ot a house hash picking his teeth teth the world might night have heard of this cog in inthe fhe the screens screen's wheel had he not listened to the vain laudations of ot calculating cinema creatures Jimmie 10 years ago aSo was the right hand man of D D. W. W Griffith today tda he exists by his wits nits Clarence Brown rown walking into the A few tew years ears ago automobile salesman alsman he 1 e was an now hes he's paid thousands for directing movies Leaves J from my Hollywood diary Illary Lunch with Cecil K B. de- de delille delille lille in the th splendor of ot his ate office suite This cinema god Sod has personality and being conscious con- con M-lous M of ot It employs it to worthy worth advantage Dt deplores the lack tack of ot girls coming to Hollywood 1 We Wo should encourage them not discourage them he says Only I by ty having thousands o of ot girls to choose from are wo we able to t replenish ish our fast diminishing stock of players There are arc potential Gloria Gioria G orla Swansons Swa lons in every high school In tho the land railroads run run- running runnIng running Now ow watch the ning High School Specials to Hol lIol- Hollywood Holwood lywood wood Mans Man's ambition n is often n thwart thwart- thwarted ed by the whims t public p Take Tal e Adolphe the non non- nonchalant nonchalant lover loer of ot the screen Four years genre ago he h came here Time rIm after time he u applied lied at studios for fora a Job as art director dhE Youre a 0 good t type pe casting directors would tell him Why not try to be he on actor No I hate acting I want to todo todo todo do art directing But ut you jou 01 see flee what has happened But still hopes that some some- someday someday day da he will be wealthy wealth enough to afford art directing It would be he great Ireat to be a a. writ writ- writer er r if tc you ou Just didn't have to write says ys Herbert Howe wise wise- writer In film circles Mabel 12 I years jears ago w was is one of the tho biggest stars ot of the Edison company Sho She was among the highest paid actresses S and ind Mary 01 a I Fuller was lS her only competition The other day clay I saw her buying fifteen cents worth of ot doorknobs In a n five rive and ten In cent store on the Boulevard Her lIer face tace still holds hold the lines of ot beauty that won WOI he her hern fleeting n fame fa 01 C But she he Is much heavier r now than in the days clas when she glided gracefully across the hit th Matt in those days das Mabel Mahel was wa watho the tho mainstay of ot the family He IIer husband Herbert Pryor was Just Jus Justan an actor But passing years ha have to the whirlpool ol of o has teens Leens and md now her hr husband by occasional movie mole parts keeps kelps th the grocery grocer bills paid pa WIlY WHY ri GO CRAZY ZY Series s No Xo Three press agent A ens ens While on location on the Sacramento riv- riv river er cr r. r Director S was waa kept kep busy bus restraining reckless actors actor rom from rom taking too many chances In order to make mal e the picture more moro i thrilling Ian Keith Heith was walking walking- a tI narrow steel cable across th the river when the director arrived d ni on nithe the sc scene ne and was afraid arald to call to him lIm until the actor had hai Ia reached the end nd of ot the cable am and safety Despite all the director could uM do Keith Insisted on per per- performing forming his perilous feat fent every ever day the company was on location Needless to say pay a however the thi doubles those doubles those who are hired to risk their lives JIves for or the stars stars stars- are lre always kept busy hus in the film town Valentino host at ata Rudolph was as a aa a parly party the other evening for Marlon Davies and John Barry Barry- coore It was staged in the gala Iala fiesta rooms of the Ambassador 1 was there to gaze ga upon tho the size life painting ot of herself er f fd done d e 31 by F Masses Beltram-Masses court t art art- artist art artist I ht of o Spain Barrymore was there thereto to 10 receive recel a n. medal from Valentino in 11 recognition of oC his performance in Beau Deall Brummel To Insure success of ot this mut mut- mutual mutual ual admiration society all the stars turned out As I witnessed the handshaking and punch-drinking punch crowd of ot celebrities I could not help but wonder how long Jong they will flit rut upon the passing stage of ot unstable popularity In their places I easily MaurIce Amerso n Jeannette Trim Trim- Trimble ble Anthony Novell Leah Glun Glun- chi Gertrude Coghlan Juanita Charlotte Burton Durton Ed Ed- Edw Edward E w ward a d Coxen o George Field F Pearl la and 1 countless c others 8 who only yesterday day filled their niches as famous stars I And today tOllay hardly a name among them hem t tm is 11 remembered HOLLYWOOD STYLi NOTE For Jor Women Only The silhouette dress revealing on an undergarment of ot shimmering satin Is the latest lat et craze In film circles Mae Murray l recently back from rom Paris where she divorced her husband director Robert Z Leonard Leon Leon- Leonard ard is the creator Mae Mac triumphantly invaded the studio with wither her er silhouette ensemble the skirt of oC which barely tipped her rouged knees Do you ou remember Harold Lock Lock- I Lockwood ck- ck wood nood one of ot the first of ot matinee idols who was a II victim ot of the flu epidemic se seven en years a ago I ac-I The heritage r of this popular ular ac actor ac- ac tor for is to he be perpetuated His lBs son Harold Lockwood Jr Just graduated graduated from high school Is III to carry carryon on the honors of his father tather Those who knew Lockwood say that his son Is his exact double |