| Show These Movie People PHYLLIS HAVER TURNED ID DOWN I CONTRACT TO WIN VIN SUCCESS By ny DAN D. l THOMAS S NEA lA Service Ice Writer HOLLYWOOD Aug 4 Once t. Once a vamp always alwa s 's a vamp once Innocent always innocent Innocent Innocent-at at least that's that th the movie motto used by directors an and nd producers Phyllis Haver Haser has kicked over th the dope bucket as far as such rules arc are concerned concern cL No director can sa sato say sayto sayto to her No Miss Mies Haver you cant can play this role because b cause It la is entirely entirely foreign to your our characterization In i your our last film And the reason 1 Is that pretty blond Phyllis already has ha proved pros pro ed cd her versatility For some reason or other Miss Ha Ha- vcr didn't get ge along very ery fast wt at Pt first Perhaps it was because Mack Maek Sennett Sennet had her tied up as a 0 bathing beauty too long But despite the fact that tha she he had little chance to step out Phyllis acquired a world of ot good ou out of ot the training In those bathing girl comedies Her hot first definite detinUe step toward star star- stardom stardom stardom dom was the performance pe she gave in What Price Glory Her role of ot an American vampire in the Philippine was small but vital and she won the unanimous praise of ot critics with her portrayal Her next part va as as a light Ugh comedy role in The Rejuvenation o ot of Aunt Mary Then came the greatest role of ot he her career Phyllis PhllIs was cast as the soul soul- soulless soulless less woman In Emil Jannings' Jannings Way I 1 J 0 t r I i t 7 t If 1 w t w I f E p. p rI 1 d tI Iu i tJ j. j t. e e's i s 's J ij 0 t t y n 1 ny JM vv i i r tf i hIi III Phyllis Haver Harer now a star n as asa asa asa a Mack Bennett sennett beauty of o All AU Flesh JUst J st as an example ol ot other her tier acting while I IVas was Vas looking at the picture one night a 0 woman behind me turned to her como anion and whis whis- whispered whispered whispered she terrible 1 1 would like to wring her neck Miss Haver Is now in the midst of ot other her tier first starring vehicle The Wise Wife In it she plays the part of ot an old-fashioned old wife wife- who when she discovers that she is losing her he- heus he bus hus- us- us band Dand bobs her hair hall and adopts other flapper styles to yin win him back again More versatility The secret of ot Phyllis' Phyllis success is not nota a method that can be recommended to the average potential star After Arter completing her Mack Sennet con con- contract contract tract the blond actress took to the free toe lance field turning down all con con- contracts tracts In this way Va although she did not work as steadily at first she was as able to choose her own parts to a certain lain aln extent And she did not allow herself to become branded as any anyone one type It was a big gamble gamble gamble-as as anyone In will testify but she tool took it and won |
