Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-04 | Page 10 | Ruth Lackeye Has Enviable Stage Career

oo Ruth Lackeye Has Enviable Stage Career Few women seen on the screen now days have had a more enviable stage career than Ruth Lackaye who recently re-cently made her debut before the camera at the Balboa studio In Long Beach, Cal, A score of years ago, Mrs Lackaye was one of the leading members mem-bers of A. N. Palmer's celebrated New York stock company. Then she retired to devote herself to philanthropic philan-thropic work. In the meantime, motion pictures grew In popularity. At -first, they did not Interest Mrs. Lackaye much; but she soon found that they had a wonderful won-derful power over the unfortunate people among whom she was busy in her charitable endeavors. First onlv tolerating them, Mrs. Lackaye soon became as ardent a picture fan as any of her charges. Then came an opportunity to enter the ranks of the silent players when H. M. Horkhelmer was casting the roles for "Neal of the Navy," the patriotic pa-triotic photoplay serial, which Balboa Bal-boa has produced. For the matron of the piece, Mrs. Lackaye was tho very type needed, it took her less time than is usual for the experienced stage player to become camera broke. Warmth and sympathy characterizes her work. Mrs. Lackaye is a native of Oregon, Ore-gon, where she was born in 1869 As a young woman, she joined the 'theatrical 'the-atrical profession. In her time, she has been associated with such eminent emi-nent people of the stage as John Sleeper Clark. Richard Mansfield and i Daniel Frohman. Because she learn- ed her art from such a master aa McKeo Rankin, at tho old California theatre in San Francisco, Mrs. Lackaye Lack-aye became a finished player "and in all the years that she was active In i New York eighteen she appeared ." only under three managements $