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Show i if i n . . ,,, A4 MWMWM I, m. aW Aristocrat of Motion Pictures Has 1 I Breakmgtce Movles I -K1BPW a Name that Contains Nine Words J ij jjljl yj- INDING ourselves "at llb- i- " eily," after having risen p!; to the dizzy dignity of : !j ;i ' "y playing real parts In a five- . , . tj reel picture, did not de- HI j press Myra Jones and mo jJf, s L lo anV S'eat extent. Wo 1 jtlF V'S liad hPetl to. he Put m tne Ilffi regular stock company of the studio where we d ! did our first work as sure-enough jlaycrs. Of Li course, losing that chance was a dlsappolnt- $ ' ment, but as the hope was not of a very stablo. ( fi quality, Just the usual air-castle brand, the dis- ' 'i appointment was not keen. Being out of work I jjM did not bother us at all. As long as wo were i feli only extras, we had to expect that. ' fij We had some money saved, were well known j rfj &t three studio., and knew that something i would turn up soon. And, besides, there was : i; Vfj: tne Civil "War picture, In which We had been J n!; promised work. We compared notes with sev- j ji ' oral other extra girls and found that wo had Jl Ut. done better than most of. them, and the fact W- that each of us could point with pride to "our 1 uBl parts" made -us almost personages In "extra- i'wit! ,lom" UWb loafed three days and' did not even Took IB' for work. Instead, wo fixed up our clothes r WM and bought things. i&9 "Kid," Myra said, "Let's put some of our HI, money In circulation." HVi wc did. We bad a perfect ory-of blg-storc- basement and bargain-counter shopping. I got J ' Nfi n nIcc. stylish suit for 15, because I was such L iftnj R "1Ittlc" dcar, according to tho saleslady who H waited on us, and could wear misses' sizes, and i MM J be'eamn the proud possessor of six pairs of. K !l Hk stockings at one time for the first time in ' ; if! ii y life. i f Myra plunged. Her buying "set her back" Jut ' 55 Among her purchases was a gorgeous i j1 , lavender silk klmona, which made her look i twice as big as shoovns and hldeousl Sho put i this tcrriblo garment on one night and-gave j mo what she said was a samplo of the "strong I dramatic stuff" sho was going to 'do when she j became a star. - 1 Wc had been to a vaudeville show that aft- ornoon and Nance O'Nell had dono some fino j J W work Jn a sketch. Myra imitated her. J "Nance hasn't got a thing on inc. has sho . ; ; kid?" sho asked, when she was through. ' ; Ifji I could never see Mj'ra in anything but com- i ill III? cdy and said so. We argued and called on our . i fyl friend Mr. Mcrton to decide.' He came across li Eft tho hall with his pipe and looked on as solemn "Judgment!" she cried, when it was over. Mr. Morton was very frank. "You remind me of Nance O'Nell," ho said, "because you arc so different." Myra wanted reasons. "You really did that well," he told her, "but It was forced; you had to act. Tragedy Is not your natural inclination; you have to make yourself do it. In comedy you arc natural; you, can say funny things and do funny things without any effort. You will go further and fare better where you do things without effort. You will go much higher in comedy than you will in anything else." Myra would not believe him. "I'll show you," she said. The next day wc heard from Karl Fisher, our actor friend. He Knew the director of the placo on Long Island where the war picture was to be made, and. he told ua. that-work was to bu-gin bu-gin at once. Wo wcit over the following day, nud-wore our new clothes. Wo were to meet Karl at a. drug store, and while wo were waiting, a man with the longest pair of legs I have ever seen wrapped, around a stool at the soda counter, looked at us and smiled. We went outside. . t think I said somolhlug about him being a lrcsh thing. "It's your fatal beauty, kid," said Myra. The next minute" the man appeared In tho doorway. VIIcllo, girls," ho said; "been buying any more gold bricks lately?" He was the reporter we had met in tho of-flco of-flco of Spoider, tho faker who had taken our savings, with the promiso of getting us places in the movies by sending our photographs around to tho studios. Wo were glad to sec him, and .thanked him for the gocd advice he had given us and for telling us how to get work as extras. Wo wont back into tho drug store and' had sodas with him. Karl found us there. Wo introduced tho two men tho reporter's namo was Carpenter and he went to the studio with us. Karl was well acquainted with the director, a Mr. Sternlo, and we got through the line and 'Into his ofllco , ahead of all tho other applicants ' for extra work. There wore hundreds of them. Mr. Storuio was a most peculiar man. Uo placed tho tips of his fingers together and looked up at the colling while ho talked to us. Karl already had a part In the film,and he had spoken to him about Myra and me. "I can use you," Mr. Stcrnlc said, pointing his linger at Myra. -Then he looked at me,and shook his head. ." "Too small." ' Dorathea Fakley, Century Film Co. JPM 72 APPEAR. 0M 8'fl f)WE. ME0rEP iS50YS Of course, I felt smaller than ever. He scorned to accuse me, and I felt that my size was a dreadful handicap, and all my fault. ' ' "I want big people," Mr. Slcmlo went on. "Heroic types. 1 will make many of tho scenes allegorical. I want to sco masses of people that will sweep through a scene not walking or running, but sweeping, Mowing with majesty. Allegory must be " Wo never learned what allegory "must be." Mr. Sterrilo was not a ijogular director at this studio. Ho had boon brought In to direct this ono picture, but 'ho never Mnishcd It. Tho man, In splto of his peculiarities, was a poet. Ho soon 'clashed with the heads of the company. They wero entirely commercial. The business manager told Karl that Stcrnlc might havo the hoiiI oC r. poet, but he didn't havo tho business aMULy of a grasshopper. Thin Myra nnd I each got a part. Mr, Stcr-nlo Stcr-nlo found a virtue in my smallness in ono or his allegorical scenes, but my work' was never secii, by tho public. It was lopped off by tho other director who came In to Mnlsh the work where Mr. Stcrnlc left ofT. x The Hcenes that Myra appeared In, wero splendid. I could clono my eyes for days aftor wards, seeing tho finished picture, nnd sec her' "majestic llgurc in Its Mowing robes. First, there was shown a battlclleld after a battle the brow of a hill covered with dead. ,. b'low appeared In the background, and Myra seemed to Moat up and over tho hill. Sho did not walk or run, as Mr. Stornlo had .said hip characters mtfst not, sho swept, she Mowed into the scene. Sho went hero and there among tho dead, searching until sho found a loved one. 5?hj gathered the body In her arms. Then there was a close-up that showed Myra a heroic Mgure. magnified to three limes her usual proportions, pro-portions, wlththo dead soldier, who seemed a little child, clasped to her bosom. Phe mado as If to leave tho scene, stopped and, brooded over tho many dead, was seized with a frenzy, tried to gather all of tho bodies to her heart. She wns Love and Womankind, reaching out over tho battleMclds .of the world, trying to reclaim 'the slain. Tho scenes of Myra and tho dead soldier were faded in and out of the Mini a number of times, because oven the Phlllstlno producers saw the beauty of it when it was mado, and the work never failed to make the audience thrill, not' the thrill of clapping hands and stamping feet, but the thrill of the spirit and eoul.s j x' uie iuii name ol vmiun;i ue -T ' Felice, appearing in Metro Mlms, wero used, and a theater manager wanted to put It out in front of hl3 theater In elcc-J elcc-J trie lights, ho would havo to have a mighty big theater, and f his electric light bill would be something awful. The full name of tho star is farlolta Nevada Evangeline Jcanno Genevieve Marie Antoinette Do Felice, Miss Do Fellco, never uses her full name, of course, but members mem-bers of her family over In Europe do, and thoro , is a story around the studios that recently when a cablegram came for tho player, tho full name and the peculiar wording of the message caused the censors to think it was a mysterious mysteri-ous code of some kind, and that they wero on the track of a deep mystery. Miss Do Felice Is of aristocratic and artistic parents. Her fqther was Angelo Do Follce. well-known paintoiVand sculptor of Rome, and her mother was of the aristocratic house of La Clmpelle of Lyons. Angelo Do Felice and his wife came to the United States when little Curlotta wns 4 years old. A year later tho child was left an orphan. Her foster-parents educated her In classic dancing, and sho traveled trav-eled with them, becoming known as "Little Carlotta," and created a sensation. This clever child literally grew up on the stage, and after touring Russia, Franco and England as a dancer, she came to this country again and went on the stage for a number of seasons. Her Mrst moving-picture work was with Frederick Ward In Richard the Third, and aflor this she joined . tho Vltagraph as lee.ding woman. ' Miss Do Felice has many photoplay successes to her, credit, among them One Million Dollars, Heartsease, Money, When Woman Lovus," in which sho had tho lady villain part. "Sho also mado a Mno impression as "Polly Love" In Tho .Christian, and In adaptations fof a number of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poems. . NONA THOMAS. Triangle, Is one of tho fow actresses who has never worked with but one Mlm-producing company, and who had never had any stage experience beforo going into the movies. Two years ago sho began her screen career under Thomas II. lnco, nnd from small and insignificant parts sho has worked up to tho proud position of being ono of tho most notable IngomieH in picture. Miss 'Thomas is not only an lugenuo; she has dono many oxccllcut character parts which i sue loves ami nas uecomc an expert at mailing up in either young, or old end 'jnatlrftcllvo parts. J Miss Thomas, besides being a clever llttlo actress, can turn her hand to a startling num- ' bcr of domestic accomplishments. She has a j natural talent for designing hor own costumes cos-tumes for tho screen us wejl as for everyday j use, and can cut and make a dress like a pro- j fcsElonal modiste. But that is only ono of her accomplishments. 1-She 1-She Is a positive gonitis In tho kitchen, and the toothsome dishes she prepares, when slio has the lime to do so. have mado her little parties very popular with the fortunate ones l who alio Invited to attend them. She is tiw j most famous candy maker at tho Incc studios, and when sho comes to work carrying a largo bag or box, the knowing ones all press arouii'J to sec what new surprise In the way of a con- H fection Nona will spring on them. 14 With all these fascinating avocations, Miss Thomas docs not neglect her studies for pro- pjk fessionnl advancement. She is cultivating hor I voice and takes lessons In dancing to give hor gri'ce and poiso In her work. Miss Thomaa Is a blue-eyed girl with blond hair, and is 15 years old. She loves swimming and walking and Is a healthy, fun-loving girl. Miss Thomas Is a younger sister of Ollie Klrk-by, Klrk-by, tho Kalem star. , j Dorothea Parley. DOROTHEA, or "Dot." Farley, as she " known to her intlmato friends, lendlnff woman for the Century Film Company. v,afl bom In Chiciigo on December C, 1SU0. Three years later sho toddled out on a stage and made her bow to tho public In tho profession sho has I followed ever since. Of course, "little Dot" did not stay boforo th footlights continuously from tho age of 3. There j were breaks In her activities when sho went tc ' school at a seminary In Rockford. Ul., and whH she studied music at the Valparaiso Conservatory. Conserva-tory. Miss Farley has had enough experience on both tho regular and plcturo stages to make big book. She was star of her own stock com-, pany for a number of years," was in musical comedy for two or three seasons and has been a movlo star for a long tlmo. Sho was IcadlnH woman In ono of tho Mrst big Western pictures made. This Mlm was staged in the City of St. n Loui3 and surrounding territory. It was called Mt Tho Peril of tho Plains, and mado a sensation wherever shown. Miss Farley Is now working In feature iuule tho direction of Gilbert P. Hamilton. cnM . Inherited Passiono. |