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Show ' Tkeda ;o 7777 Corpora? ion pSl I Long, Lithe, Sinuous Are the j ; Words to De- scribe Vampire Who Puts Expression Even in Her Biceps. L RMS play b very Important part In the production of moving pictures. Not the A A V kind of arms the Western ' eheriff carries strapped t" his side, nor the big guns V; that are used In "war r s stuff, " now bo popular but the arms with which nature has bl some of our movie queens. Screen players arc said to be voiceless, and they are, as far as vocal sounds are concerned; but the features, the eyes, the lips although tllent and the hands and arms speak as loudly loud-ly with the aid of the pantomimlst's art louder than many spoken words. Indeed, a well-known screen actress has said that she would rather express her emotions and thoughts with the aid of the silent vol. ca of the screen as the hands, arms and features fea-tures ars called than be forced to use tin. oftentimes witless and inano words put Into her mouth by the playwright The hands are used to great advantage in screen work, hut without a perfect arm to go with the hands they are useless. The commanding com-manding gesture, the supplication, the rcnun-. rcnun-. elation all of the hundred and one effective moves of the hands are weak. If that khh band be attached to a lean and scrawny arm. The movie players on this page are all blessed with perfect arms. Theda liara has a particularly beautiful and well-shaped pair j of arms. And they are Just the kind she needs In the depletion of the parts In which the specializes. Miss Bara's arms arc long, lithe and sinuous, regular vampire arms, an I when she gets them In action In one of her "Rag, a bone and a hank of hair" parts thej are Irresistible, and you cannot help under-standing under-standing how the poor weakling succumbs ti their charms. She puts expression even In her biceps. Barbara Tennant, who has her chin resting on her hands In a pensive attitude, has. verj beautiful arms, and knows how to u.sc them Observe the. picture; the set of her arms are helping to register the look of pensive roguish-ness roguish-ness as much as does the expression on her face. Muriel Ostrlcho's arms are almost perfect from a sculptural and artistic 'standpoint, and her arms are in great demand by artists and sculptors who want a model. Having perfect arms Is not all that Is needed, however. The knowledge of how to use them must also be a part of the player s equipment. Players from the regular tage are prone to use the hands and arms too much. They wave their arms; they make gestures that speak too loudly, and many of thorn who have the habit of the regular stage, of facing tho audience, face the camera and stretch out their arms In what the think Is an appealing appeal-ing or beseeching gesture, only to throw the picture out of focua and make the arms that I 1 j r?m Corporation |