Show mary brian started out to be commercial Ar artist mary brian was born in corsicana texas like gary cooper she went to los angeles to take up commercial art and remained to become a motion picture player during her childhood she showed a natural aptitude for drawing and the elder brians fondly dr dreamed earned of 0 an artistic career for her her pencil sketches found their way into the high school paper back home and she designed costumes for exhibitions believing that mary would have greater opportunities for developing her talent in a big place the brian family moved to los angeles shortly after their arrival mary won a beauty contat and later emerged with the most votes in one of those personality contests that were much in vogue rogue during the last decade albert kaufman at that time managing director of graumans metropolitan theater offered her a part in a prologue and encouraged her to try her luck in pictures five minutes after she had been ushered into the office of herbert Br brenon ellon director she was wa chosen for the role of wendy in the film version of peter pan ilan leading parts were easy to get after that picture came out among the sims films she has appeared in are the street of 0 forgotten men behind the front beau beall geste Shau shanghai bound man po power under the tonto rim forgotten For golten faces river of romance the kater kibitzer brown of harvard high hat the royal family of broadway homicide squad its tough to be famous the virginian and blessed evelia |