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Show Mary Brian Started Out to Be Commercial Artist Mary Brian was born in Oorsi-caua, Oorsi-caua, Texas. Like Gary Cooper, she went to Los Angeles to take up commercial com-mercial art and remained to become a motion picture player. During her childhood she showed a natural autltude for drawing and the elder Brians fondly dreamed of 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 Short-ly after their arrival, Mary won a beauty contest and later emerged with the most votes In one of those personality contests that were much in vogue during the last decade. Albert Al-bert Kaufman, at that time managing manag-ing director of Grauman's Metropolitan Metro-politan 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 Brenon, director, di-rector, she was chosen for the role of Wendy in the film version of "Peter Pan." Leading parts were easy to get after that picture came out Among the films she has appeared ap-peared In are "The Street of Forgotten For-gotten Men," "Behind the Front," "Beau-Geste," "Shanghai Bound," "Man Power," "Under the Tonto Rim," "Forgotten Faces," "River of Romance," "The Kibitzer," "Brown of Harvard," "Ha Hat," "The Royal Family of Broadway," "Homicide "Homi-cide Squad," "It's Tough to Be Famous," Fa-mous," "Varsity," "The Virginian" and "Blessed Event." |