Motion Picture Magazine (Nov 1916-Jan 1917)

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OUR SCREEN STARS AND THEIR STARS 57 captainship or nothing at all for our "Queen Mary." Indeed, she must often have been rather a sore trial, in her childhood, to her family and friends thru her set purpose to do and have things her own way. And she nearly always accomplished it, I'll be bound ! Had she not become filmdom's idol and a world-famous personage, there is not a doubt that Miss Pickford would have made her presence felt, no matter what the background or setting. Conceding that fate had cast her for a small-town village belle, let us say— a girl with a limited environment — do you think, for a moment, that, she would; -have been daunted by this ? Not for an instant, for she probably would have married the village curate, the mayor, or the leading citizen, and bossed the whole town; she would have led in all the social activities and dabbled considerably in municipal affairs. Ah, but she would have done all this so gracefully, so tactfully, so sweetiy, that no one could possibly have resented it. People just naturally follow her, serve and support her, and she cannot be blamed for unconsciously profiting by this — nowxan she? And, you know, real leaders are born, not made, anyway. You must not get the impression that, because of this supreme belief in herself, Miss Pickford is in any way an arrogant, haughty, self-assertive person. Not a bit like it, for she has accepted leadership merely as her just due, as her right world's heritage. Times without number we hear stories of this wonder-child's sweetness and affability, her generosity and unaffectedness. These are all prominent traits in her, and undoubtedly her chief joy in her success in life is because thru it she has been enabled to help and assist those around her, her family and all near and dear to her. Especially considering the great publicity attendant upon Miss Pickford's business affairs, it is not surprising to discover that she has a most far-reaching vision as regards money matters. In no way close or penurious, she has a just and right appreciation that one hundred pennies constitute one dollar, and it would have to be a shrewd, almost uncannily clever person who could best her in a financial deal of any sort. The stars further enlighten us, regarding filmdom's queen, that she is intellectual, far-seeing, most ambitious and strong-willed, even to the point of sheer stubbornness. Once her mind is set upon a thing, there is scarcely a power in heaven or earth that can move her. She probably often herself suffers thru this iron-willed determination of hers, and yet she is practically helpless before it. At that, it is nothing to be greatly worried about, for complete self-reliance is a very enviable thing. It is rather a difficult task to attempt to foresee Miss Pickford's future relation to the Motion Picture world, for she has climbed such dizzy heights within so short a time. But she may be assured that, no matter how great or how prolonged her success, she will never rest contentedly upon her laurels. Her restless, determined, ambitious spirit is sure to lead her on to greater achievements. Once an Aries child has tasted of the cup of success, nothing is more hateful to her than stagnation, the lack of progress, the sense of joining the ranks ; with her, domination is as the breath of life. Mary Pickford's extraordinary popularity and success so early in life may appear to many of us as a God-given gift or a page out of the "Arabian Nights." But, as a matter of fact, and more literal truth, she has only one person to thank for it, and that person, if you please, is none other than Mary Pickford herself. Nor is she the type that will worry herself into premature middle age. ^ ^ EARLE WILLIAMS, Born February 28, 1880 The Stellar Combination at this time — Pisces — saw the Moon in Libra, with Mercury in Taurus, and Venus influenced, only slightly, by Sagittarius. One has only to observe Earle Williams upon the screen — let us say in such Vitagraph masterpieces as "The Christian," "The Juggernaut" or "The Vengeance of