The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

40 The Moving Picture Weekly November 6, 1921 Regarding PrisciUa Dean, Star of ''Conflict ...;Priscilla Dean, the superb young star of "Conflict," which comes to the Theatre on , finds her recreation in the daring pastime of stunt ying. "It's so exhilarating up there in the air that when I get back to mother earth I feel fit for any 'Conflict' in the world,'" explained Miss Dean, "and it was flying that really kept me fit during the making of this picture." Priscilla Dean is a flying circus all by herself. The Los Angeles Times recently asked the famous star if she would fly over Southern California in one of the Universal planes to distribute copies of the paper and collect news matter from the various country correspondents. Miss Dean is a natural flier and loves the clouds. She appeared on the Universal City flying field in her leather tunic and helmet ready for the flight. The officer commanding the Universal air squadron ordered a mechanic to turn over the propeller. To his amazement the star waved away the mechanic and whirled the blade herself. The plane is of the two-control variety and once the proper altitude had been gained Miss Dean took the "stick" and gave the veteran pilot the thrill of his air experience. She zoomed and side-slipped, soared and looped and astonished observers by mastery of control. Miss Dean was gone all day and stopped at many Southern California Priscilla Dean, Starring In "Conflict." towns, making a creditable landing at each place. When she returned she was still in the flying mood and took Miss Grace Kingsley, dramatic critic of the Los Angeles Times, for a short flight. Miss Dean is a New Yorker by birth but now claims Hollsrwood, the famous California colony, as her home. "You see I've spent most of my life on the stage traveling around from one town to another and living in trunks and suitcases ever since I was a small kiddie. When the movies called to me I answered, and then when I learned that brief location trips were the only moves I had to make, I just about shouted for joy at the prospectst of being 'put' for once in my life. "That is why Hollywood means so much to me. it's the first place that I've even been able to truthfully call home and I don't think the stage could possibly lure me back from pictures for this reason," said the star. Miss Dean, who is recognized as the foremost dramatic star of the screen, is five feet four inches tall and has a pair of the most lustrous brown eyes any camera has ever registered. In this picture Miss Dean even surpasses her remarkable work done in "Reputation," a superlative recommendation. ADVERTING DISPLAY LINES A PICTURE IN WHICH ALL HUMAN EMOTIONS COMPETE FOR FIRST PLACE. WHICH ONE WINS? SEE "CONFLICT" HIS OWN WORST ENEMY, HE WAS A MAN WHO HAD DONE WRONG AND SAT WAITING FOR THE BRIMSTONE HELL THAT WAS A PART OF HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEF. SEE "CONFLICT" ■w DON'T MISS ITI PRISCILLA DEAN'S CROWNING SUCCESS— "CONFLICT." SHE WAS GRIM, FOREBODING, RELENTLESS, SILENT AND UNLOVABLE UNTIL HER CHILD, HER OWN FLESH AND BLOOD WAS IN DANGER— THEN THE MOTHER INSTINCT SMOTHERED ALL OTHER FEELINGS AND SHE BECAME HUMAN. SEE "CONFLICT." 1? RESENTFULLY SHE LEFT HER CITY HAUNTS FOR THE FOREBODING BIG NORTHWOODS. BUT LOVE CAME TO HER AND THE ROUGH WOODS LOOKED LIKE A PALACE DRAWING-ROOM TO HER IN "CONFLICT." THE WOMAN BELIEVED HER SWEETHEART DEAD. THE FEEL OF HIS ARMS WAS DENIED HER, BUT AT LEAST SHE COULD "CARRY ON" HIS WORK WITH THE STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE OF MEMORY. SEE "CONFLICT." PRISCILLA DEAN'S FIRST PICTURE SINCE HER SPECTACULAR "REPUTATION." SEE "CONFLICT" *» A SPOILED AND PAMPERED CHILD OF WEALTH, SHE ARRIVED TO CONQUER THE BIG NORTHWOODS WITH A MAID AND FIVE TRUNKS. SEE "CON FLICT." A PICTURE WHICH YOU WILL CARRY WITH YOU IN WORK AND RECREATION FOR MANY WEEKS TO COME. "SEE "CONFLICT." "Reserve at least one day a week for Universal pictures" 52 Universal Special Attractions this year.