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BILLIE BURKE GOES ATRAVELLING
New York City, a little town in western Canada and next,— it is rumored,— -Florida. These are the places where piquant little Billie Burke, famous comedienne of stage and screen, has been stopping during these strenuous times, when every day must be recorded with its sufficient number of celluloids tucked away inside the camera with thousands of feet of pictures of Billie Burke laughing, weeping, intriguing or waxing sentimental, in them.
Her first Paramount picture, "The Mysterious Miss Terry," was taken in New York City, and her second, "The Land of Promise," took her and her company of actors, directors, camera men and script writers to Manitoba, Can.
It has not been definitely decided where the third will be filmed, but there are persistent rumors to the effect that Florida will be the location. When she heard of this Billie Burke laughed and said:
"That's what we thought they'd do (the scenario department) as a sort of poetical justice for allowing us the joy of the visit to Canada. Why they can't write northern plays for us in the sunmier and send us south in winter, will always be one of the riddles of the universe to me ! However, I don't mind the travel, in fact I rather like it, for I've been living in Pullmans or on steamships half my life, I believe.
"You see, I was born in Washington, D. C., but a very short time after my advent into this queer old world, my nurse packed up my tiny things and we started for France, where after a few years I was placed in a convent.
"As my father was an actor, known as 'Billy' Burke, I decided to follow his footsteps and took his name for mine. I have worked in the principal music halls and theatres of nearly all the large European cities, as well as those of America, where later I made my stage debut in 'My Wife' v/ith John Drew at the Empire Theatre.
"After that I appeared in 'Love Watches,' 'Mrs. Dot,' 'Suzanne,' 'The Philosopher,' 'The Apple Orchard,' 'The Runaway,' 'The Mind-thePaint-Girl, ' and others.
"But it's my screen work that I enjoy most of all, and in which I think I shall be most successful. 'The Land of Promise' is a very wonderful picture, in the original stage version of which I appeared in New York City."
"The Land of Promise" will be shown at the Theatre on ....
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