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Richard Barthelmess, character man at sixteen; and a juvenile at twenty-two.
Call Mr. Ponce de Leon
Here's a tip on the location of that Fountain of Youth he sought so long
By Herbert Howe
cannot be imparted by patent pills or waters from a jons juventatis. It is an art subject only to a master hand. At sixteen years of age Dick Barthelmess was a "veteran" character actor playing a summer engagement with a stock company in Hamilton, Canada. Today, at twenty-two, he is one of the most promising juveniles of the screen, with a record as leading man for Winifred Allen in "For Valour." with Madge Kennedy in "Nearly Married" and as Tommy Gray in the Bab series. His name is already enrolled on the lists of prospective stars, because a good-looking fellow with personality and talent to play many parts, — from the school boy with shining morning face to the sixth age in lean and slippered pantaloon, — is not merely a player, but a star, whether or not he has been officially christened such by the godfathers of the industry. Barthelmess is the son of Caroline Harris, an actress distinguished for her work in support of numerous stage stars, particularly in the Shakesperian drama. Before he was twelve years old, young Barthelmess had memorized the names of all Shakesperian characters, and had viewed "King Lear" from the stage wings no less than eleven times. It was during a school vacation, while his mother was playing in Montreal, that Dick conceived the idea of doing his bit for the theatre. He secured an engagement in the Hamilton stock company and proceeded to play parts ranging
"Tommy Gray" ( Dick Barthelmess ) smokes his first cigar, and "Bab" (Marguerite Clark) thinks he has been poisoned.
SIX years ago he was a bent, gray-haired old man; today he is a
handsome athletic youth !
is not a line from Dr Quack's before-and-aftertaking ad; it is a fact that pertains to Dick Barthelmess, leading man for Marguerite Clark in •The Valentine Girl" and the Bab series.
For the secret of this rejuvenation Ponce de Leon would have awarded Dick a castle in Spain, casks of Madeira and flotillas of rubles, and there are de Leons, — male and female, — living today who would pay quite as well for the power. Unfortunately the formula