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A hope that a JimmoJ little star will shine forth brightly next auttiinn.
MAE MARSH, the first star cnpascd by Goldwyn. has cnticd Inr contract, and has retired temporarily from the ,screen. Mi>> Marsh has been for many months Mrs. Lee Arms, and it is <;aid that something ver>' interesting is expected to happen in the home of that former New York newspaper man, about the middle of summer.
But as a matter of fact. hasn"t Mae Marsh — the real Mae Marsh, the wide-eyed little mistre>s of pathos that we used to know — been pone from the screen a long time?
As a figure of forlornness. a symbol of that sma traeedy and futility which is an ever so much greater part of the world's woe than big tragedies, it took only two years to make her world-famous.
She first came to general attention — although she had several years of program success be hind her even then — in Sir. Griffiths production of "The Escape." Remember her as the haunting little mother who fought so pathetically to protect her baby? .\s a bit of intense drama she gave, in those moments, something the screen had never before reflected. After that, as •■ L i t t 1
Mj« .Mar«h oi fhi" (i«ld« yn period j{->'n'"d '" wi>;til, j(I.iiti<-.i
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up part« — a atudy of h*r role in ".Money MjJ.
Mis* Mjr»li in the oiirtroom •c<"n«r of "Intolerance." Her* wj» J ((real •lellar depiction, the like of which han neldom been •een.
Sister." in 'The Birth of a Nation." This was one of her two fullest and finest performances, for here her sprite-like humor was just as much in evidence as the grim terror of her finish.
People who waited in breathless e.Tpectation for "Intolerance" were certainly not disappointed in Miss Marsh Hers was surely the great stellar depiction of that bewildering procession, the like of which for simplicity, directness and humanity ha» seMom In-en .seen in the whole range of high endeavor on the dramatic stage.
Up to this time Miss Mar>h had never received the impressive pay-checks which one unconsciously associates with real screen fame, but she had Ixjen receiving impressive opportunities, and she had been given impressive performances.
Now the situation reversed itself. Samuel Goldwyn hired her. at a glittering figure, and it is ver>' evident that he and his associates made every effort to surround he* with fitting material, competent casts, able directors, sumptuou'' production* and awe-inspiring publicity.
Vet in her manv. many months "f r,<.i,liv n ,n,|ennr