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In the upper left-hand corner — the want ad that Universal published in the
Los Angeles papers. Directly above — a partial panorama of the people
•who responded. Lillian Greenberger, who hires the players at U City,
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Dorothy Phillips declares that advertisingMoesn't always pay — at least when you're trying to buy a resemblance.
THERE is an old saying to the effect that everyone has a double somewhere in this wide world. The wiseacre who got the original copyright on that somewhat dubious statement didn't foresee the cinemic age with its so-called Mary Pickford doubles in every city and hamlet — in fact every cinema star of any luminosity whatever has her or his doubles scattered broadcast throughout the world.
One would expect that in Los Angeles where movie star timber arrives daily in huge shipments there would be doubles for anyone from the adorable Mary down to Mack Sennett's ''Teddy" dog.
But Universal City's employment department no longer has any faith in the double myth. This is the why:
Dorothy Phillips has been engaged in the production of a new picture play "The
Right to Happiness" in which she plays the part of two sisters — one good and one
bad. of course — and it was necessary to get some one to pose for her in the "long
shots" in which both sisters appear; in the "close ups," double exposure placed Miss
Phillips on the screen in the dual role.
.\ want ad was inserted in the Los Angeles papers and over a hundred girls who considered themselves adequate, doubles for Miss Phillips appeared. But after giving them all the scrutinizing once over and making tests of a few likely candidates, Casting Director Lillian Greenberger gave up the task.
The script had to be altered so that Miss Phillips could play the dual role throughout the photoplay.
The Bruised Reed
THE room was thick with smoke and stale beer. The negro orchestra was jazzing its jazziest; the dancing mob slumped around the small floor, doing the shimmy.
She was a pretty little thing. Her face was like a wood-flower. In spite of the make-up. one could see she was out of p'ace in this notorious road-house. She swayed in the arms of a burly fellow, close in his embrace. She was young. . . .
Her companion circled her out of the crowd, to a quieter corner. His arm slid about her; he pushed his great face close to hers. Her little fist smashed out and beat against his mouth. It was a little reed beating against a wild wind. . . . Her breath came in short gasps; she fought, now, like a little hell-cat; clawed his face. . . . My God — couldn't they save her? Wouldn't somebody. . . .
Then somewhere a voice, rising out of the din:
"Good — keep that up, kid, and you'll land a contract." It was her director.
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