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New Stars for Old
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Gloria Swanson has a strange attraction.
shaded. We pronounced him an excellent comedian. Then came the Yellozv Man of "Broken Blossoms" and we were surprised to behold this juvenile comedian a superb figure of tragedy. He passed as severe a test as could be put to a candidate for stardom. His good looks and personality were subtracted from his assets and he had only his acting talent on which to rely. Sad-eyed, stoic, passionate, taciturn, brooding, exulting, sinister, spiritual, murderous, and self-sacrificing — his moods were palpitant with life.
A certain woman editor of a motion-picture publication said of this young actor, "Everybody loves him." It wasn't so long ago that we heard an editor proclaiming "the lovable Charles Ray." The parallel is significant. Charles Ray to-day is probably the most popular actor on the screen. What of the Barthelmess of to-morrow ? His work as Cheng Huan was as much a revelation as Ray's in "The Coward." It is understood that Griffith has contracted for Barthelmess' services until 1 921, and that he has prophesied both fame and fortune for his young protege. With such a reliable prophet to guide us it takes little courage to declare that Richard Barthelmess will be a star in the first constellation one year or so from now.
Doris May already beholds her name in lights. We knew that she would when we saw her as Doris Lee in the Charles Ray plays. Her charm seems a compound of qualities possessed by Billie Burke, Mary Pickford, and Bessie Love. Yet she is in no way imitative. Her sincerity and complete lack of pose remind one of the excelling Miss Love. Her whimsical delicacy
Robert Cordon as he appeared in "Huckand Tom," and as he later appeared supporting Bessie Love.
would fit her for another "Peggy." And, at times, she has the plaintive wistfulness of the immortal
Mary. As yet there have been no critical demands of her talent, although she has utilized her eyes for fine comedy expression in "The Girl Dodger." She has the womanliness and the realness that the public admires in its stars. In her Ince plays her girls seemed as human as Mr. Ray's young men. What more can be said? If Doris May continues to progress, as I believe she will, she is going to hold a potent sway to-morrow.
Eugene O'Brien is an excellent example of a star who attained his position through popular appeal. The interest manifested by the public when this actor was leading man caused exhibitors to advertise him. These Some day Jane Novak advertisements, combined with the downwill stay fixed as a pour of letters concerning him received by permanent luminary, picture editors, was an excellent tip,