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Over the Teacups
from that flying trip they took to New York in May, and not even any one who looked exactly like her could be as stunning as she was," declared Fanny enigmatically. "I also saw Bert Lytell just before he started East, and although he said he was going to make four pictures there and just possibly might go on the stage, I'm perfectly certain that he'll settle down in New York and never come back. So many players do that — the Gishes and the Talmadge girls and Bobby Harron have all left the coast this last winter. Oh, that reminds me — did you hear that Metro is to release Bobby Harron's pictures — after he's starred, I mean? Mr. Griffith thought that best, apparently. I'm so glad he's starred, for he's been working for Griffith ever since he was fourteen, and surely deserves all sorts of honors."
"I'd rather have somebody just discover me and make me a star right away," I declared. "I saw Barbara Bedford the other day — the girl Maurice Tourneur claims is such a find ; she's just sixteen, and came from somewhere in the Middle West to visit in Los Angeles with her parents. Tourneur met her at some sort of social gathering, and offered her a part in 'Caleb West, Master Diver/ his next picture, but as soon as she began work he saw what talent she had and gave her the feminine lead. Sounds like a fairy story, doesn't it?"
"It does," agreed Fanny, "and I'm always interested in these brilliant new
Al Ray can direct comedies and act in them with equal ease.
Photo by Evans
You'll see little Mary Have in Clarine Seymour's role in "Way Down East."
know that the Hal Reid who died not long ago in New York was Wallie's father? He used to write for the stage, and it was through him that Wallie got a start in pictures; Mr. Reid wrote a scenario and sold it on condition that Wallie should have a part."
Fannie, finishing her sandwich, gazed pensively out to sea till a wave hit her and roused her from her reverie. Then she remarked: "Speaking of the stage, I hear that Olga Petrova is coming back to the screen this summer, when she finishes her tour in vaudeville ; I don't know any of the details, but according to my information she's actually at work now, in an Eastern studio. I would love to see Petrova again, but I hope she won't wear the kind of clothes she used to ; those tailored suits positively moved me to tears, they were so archaic looking." And she spread out the very short skirt of her bathing suit complacently.
"Speaking of clothes and things, have you seen Gloria Swanson's double ?" I asked, more to divert her attention than for any other reason ; my bathing suit, having seen a hard season at the winter resorts of southern California, was somewhat bedraggled looking. "She looks ever so much like Gloria, and Charles Ray is said to be really interested in giving her a chance to prove her ability. However, I'd like to see her signed with De Mille, just to find out how much she'd look like Gloria if she wore the same kind of clothes and headdresses and played the same kind of roles that Gloria does."
"Well, I saw Gloria and her husband when they got back