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Picture Show Annual 15 It is a big step to go from Dorothy Gish to Zasu Pitts, and I scarcely know why I take it, except that I have always held the belief that one day Zasu will prove she is a great comedienne (writing some considerable time before the date of publication of this Annual, I have a feeling that she may have accom- plished what I am now predicting, but, in any case, she has the makings of a really fine comedienne). She has already given to the screen many wonderful studies of a comic character, but she has never shown us that real comedy which I feel sure she could do. Instead (notably in " Greed ") she has shown a decided gift for sheer tragedy. In real life, as the old-time writers of melodrama knew so well, the groan and the laugh are so close together that they tread on each other's heels. That is why I have the feeling that Zasu Pitts may one day be hailed as a great screen comedienne. It is strange how few good comediennes and comedians the screen has produced. Comic actors and actresses there have been by the score, but their antics have merely been comic—few have had that really great gift of comedy. Harold Lloyd, who makes more money than any other screen actor, had the good sense not to attempt to copy Snitz Edwards, the irrepressible Evil Companion of Douglas Fairbanks in " The Thief of Bagdad." Emit J armings and Lya de Putti in " Vaudeville," probably the most discussed film of its time. Betty Balfour, George Hackathorne and Haidee and Marie Wright in The Sea Urchin."