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Picture Show Annual oA mongolian MEPHISTOPHELES There are many screen players in Hollywood who have found it decidedly more advantageous to be a villain than a hero, a character actor than a star. And Kamiyama Sojin is amongst them. Sojin belongs to the " once seen never forgotten" type. This may be because of his nationality, since there are not a great number of Oriental actors on the American silver sheet. On the other hand, there is no doubt that he is a very clever actor, and unrivalled in his own particular brand of villainy. It is a particularly diabolical brand, too, made especially impressive by his impassivity. His very lack of apparent emotion is even more terrifying than Lon Chaney's leers or Noah Beery's bullying fury, for though his mask-like face, set with its glittering, beady eyes, never betrays his thoughts, yet somehow he manages to surround himself with an atmosphere of evil. From the time he appeared as the Mongol Prince in " The Thief of Bagdad,' his opportunities for film wickedness have been many and varied, including his roles in " The Bat," " The Lucky Lady," " The Road to Mandalay," and " The Lady of the Harem." 5o;m w STILL A CHUBBY CHEEKY KID Not so many years ago, a chubby little Los Angeles schoolgirl was playing ball on a piece of waste ground adjoin- ing a him studio. By a strokeof good fortune, the ball went over the fence, and the roly-poly little girl clambered after it. This was Vera Reynolds' entry into the film world, for someone of discernment saw her and put her into comedies. Her frocks were lengthened, and her curls done up in an effort to make her look dignified, and this, combined with her impishness. made the two-reelers a great success. Then, as Vera confesses, she became more rol y-poly than ever, and retired for a short while. When she came back, she made such a delightful flapper that it was decided to star her. Forthwith she was groomed and trained. She was to become a dignified young lady, not a gay little girl with a tip- tilted nose and saucy air. She was to prepare to step into the high-heeled shoes of stars like Gloria Swanson and Leaf rice Joy. Vera, very worried about it, and exceedingly dubious, stepped. \ And the shoes didn't fit; nor did the .U elegant silks and satins which she wore. Vera gamely did her best, but it was no use, and after a period of struggling to appear sophisticated, her chubbiness was allowed to triumph. And now the film world rejoices, for it has back the gay. pert little kid who has endeared herself to everyone with her cheeky ways and laughing eyes.