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ADGLPHE IfiBOOU (paramount player)
Adolphe Menjou's reputation as one of Hollywood* s bost dressed men and one cf the screen's riost impressive wearers of uniforms and picturesque costumes, dates back to a foundation laid during his school days.
Menjou was born in Pittsburgh, pa., Feb. 18, the son of Albert Henjou, French inn-keeper and linguist with nine languages to his credit, and ITora Joyce Kenjou, an Irish girl.
In due time he was sent to Culver Military Academy, where he first wore a uniform and learned, among other things, the extreme neatness about his person for which he has attracted attention ever since.
At Cornell University, he became interested in theatricals, while studying mechanical engineering. As a member of the theatrical society, he wrote a college play which proved to be very successful. Following graduation, he tried being a farm hand but gave it up to try the staje as a member of a Cleveland stock company.
His first screen work was with Vitagraph, as an extra in a dress suit; a job he was very happy to obtain because he was in urgent need of the few dollars it paid. After considerable work in the extra ranks, he toured in vaudeville in a newspaper sketch, which was presented nine times daily.
There followed more important roles in a number of early paramount pictures, including "The Amazons" in which he played a comedy Frenchman with Marguerite Clark.
At the outbreak of the war, Menjou enlisted as a private in the Cornell unit of the American Red Cross. Just before embarking for Italy, his company produced "Goodbye Bill" 7/hich was one of the biggest ever staged by a military outfit. He served on the French front until the Caperette retreat, was promoted to a captaincy and transferred to the Alpine section, where he participated in the St. Mihiel Drive.