Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

Starring Lady Luck Onl> •' few bars ol the musit hid been played and jane had gone thru no! more hull .i dozen movements, when Fo k„„ said " rhat'll do !" She crept aw i) (l, ,: t fallen, but when •.lie «.h down the aisle to leave the theater, the ballet-master's sccretarj ran hei ikine wants to see you W ait I" Jane waited, .mil discovered that she had (Mi.' cried I okine, "have 1 seen such mtiful .11 nis !" Hired by Ziegfeld I luck who led her to the building wherein Ziegfeld has Ins offices, on a oa) when that connoisseur of beauty was ting girls foi his "Follies" shows. Girls || sizes, nationalities and complexions filled the theater, the lobby, and spilled out into the hallways of the office building. Line Mood among an anxious throng on the eleventh floor, punching the elevatoi bell and hoping nobod) would think she was m and of the mob. The elevator didn't come, bul ' did merel) pass ing from one office to another, lie looked mi'. Jane jabbed the bell. He dis appeared into an office and returned with mpanion just as the elevator door rolled to admit the girl. The door closed after her. and its closing was followed by an imperious knock. The) want me!" thought Jane, hut she was too sh) to say so. and the elevator hov. with the arrogance of his kind, paid the knock no attention. The main floor readied. Jane lingered in the lobby, a moment, then took her wa> leisurely to the door. A boy ran after her. "Hey— Ziegfeld wants you!" "I low do you know ?" "Well, he phoned down to stop the girl with the red roses and you're her!" said the boy, more emphatically than grammatically. Even so. Jane signed with the "Follies" and played with them nine months. Zukor Sees Her It was a bitter winter and scanty attire n drat'ty stages went hard with the latest "Follies" beauty. Cold after cold kept her weak and ill. "1 wasn't getting anywhere," she ex plains. "1 didn't feel that 1 would ever make a great singer, and 1 knew I had started too late to be a first-rank dancer. 1 should have begun when I was five ! I wanted to act. I have such terrific ambition." An aunt. Jane's sole living relative, hearing that the girl had decided not to go on with the "hollies." expressed regret at never Vork having seen hei niece on the prompt 1) invited I foi the i i Sin li a night ! I In -. tin ii songs, null d and blew ■ the \ 1 1 She had a lii.u VeloUS lime \ll and i wondei lid tO hi i and slu pressed Jam I" take hei to | where the eel een, "We'll go to the Rita '"ill foi lunch Monday," promised Jane. I ittle god I ink was '.•Hiding them. 'I hev had to wait foi a table and while the) waited, in came \do|ph Zukor and JeS I I Lask) tO w all fl 'I one. too. Mi Zukot spoke tO Jane. "Still with the 'hollies.' eh . " "I've just left them," murmured Jane. All thru luncheon, she i fl t thi the two men upon her, and as she If It the room Mr. ZukoT came to her again. "M i . I a ik | would like to meet ) on." he said. "Ever thoughl of going into pictures?" Resulting in a year's contract with Paramount ! Then — "Don Juan" L-Ioi.i.Ywoop brought back jeopardized health, but at firsl it seemed to no opportunity. Month alter month went by. Fitzmaurice borrowed Jane for "Mis Supreme Moment" and she was condemned tn "other woman" l Later, Barrymore's "Don Juan" was in production. Alan Crosland, the direi sent for Jane. " \11 you'll have to do is to look gorgeous," be was explaining, "magnificent clothes, you know, that will show off your figure " "Oh, no!" cried Jane. "1 hate that! Anybody can look gorgeous. Isn't there something with acting in it?" "There's lira I rice in the prolog — but you've had so little experience, and that's a heavy part " "Let me try !" Larry more, consulted, gave her an appraising look. "Surely," he said, "she's Beatrice!" A screen test confirmed his judgment, and her work in the part won her a new and remunerative contract with Warner Brothers ! "I'm to play leads," she confided, eagerly. "I'm so happy ! I hate being an imitation Nita Xaldi — first because there's only one Nita, and second because 1 dont fit the part. "There's no good reason why being tall should make one a vamp, is there? Vamps usually are no more than clothes-horses. I want to do emotional seems. I'll be getting somewhere if I can do real acting. I'll be building toward a future, dont you know?" She has ambition, as has been said before! FR EE 10-Daj i ; i > I 1 1 1 » i • .!/«/// / ( Reviewing Pictures on Broadway (Continued from />((</<• 74) About a year ago I went to the Colony Theater to review Norma Talmadge's film version of the play, "The Lady." I had been sitting watching the newsreel when two grey-haired ladies passed by me and took seats near me. 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