Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1920)

CLASSIC tilings many other women despise, thinks dishwashing is a rare treat after cavorting about on a horse all day and just wishes she could be a housewife. But before such dreams come true, if ever they do, Edith Johnson is to do some straight dramas with William Duncan, for the Yitagraph Company has promised to give the star and his lovely lady an opportunity to show their talents in an entirely different line of work when they are thru "Smashing Barriers," in stories probably written by James Oliver Curwood. Moore o' County Meade {Continued from page 23) As it was, he said, "No, I went in a mob scene in 'Parsifal.' However, my hfe-long (not so long) ambition was realized — I was on the stage. Owen was with me this time. Yes, he ran away, too, the same time that I did. We earned $5 a week. But even this enormous sum failed to appease my ambition and I got a chance to play the lead with a number five road company of 'Lena Rivers,' I think it was. The people wouldn't come to see us. They had more sense than I had. But anyway, I was stranded in a small Canadian town. Were you ever stranded in a small Canadian town ?" "No, but we have been stranded in Troy, with a number five company of 'Bluebird.' It isn't any fun, is it?" "Say, do 3'ou know, I stranded so many companies that season, that they wouldn't take me in any more, so I joined a stock company, and one day a man from the Kalem Company offered me a job to work in moving pictures. I scorned it — all 'legitimate' actors did then ; but the magnificent salary of $40.50 finally tempted me and I fell. I was only earning $25 in stock. I never did know what the 50 cents was for." "It's like our own salary," we answered. "For five years there has been a 3 tacked on the end of it and every time we get a ten-dollar raise the $3 remains just the same. The next time we shall ijeg for a $7 raise to make it come out even." "Well, my first raise was $9.50. At last, my ambition was realized. I was making $50 a week," "And did you stay in pictures then?" we asked, reckless, now that we had our story. "Did any actor from the stage ever go in pictures and stay in them at first ? No, I made frequent trips into stock, but every time I went back to the stage my salary was cut and every time I returned to the screen it was boosted, so finally I stayed." "And now you're a star!" "Yes, and that is the only thing about the whole affair that surprises me up to date. How did I get to be a star ?" And paraphrasing, we answered, "The fault, dear Brutus, is in ourselves if we are not stars. You earned it, that's how. Or if you dont understand it, ask Sam Goldwyn. He knows!" (Seventy-nine) FIGHT FILM To Save Your Teeth All Stalemenls Approved by High Denial Aulhorities Millions of germs breed in it. They, with tartar, are the chief cause of pyorrhea. Also of many other troubles. Dental science, after years of searching, has found a way to combat that film. Able authorities have proved the method by many careful tests. And now, after years of proving, leading dentists all over America are urging its daily use. Now Sent for Home Tests For home use this method is embodied in a dentifrice called Pepsodent. And a 10-Day Tube is sent without charge to anyone who asks. Pepsodent is based on pepsin, the digestant of albumin. The film is albuminous matter. The object of Pepsodent is to dissolve it, then to day by day combat it. The way seems simple, but for long pepsin seemed impossible. It must be activated, and the usual agent is an acid harmful to the teeth. But science has discovered a harmless activating method. And millions of teeth are now cleaned daily in this efficient way. Let a ten-day test show what this new way means. The results are important, both to you and yours. Compare them with results of oldtime methods and you will then know what is best. Cut out the coupon now so you won't forget. It is Film that Ruins Them This is why brushed teeth discolor and decay. And why old methods of cleaning have proved so inadequate. Your teeth are covered with a slimy film. It clings to them, enters crevices and stays. That film is the cause of most tooth troubles. The tooth brush does not end it. The ordinary dentifrice does not dissolve it. So, month after month, that film remains and may do a ceaseless damage. That film is what discolors — not the teeth. It is the basis of tartar. It holds food substance which ferments and forms acid. It holds the acid in contact with the teeth to cause decay. 1^^ ^^■^^■^^■■MB^* PAT. OFF. I BEG. U.S. iMBi^^^H^^^^BIBMl^^i^li^ The New-Day Dentifrice Now advised by leading dentists everywhere See What It Does Get this 10-Day Tube. Note how clean the teeth feel after using. Mark the absence of the slimy film. See how teeth whiten as the fixed film disappears. Learn what clean teeth mean. Ten-Day Tube Free THE PEPSODENT COMPANY, Dept. 977, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. Mail 10-Day Tube of Pepsodent to Name . Address