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By MAUDE S. CHEATHAM
kid. so I threw myself into the work and had all llu' fini I could to make up for what I had missed."
jack's career in motion pictures began at the age of twelve, n hen he trotted aloiij.^ with sister Mary into the old Biograph studio in New York and stood around, solemn-eyed, hoping some one would notice him. Of course, in those days there were few roles for him, and he hecanie general utility man of the company, jilaying messenger and newsboy and helping out in all the "mob" .scenes. During his years before the camera he has played with most of the film luminaries. He was with Marguerite Clark in her first picture, "Wildflower, ' and again in "Little Sister of Jose."
He ]ilayed with his famous sister in "Fanchon, the Cricket," and cheerfully rem a r k e d that, "Mary and I stage a real rough-andtumble tight in that picture, and we didn't stop when the camera did, either, but
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Jack's screen career began at the age of twelve, when Mary became a player at old Biograph. He played messenger and general utility boy around the studio in those palmy days — and little thought of stardom
went right on, rolling over and over down the hill until we landed in a nice little stream. Do you remember that, Mecca de Shush?" he asked, using his own little pet name for Mary.
"Do If" echoed Mary, with emphasis, and sister and brother laughed gaily at the recollection.
It was in "Little Pei)|)ina," as Miss Pickford's fosterbrother, and as her brother in "The Girl of Yesterday," that Jack had his first im|)ortant roles.
Then came that series of youtlrful romances in which he and dainty Louise Huflf won all hearts as they rollicked thru film after film. Now he is no longer rated as Mary Pickford's clever brother, for he has signed with the Goldwyn Company and is being starred in the boyish sort of stories in which he excels.
"We've just finished a corking picture, 'Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,' " Jack told us. "In the beginning I am a crude mountain boy, and you know how I always like those roles. The story covers a ])eriod of about ten years and .so furnishes a lot of variety and contrasts, and we had some mighty interesting scenes. Gee, I thought we would never finish up I You wouldn't believe so many things could happen {Continued on page 82)
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