Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1920)

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Photos by Hartsook, L. A. I "I'm so happy and pleased that the critics J^ seem to Hke my role of Grace Goodwright in 'The Devil's Passkey,' " said Una Trevelyn and smiled contentedly. "That was the second picture I ever made, the first being a small bit with Bessie Barriscale. One day I went out to the Universal studio to see the casting director, and the instant he saw me he exclaimed, 'You're just the girl.' He sent for Erich von Stroheim, and when he came in he took one long look and repeated the remark with emphasis, 'You're just the girl.' It seems they had been looking for a certain type — I was the type — so they signed me then and there to play the leading role in Von's second big production. "If I climb to the heights of film fame," she continued, merrily, "it will be thru a vale of tears, for in this play' I wept for fifteen solid weeks. Really, I becanie so depressed that I would wake up in the middle of the night, sobbing bitterly. It was a splendid part, tho. sweet and sympathetic, for, you see, the trouble was cau.sed thru no direct fault of mine and I could easily throw myself into it. ".\fter all the misunderstanding and misery, there is a pretty ending — with a bright new hope — the scene being at dawn. We tried for six week.s to catch the sun at just the right place for that final scene. "Detail is Erich von Stroheim's first, second and last name," went on Miss Trevelyn. "Why, he even took me along when he selected the furniture, colors Temperamental Una and perfumes to be used in my boudoir sets — to insure the personal touch! "He is very temperamental — how we used to clash — our two strong wills!" and Una laughed in memory of frequent tilts. "However, I fully appreciate all I learnt from him." she went on, seriou.sly, "for Von makes you 7t'ork. He expects you to throw yourself into the rehearsals as completely as if the camera was going, and by the time I had gone thru the action several times I became so imbued with the spirit of the scene that I hardly realized that I was acting a part — I was actually living it. "Following 'The Devil's Passkey,' I made a picture with Lois Weber, 'What Men Want.' In the role of Renee, I played a dope fiend, a vicious sort of girl, and had some strong dramatic moments. It is always easier to do a big scene than one requiring less emotion — somehow you urge Una Trevelyn was born of English parents, in English waters, on an English boat. She is a graduate of Ward-Belmont College of Nashville, Tenn., but after her graduation, she ran away from home and came to New York (FiftyHght)