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Where the Brook and River Meet
By MAUDE S. CHEATHAM
Till: windows of Lila Lee's dressingroom at the Lasky studio in Hollywood open right into the pejiper trees that line \'ine Street. Here hundreds of mocking-hirds build their nests while they spend their hours in joyful songs and carols.
"It is quite like 'Swiss Family Robinson,' " laughed Lila, "and we are all very chummy in our little world up among the trees. Hear those lovely notes !" and, breathlessly, we listened to the softly repeated tones with their pensive sweetness.
"No wonder they sing so beautifully," whispered Lila, "for they practice and practice — their patience seems infinite."
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The dressing-room itself was a veritable garden, with its glowing pink walls and draperies, while the fragrance of roses from a huge bowl on the table furthered the illusion.
Then, there was Lila. looking like a lovely flower in a gorgeous pink negligee, its satin folds clinging to the slim, girlish form. Hattie, the efficient and popular colored hair-dresser of the studio, was diligently curling and twisting the long, dark hair into wonderful puffs and rolls, for Miss Lee explained she was scheduled to have som; pictures taken and "had to be all dressed up."
"Of course, I like to dress up once in a while, but it's an awful nuisance," .she cheerfully confided. "I always enioy wearing ginghams and calicoes in my pictures, they're so comfy.
role in 'Male and Female,' the best of anything I have done," she went on. "That is the kind of character I like to play — something serious, but still comedy — do you know what I mean ? Yo,u see, all the events meant everything in the world to me, yet they were funny to anyone else. Like Mary Pick{Continued on page 80)
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"I loved Tweeny, my
Lila Lee was the big screen find of 1918, and for seven years before that was known to the admiring "public as "Cuddles" of vaudeville fame. Her role as Tweeny in "Male and Female" will not be forgotten soon by film lovers