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Above, Mr. Standing in “Rose of the World” with Elsie Ferguson; upper left, an off-screen glimpse during the filming of “Eyes of the World”; center, a snapshot during the making of “The Witness for the Defense" ; and, below, talking with' Warner Richmond at the Fort Lee, N. J., ferry
Defense,” Mr. Standing’s wife dutifully repeated my plea that he give The Classic some recognition, and the studio manager said he could have the day off. The press-agent told him the office wanted him, the office publicity manager begged him to spend his holiday within the portals of their marble Manhattan office building ready to tell a ’phone-worn re-y porter the story of his life, then, and not until then . . .
I found myself confronting a sleekly groomed but somewhat embarrassed giant.
He looked for all the world like a hale and hearty Englishman. His voice in greeting was resonant and firm, his hand large, vivid-gripping and welcoming. There was an amused twinkle in his pale blue eyes.
At once the thought came to me of an English squire standing beforej) an open door thru which came the fragrant warmth of blazing logs.
(Twenty -four)
Standing Room Only
By BARBARA BEACH
WYNDHAM Standing has no excuse for not being a good actor; in fact, he only followed the course of least resistance when he became one.
Nevertheless, it required the combined efforts of two press-agents, one wife, a studio manager and a star for me to obtain an appointment that I might discover the reason for his dramatic existence.
When his star, Elsie Ferguson, providentially took it into her pretty
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