Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

IT" ^ Shot at Dawn ( Co)ithiued from {nu/e 31) r‘"Tf;ii the im])act of her sinewy right arm, l^and the first thing he knew he was staggering away in the arms of his mncli discomfited companions. ' It is useless, after that, to remark tliat Miss Dawn is fond of outdoor life ; and that she is veiy athletic. You dont go around registering uppercuts unless lyou are pretty sure that your muscles rare in very fine shape. I' 3’ou will admit, too, that you must have the courage of your convictions to confess that you are a Mormon. Well, Hazel Dawn is a Mormon, and she ad"inits it. In fact, she fails to understand why any one should be surprised when 'she says that she goes to the Mormon church here regularly. Of course, she does not [uactice poilygamy. She has not even gone .so far 'as to ado))t even one husband. 3V’ell, to begin with, it must he explained how Miss Dawn came to he a jAIormon. .She was born in Utah--Ogden, l(j he e.xidicit— -and her ])arents were members of the Mormon church. .Miss Dawn and her sister used to .sing in th.e I, choir and go on C()ncert tours in between ^services. It seems a far cry from ;i church choir to a risc|ue farce or a motion ])icture ptudio. But Miss Dawn is one of fi\'0 talented sisters and, in the natural course ^of evenis. they all went to h.urope ! to have their gifts pei'fected. (hie |.sludied the violin, (that was .Miss Dawn), fanother the ’cello, and so cm, and thev all 1 learnt to sing. .\nd now they have a diome-grown orchestra, with soloists and 1 everything. One day Miss Dawn’s teacher asked her why she didn’t invade musical com|iCdy. Ishe made her first a))pe<'irance in i London. 1 hat was the beginning of it all. M hen "I'he Dink Lady” came along, and lC\lis.s Dawn had till the c]u;dific;itions, 'A’iolin and all, and she was imported right ‘hack to her native country. .Some hawk-eyed motion |)icture man saw her and she was snai:>ped right uji dor the screen, making her debut in “One of Our (jirls,” a i'amous Players production. .\nd tlien, after a while, life fccr Miss Dawn was just one jncture after another. Perha])s you have been wondering whv you have not seen Miss Dawn lately on the screen. W'ell, you will soon, if all goes well. That “if all goes well’’ is entirely u]) to .Miss Dawn. She explained it all in her dressingroom the other day at the Kltinge d'heater, where she has the leading j-ole in the farce “Uj) in Mabel’s Room.” “ The s(jrt of work 1 love best of siill is certain phases of picture work. There is nothing that appeals to me so luuch as working in the open, or exteii'iors, as they are collocjuially known. 1 love to get up on a brisk, bright morn!'ng, tram]) miles across the w'oods c)r rlrive way out into the count rv. and there j'tegin while the day is still fre'sh.” j ( Sixty-nine) Xow it is u{) to some enterprising young literary genius to supply Miss Dawn with the right kind of a story. Otherwi.se Miss Dawn wont be able to begin her days exactly right. Who Put the True in Truex? {CoulhiucJ from page 33) do what he has done — but more deliberately intellectual . . . without the im])edimenta of straight comedy — the mustache., the shoes, etc. . . . Lie doesn’t want to have limitations, this Truex. Lie wants sco|)e . . . room . . . breathing-space . . . He is tremendously glad, he told me, ! of the new way in Avhich the stage i> coming to be regarded, has come to re,gtird itself. i\n actor used to he sort of a freak, he said, stared at everwhere, hardly human. Xow, actors are become businessmen. W'ith methods. With i dignity. W'ith little or none of the, to ; him, offensi\e calcium. hwen wilb ' commercitdism, which doesn’t in tinle.-ist infringe u])on their artistry -on the contrary- " 1 his st.'inding ;ibout the clubs,” ; .-^aid Truex ; “drinking . . . gosh ! Or j going about in cafe.^ as .sonu-tlung of j a side show. I dont sci it. M_\ ])rofession is m\' job and I’m going to mrdee gt)od on it — 1 \ e still a long to go and I’m going-but Dm mcrel) an ordinal-} human being earning m\ bread and butter, and not anvthing In lose an eve over.” One does not blame him for being ,i Lamily-Man when one regardez-voues jihotos of said family. 'Lhe delectable, retreshing photos ol Mrs. F.rncst — and Phili]> and Jamie. One mentallv accredits him with just that much more sound sense. One envies him in a manner of sjieaking. “M}' boys and 1 are jials,” said 'Tmex, with enthusiasm delightful to behold; “I’d rather be with them, do ! ing things with them, than with any i one I know. I like to think they feel | the same. They're ])retty mncli the ! whole show with me. When 1 built ' my house at Great iVeck both Mrs. j ''J'ruex and I built it for them, around i their comfort and convenience. We ! all do things together. 'J'alk even- ’ thing o\'er. We’re an awfully haj)])}' , family. My mother, who was my jial ! thru all my first strivings, lives with us, ' and every one is pleased. There’s noth I ing like it.” I asked him if he w'ould like to see small Jamie, or Philij), or both, become actors later on. “Why not?” he asked; “with the pu-ofession what it is, and what it will be then, if they love it honestly, if they make goofl on it — w'hy not?” Thus Ernest "Truex. 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