Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1917-Feb 1918)

STRICTLY EN FAMILLE 107 their time at the summer home on Long Island. First, it is better for the baby; second, it is nearer the studio ; and the minute the day's work is over, Alice Joyce, mother, can fly home to her little daughter. Not that the little one especially needs her mother — having a perfectly good nurse and devoted grandmother; but "Sweet Alice" wants to share the privileges, as is her right. In Glendale, Cal., is a beautiful home that is one of the show-places of the city. Visitors say "How beautifully that place is kept \" But, then, it's the home of True Boardman, the man who created the role of Stingaree — and he can afford to have it kept nicely. Which is all they know about it. True Boardman, his family and the neighbors know better. Keeping his home in order is True Roardman's chief hobby. He refuses to keep any help, but spends all his spare time in working about the house and grounds, keeping everything in apple-pie order — and, incidentally, himself. He doesn't need a trainer or any kind of special . stunts — his home-work answers every purpose. Mrs. Boardman and the youngster known the world over as "Billy Boy" are quite as active about the house, too ; and the three are often seen tinkering about the house or working about the grounds together. "The happy family of the screen" they are called, and they have earned the title. They might also be called the "co-operative family," for they not only play together, they work together. Nearly every day the three may be seen at the studio. Billy is just as important in his way as his father — and immensely proud of having co-starred with Helen Gibson. Mrs. Boardman has also appeared in many productions, and there is some talk of starring the entire Boardman family. Which wouldn't be at all a bad idea. There is none of that languorous indolence about Dorothy Phillips that we are wont to associate with Southern girls. No wortaor study is too arduous for this earnest young girl who came up from Baltimore, Md., to carve out her career. Miss Phillips appeared in numerous stage successes before she turned her attention to Moving Pictures, and her inter pretation of Nora in Ibsen's "A Doll's House" — a part that added luster to the stage careers of Mrs. Fiske, Nazimova and other talented women — is a proof of her artistic development. Miss Phillips is the wife of Allen Holubar, Bluebird director, and is as devoted to home-making as she is to her profession. In the daintily appointed nursery with her baby daughter she spends many happy, quiet hours. In fact, the nursery is a sort of study and common meeting-ground. If the lady in question is missing, the chances are that she will be found right there with baby. Miss Phillips has very decided ideas about life and happiness. "We should cherish our gifts," she says, "as gifts from God." And the secret is in right living and the supremacy of mind over conditions. It is what. I shall teach my daughter; in fact, I have already begun, and I find rest and relaxation in watching her development." One of the most distinguished women in the world and one" oi the most beautiful, accomplished and talented, is Ethel Barrymore. Supreme dramatic ability is her rightful heritage. Probably no actress in America is more generally loved by the American public than Miss Barrymore, and her appearance in Motion Pictures was eagerly awaited. Miss Barrymore dislikes to be interviewed, but she enjoys "just talking" about her home and children. Her husband, Russell Colt, is a prosperous New Yorker, well known in Wall Street, and perfectly devoted to and immensely proud of his lovely wife and sturdy, happy kiddies. There is a beautiful home at Larchmont where the Colt family spend the greater part of the year. It is called a "summer home," but it is an ideal place for . the kiddies and is never long vacant. This is the place where Miss Barrymore — or Mrs. Colt — spends every idle moment with the children she adores. It is her haven of refuge from studios, managers and the many details that go to make up her busy life. They are not "spoiled children" either. They are just jolly, sturdy, well-bred youngsters — too happy to be spoiled, and when the lovely, (Continued on page 162)