Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

4&tEE£L PICTURr «Z1>>IE._ r Edward Burns a Trail to Fame (Continued from page 50) Blue Streak," he said to Nigh, "I liked your makeup in that picture. Will you show me how you did it"? "Oh, say! If I had known as much then as I do now about makeup I'd have been afraid to take the chance," laughed Eddie as he related this story, "but my downfall came at the end of my first day when they caught me trying to remove cold cream and grease paint makeup with soap and water. I tried to tell them I was used to liquid makeup, which washes off, but the explanation failed to convince." In "The Slave" withValeska Suratt, Edward Burns had his initiation into all the mysteries of the studio. So remarkable has been his success that Sam Kingston and Bill Nigh have often been heard arguing as to who discovered him. After "The Slave," Mr. Burns played opposite June Caprice in "The Unknown 274;" with Virginia Pearson in "The Queen of Hearts ;" then to World, where, as a member of their stock company he supported Kitty Gordon in "Her Hour," "Diamonds and Pearls" and "The Wasp." For Universal he played in "The Morgan Raiders" starring Violet Mersereau, and with Olga Petrova in "The Life Mask" for Famous Players-Lasky. He was featured with Miriam Miles in an O. Henry story, "The Nemesis of the Candy Man," with Gladys Leslie in "The Soap Girl" and with Corinne Griffith in "Love Watches," all three for Vitagraph. With Alice Brady he played in "The Ordeal of Rosetta" for Select. Two Famous Players-Lasky pictures starring Elsie Ferguson in which he appeared were "The Danger Mark" and "Under the Greenwood Tree." Then followed "A Marriage for Convenience" with Catherine Calvert for Keeney and "Made in America," a series produced by Ashley Miller with the co-operation of the Government. Tall and broad-shouldered, ruddy cheeks, black hair and merry blue eyes, Eddie Burns has the physique, the personality and the talent that will quickly carry him to the big success predicted for him. His favorite sports are riding and swimming, and his favorite hobby is his bachelor apartment on Riverside Drive where, when the spirit moves, he practices the culinary art in his kitchenette to the extent of coffee, bacon and eggs. And he plays the ukelele and phonograph. Elsie Ferguson and Douglas Fairbanks are young Burns' favorite screen stars — subject to change without notice. His favorite role was the husband in "Love Watches" opposite beautiful CorinneGriffith until he played the role of Jimmy Evers in "Made in America." Five weeks were spent at Camp Meade, near Baltimore, during the making of this picture, which goes into the details of the training of the American soldier. Perhaps no one got more fun out of his military "social errors" than Eddie himself. "I've got a soldier nephew in France," he said, "and when he hears what a bum soldier I was he sure will be ashamed of me." He isn't married, but some day he will no doubt find the right girl, tho if she isn't blonde he may be slow to recognize her. In the meantime, his mother occupies "best girl" position. And here's a funny thing about Eddie— he cares more about being famous in Philadelphia than all the rest of this little old world put together! "He Deposits $500 a Month" "See that man at the Receiving Teller's window? That's Billy King, Sales Manager for the Browning Company. First of every month he comes in and deposits $500. I've been watching Billy for a long time — take almost as much interest in him as I do in my own boy. "Three years ago he started in at Browning's as a clerk at $15 a week. Married, had one child, couldn't save a cent. One day he came in here desperate — wanted to borrow a hundred dollars — wife was sick. "I said, 'Billy, I'm going to give you something worth more than a loan — some good advice — and if you'll follow it I'll let you have the hundred, too. Youdon'twant to be a $15 clerk all your life, do you?' Of course he didn't. 'Well,' I said, 'there's a way to climb out of your job to something better. Take up a course with the International Correspondence Schools in the work you like best and want to advance in, and put in some of your evenings getting special training. The Schools will do wonders for you — I know, we've got several I. C. S. boys right here in the bank.' "That night Billy wrote to Scranton and a few days later he had started a course in Salesmanship. It had a fascination for him and in a little while he got his chance on the city sales force. Why, in three months he had doubled nis salary ! Next thing I knew he was put in charge of a branch office up state. "Then he took the I. C. S. Advertising course. Well, he made such a record up there that a few months ago they brought him back and made him Sales Manager — on salary and commission. He's making real money now. Owns his own home, has bought some good securities, and he's a regular at that window every month. It just shows what a man can do in a little spare time." Employers are begging for men with ambition, men who really want to get ahead in the world and are willing to prove it by training themselves in spare time to do some one thing well. Prove that you are that kind of a man ! The International Correspondence Schools are ready and anxious to help you prepare for the position you want in the work you like best, whatever it may be. More than two million men and women in the last 28 years have taken the I. C. S. route to more money. Over 100,000 others are getting ready in the same way right now. Is there any reason why you should stand still and let others climb over you when you have the same chance they have? 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