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The Stage Mother Comes to the Screen
By MAUDE S. CHEATHAM
TO Emma Dunn belongs the honor of having created a new and distinct type of stage heroine, and she has played her way into the of many audiences with her marportrayals of motherhood, always touching the finest and most sacred emotions, tenderly and sweetly.
She is now bringing her splendid talents to motion pictures and is making a film version of her greatest dramatic succe-s. '•Old Lady 31."
Meeting Miss Dunn in her dressing-room at the Metro studio in Hollywood, I instantly fell under the charm of her vivid, sparkling personality, which seems to sweep every one and everything before it.
The warm, cordial handclasp, the rich, full voice, the impulsive enthusiasm of this vivacious little woman quickly betrays her intense love of -life and leaves no doubt that she finds it all worth while.
During the nineteen months previous to coming West. Miss Dunn lived quietly at her home on Long Island, enjoying a much-needed rest, and she declare-; that this was the best possible preparation, as it left her mind receptive to the demands of this new art.
"Not in all my career, not even while winning my early <tage successes, have I experienced the thrills that came to me during my first week in pictures/' -he exclaimed, witii a girlish eagerne-s to share her new found joy. "1 seemed to live in a world apart, and the wonder, the marvel of it all, kept me up on a
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Above, two new portraits, right. as "Old Lady
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1'liotos by Kvans, L. A.
"There was a time." said the stage mother, "when I believed that a play to be true to life should have an unhappy ending. I have grown wiser with observation. Perfection is our heritage and ultimate happinessshould crown each effort, providing a stimulating incentive for Life's struggles"
plane. Xow, after three weeks of steady work, T am beginning to feel the grind of it all. Oh, I still have thrills, m a n y of
is hard and the hours long.
live my role at the highest emotional
Photo by White
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"On the stage 1 tension and have not yet learnt enough of the mechanical to conserve my strength during the three or four rehearsals which precede the taking of each scene, so you may understand why I am completely exhausted at. the end of the day. Rut oh, my dear, I am finding it so wonderful, so inspiring! I wouldn't have missed this opportunity for worlds. Already it has opened up new vistas in the realm of acting of which I had never dreamed. It is so new, as an art, that my imagination leaps ahead of the present attainments and I am spellbound by its infinite possibilities.
"One of the greatest charms about the work," she continued, seriously, "is the splendid -camaraderie which everywhere exists. I believe this beautiful democracy is the result of the newness of motion pictures. You see, no (Continued on paqe 107)
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