Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1921-Jan 1922)

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FREE BOOK ON REQUEST Write for the 84-page I. C. S. book on SALESMANSHIP. It describes the course in detail and gives the life-stories of scores of successful I. C. S. students. TEAR OUT HERE International Correspondence Schools Box 6628, Scranton, Penna. Without cost or obligation, please send me your book describing the subject I have checked below: □ SALESMANSHIP □ BUSINESS MANAGEMENT □ ADVERTISING O COMMERCIAL LAW □ GOOD ENGLISH □ BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT □ PRIVATE SECRETARY □ CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT □ CIVIL SERVICE □ TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Name Address Occupation I RESINOL 5oothincj and He&linq Clears Away Blotches and Promotes Skin Health Keep a jar on hand Sunlight on Black Lacquer (Continued from page 29) Bebe was always very' apt at learning roles. She can relate many interesting experiences when, as a child, she was called on at the last second to learn umpty-steen lines and take some failure's place. When she entered pictures, via comedy, she did so deliberately as a step to drama. When she was first appearing in Harold Lloyd comedies, she met Cecil de Mille. "Come see me when your contract runs out," he said. Bebe never forgot, but she thought Air. de Mille would have entirely forgotten her. When her contract with Harold Lloyd Comedies expired, she sent her newest photographs to Cecil de Mille. He wrote, asking her to call at once, and when she did, he offered her a contract, "without even having a test taken," she marveled. Hal Roach, of the Rolin Comedies, offered her double the De Mille sum to return, but Bebe preferred the smaller salary and a chance for straight dramatics. "I was afraid Mr. de Mille would find I did everything wrong, and would make me change my way of doing everything — but he only made me stop frizzing my hair," recounts Bebe. And then, one day, when she had been at Lasky's almost a year, Cecil de Mille called Bebe into his private office. "I was frightened silly," is the way she ells about it. "I thought he was going to can me. But he said, 'Bebe, how would you like to be a star?' " And then and there the old contract was torn up and a new one, with the alluring figures of an increase in salary and stardom, were added. "I should have liked the experience of doing at least another picture with Mr. de Mille," said Bebe. "I dont know whether I was quite ready for stardom or not — but I do hope I'll make good." But Bebe is by no means always seriousminded. She has a jazzy sense of humor. She dislikes only one role that she has played. That was in "Sick-a-Bed," with Wallace Reid. She just hated the nurse's costume she had to wear, and just couldn't get into the spirit of the thing. She was made to be — dressed up. Long, clinging trains, the shimmer of pearls and the softness of furs — these are the accoutrements that bring out her personality-. Sunlight on black lacquer. An American girl with an Oriental soul. The New Thought Vamp (Continued from page 41) force which can be utilized by the mind. I'm very sensitive to it. Instinctively, I know people. I can almost tell their thoughts by looking at them." She was looking straight at me. I hoped my thoughts were properly dressed. "When I went to get that part of the French cocottc in 'The Devil's Passkey,' I had been off the screen for four years. You know what that means in this business. But I knew positively that I was to have it. I simply went to the Universal studio to tell them that I would play it. After Mr. von Stroheim had wasted time booking at several girls, he turned to me. I said, 'I just ran out to talk over my part.' He questioned me narrowly. I knew his object with each question and I reacted to each question precisely as I saw he wanted. When I went to the set to play the coeotte, my thoughts wavered for a moment. I knew nothing of the Parisian flirt. But I thrust out that idea. Why shouldn't I know her? I was her!" Miss Busch was born in Melbourne, Australia, of Irish-English ancestry. While still in rompers, she migrated to the hulaland, portrayed in "White Shadows in the South Seas." She speaks of them, however, as "The Friendly Isles." As you know, they are French possessions, and la petite Busch resided with a French aunt. Thus she was completely adapted to the French. When she came to this country and entered St. Elizabeth's Convent, in Madison, N. J., she spoke no English. Now she has quite an idiom, a most versatile idiom. She eventually went on the stage, but her real success was in the Mack Sennett surf. She was magnificently endowed for the aquatic drama. Her dramatic training on the beach at Waikiki had developed her talents. Then came her marriage and retirement from the screen. The decision to return brought her to von Stroheim and "The Devil's Passkey." After that, she seemed to retire for another year. Actually, she has been working all the time in that extravagant drama, "Foolish Wives," in which she is a Russian siren who heighten.; the excitement at Monte Carlo. "I was left entirely to my own ideas in working out my characterization in 'Foolish Wives,' " she remarked. "And I have followed the method I think the only effective one. I never act. I simply think. I never pay any attention to the cameras, nor do I ever think how I may be looking. I walk on to a set as I walk into this room, and do whatever my mind happens to direct. If I want to scratch my head, I do it. The outlines of the character in 'Foolish Wives' are those of a vampire, or 'heavy.' But what woman ever thinks of herself as being a vampire ? The effect is simply the expression of the thought, and comes of its own volition — correctly. "Prettiness has rapidly decreased in screen value. Everything now depends on individuality. And individuality depends entirely on your thoughts. Miss Busch is thinking success. She has a clear objective. Nothing will obstruct her course, she declares. "The trouble with most people is that they dont concentrate. Their minds waver for an instant and then, like a man on a tight rope, they fall, unless they can regain their balance in time. "I dont propose to be that sort. I'm not like the ginned gentleman who waved up to a passer-by and said : " 'Shay, can you tell a fellow where the other side of the street is?' " 'Why, yes ; over there,' said the passerby, pointing across. " 'Thas'h funny,' said the intoxicated one. 'A fellow over there just told me it was over here.' " Miss Bush's wit is celebrated in the film colony. It is deadly, as many know, when directed at affectations. She can fling a pretty stiletto. Her only match, I would say, is her best friend, Airs. Wallace Reid. Pride taketh a heavy fall when it jostles against these two. Thus, brilliantly armored with wit and the stoic philosophy of Epictetus, Mae Busch attacks her objective. I predict it will fall in the second round. P82