Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1921-Jan 1922)

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What might have happened, then, if I had gone into that cage and hadn't been able to get out — had slipped or something — in time to escape him ? My face would have been clawed1 to shreds and I'd not be here today ! Well, I told that chap what I thought of him — and he never worked with me again. I wont be framed." Ruth's love of the game, her sporting instinct, is no pose, bolstered up by the large use of doubles. She finds gratification in risk, but she wont be double-crossed. If she's willing to chance her neck at least once every day, she feels that it is her right to know what kind of a chance it's going to be. She is the only big star to remain true to the serial. Pearl White, Tony Moreno, Bill Duncan, have all turned to the feature production. "People say to me," said Ruth, " 'Why dont you go into features? Serials are terrible !' But I've tried both, and I prefer serials. I'm pretty proud that people will go to see me every week for fifteen weeks. There are not many I'd go to see that often. And I want my fans to think of me as Ruth — just plain Ruth. I want them to say, 'Let's go down to see Ruth tonight,' just as they'd say, 'Let's drop in on Uncle Billy,' because they fee) they know me. And I think they do. I work my hardest to give them the best thrills they can get." Ruth's popularity hasn't been limited to fifteenweeks. She has been in pictures exactly eleven years, and the fans are still crying for more. In Kalem comedies, in features, but most of all in serials^, she has wooed us from our dreary problems and kept alive the. vanishing spirit of adventure and love of danger. Now, in "The White Eagle," a new serial that she is making for Hal Roach, the man who is responsible for Harold Lloyd, she is advancing again against the hordes of discontent and restlessness" that are abroad in the world. There are mysterious White Riders and deep, yawning canyons, where outlaws dwell; there are great battles that surge over the ancient abodes of the cavedwellers ; there are wild rides and wilder falls. Perhaps Ruth's most precious bit of property is Joker, her horse. She has ridden him thru many dangers, and on his back has more than once plunged toward what seemed inevitable disaster, only to be saved in the end by Joker's cleverness and her own quick resource. "When the camera starts to click," she said, "Joker is like a war-horse -hearing the bugle-call. He's crazy to act." We must be thankful for the enthusiasm that has kept Ruth for so long in pictures. For some years necessity has ceased to be a reason for her persistent work. She has been spoken of as the Hetty Green of the movies ; because, I gathered, of her large holdings in Los Angeles real estate. But she has refused to let success dull her eagerness, or weaken her strength. I noticed, when she got up to say good-bye to me, that her shoulders were unusually broad, that her step was free and lithe. And that grip again ! "Sorry I wasn't dressed right," she said, smiling. "I'll do better next time. G'bye." "G'bye," said I. ENOUGH Studio Manager — And why are you so sure you will make a good comedy actress ? Applicant — Because I look perfectly stunning in a bathing suit. MOVIES AS SHAKESPEARE SAW THEM While it is certain that William Shakespeare himself never was filmed, references in his plays which fit the modern screen drama might be taken to indicate a prophetic vision of what was to come. Expressing his own opinion, he says, in A Midsummer Night's Dream: "The best in this kind are but shadows." For the scenario writer : "A kind of excellent dumb discourse." — The Tempest. For the camera-man : "No eye hath seen such scarecrows." — King Henry IV. For the star : "Live to be the show and gaze o' all the time." — Hamlet. For the villain: "Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of wavs." — King Henrv IT'. For the movie fan : "By my penny of observation." — Love's Labor Lost. For the usher : "Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens." — As You Like It. For the operator: "I ran it thru." — Othello. For the pianist: "And stretched meter of an ancient song." — Sonnets. For the proprietor : "Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal." — Taming of the Shrew. A TRIP TO BOYHOOD DAYS By Robert E. Carroll Come, Tom, forget your troubles And come with me away To scenes we knew and friends we loved In boyhood's golden day. Forsake the city pavements, The ceaseless strife and din — Come! Let us cross the span of years And play we're boys again. The village in the valley. The pasture on the hill, The apple-laden orchards Where boys might eat their fill. The streams where wary trout were hid, The shaded swimming pool Where freckled urchins yelled in glee When they should have been in school. The fertile sweep of meadows, The white road washed with rain, The creaking wagons homeward bound With fragrant stores of grain. The lanes where lovers whispered And Tom, you rogue, well know How lovers steps were wont to lag In days of long ago. 'Twill take us but a moment To make this little trip; No fare nor luggage needed, Nor steed nor train nor ship. Tho weary years have passed since then, We'll bridge the gap between And view the scenes our boyhood knew Tonight upon the screen. A MODERN SERENADE Like the thrilling glory of a crimson sunset, Or enchantment of a dream we would retain ; Like the mystery of the moonlight's silvered splendor, Or the rainbow hues that crown a mist of rain; With the magic power of many charms elusive That fascinate, tho ever fleeting seen, I bow a captive to a luring vision — And sing your charms — "My Lady of the Screen."