Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1924-Jan 1925)

HMOTION PICTURE 1101 I MAGAZINE L. Advertisinc Section How the Shape of My Nose Delayed Success BY EDITH NELSON I HAD tried so long to get into the movies. My Dramatic Course had been completed and I was ready to pursue my ambitions. But each director had turned me away because of the shape of my nose. Each told me I had beautiful eyes, mouth and hair and would photograph well — but my nose was a "pug" no'se — and they were seeking beauty. Again and again I met the same fate. I began to analyze myself. I had personality and charm. I had friends. I was fairly well educated, and I had spent ten months studying Dramatic Art. In amateur theatricals my work was commended, and I just knew that I could succeed in motion pictures if only given an opportunity. I began to wonder why I could not secure employment as hundreds of other girls were doing. FINALLY, late one afternoon, after another "disappointment," I stopped to watch a studio photographer who was taking some still pictures of Miss B — , a well-known star. Extreme care was taken in arranging the desired poses. "Look up and over there," said the photographer, pointing to an object at my right, "a profile — ." "Oh, yes, yes," said Miss B — , instantly following the suggestion by assuming a pose in which she looked more charming than ever. I watched, I wondered, the camera clicked. As Miss B — ■ walked away, I carefully studied her features, her lips, her eyes, her nose . "She has the most beautiful nose I have ever seen," I said, half audibly. "Yes, but I remember," said Miss B — 's Maid, who was standing near me, "when she had a 'pug' nose, and she was only an extra girl, but look at her now. How beautiful she is." IN a flash ray hopes soared. I pressed my new-made acquaintance for further comment. Gradually the story was unfolded to me. Miss B — had had her nose reshaped — yes, actually corrected — actually made over, and how wonderful, how heautiful it was now This change perhaps had been the turning; point in her career! It must also be the way of my success! "How did she accomplish it," I asked feverishly of my friend. I was informed that M. Trilety, a face specialist of Binghamton, New York, had accomplished this for Miss B — in the privacy of her home! I THANKED my informant and turned back to my home, determined that the means of overcoming the obstacle that had hindered my progress was now open for meI was bubbling over with hope and joy. I lost no time in writing M. Trilety for information. I received full particulars. The treatment was so simple, the cost so reasonable, that I decided to purchase it at once. I did. I could hardly wait to begin treatment. At last it arrived. To make my story short — in _ five weeks my nose was corrected and I easily secured a regular position with a producing company. 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Above, you see her as she really looks; on the opposite page, you see her as she appears in The Red Lily as you can do ; such as you gave us in The Miracle Man and The Prince Chap, with a charming leading lady, even if you have to stop being a star for awhile. M. C, Colton, Cal. The cinema-goers of this district, at least, are all tired of Rudolph Valentino and his smiles, and if Douglas Fairbanks had heard the local opinion of Robin Hood — he might have been too surprised to exhibit his teeth. Robin's burial place at Kirklees is quite near here, so the cinema-goers were hoping for a treat which they didn't get. The torture of our cinema hours is the two-reel slap-stick comedy. How they tire us, and bore us, and make us wonder if it is considered funny in America to throw soft food-stuffs at each other and chase each other thru corridors and in and out doors ! E. A. S., Yorkshire, England. I n Icebound the acting is superb. Altho * the play is a somewhat drab, cheerless study of New England life, it holds one's interests from the begining to the end. There are no mob scenes, no shipwrecks, no automobile accidents, no mysteries, no hair-raising chases ; to make the picture successful rested solely on the actors, and they certainly succeeded. Seldom was a cast so well chosen. Why not have more of this kind? Of course, it takes great actors, and they unfortunately are rare. But with Percy Marmont, Richard Dix, Bert Lytell, Cullen Landis, Ernest Torrence, Claude Gillingwater, Blanche Sweet, Florence Vidor, and a dozen more, we certainly should be able to get better results. Gerd Page Gielhoff, Holyoke, Mass. Three Cheers for Three Weeks Dear Editor : I take quite a bit of interest in the letters published by your department, for they deal with the likes and dislikes of the public as a whole and the public as an individual. I think that some of the letters are right to the point ; in fact, many of them are just in their remarks ; but to all rules there are excep '112 Every advertisement in MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE is guaranteed.