Motography (Apr-Jun 1916)

1102 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XV, No. 20. believe censors will be bewigged and visaged ter bigotry, intolerance and cruelty. Though bound, Mettuccep will not be her mission at the exposition will be to signatures to an anti-censor petition to Whitman requesting his veto to the Cristman censorship bill, passed by the State Senate an bly, and now only aAvaiting the governor's ment to become a law. to regis for influence Governor Wheeler d Assem endorse PICTURES TOOK SCULPTRESS Theda Bara Gives Up Ambition to Be a Noted Sculptress to Become a Famous Motion Picture Star Although the motion picture world has always looked upon Theda Bara, the Fox star, as a most accomplished actress they have not before been allowed to see behind the scenes and discover that in becoming famous as an actress she was compelled to give up her greater ambition to become a sculptress. To few of us is accorded the honor of becoming famous in only one art to say nothing of having to choose between two careers. A few years ago in Paris Miss Bara was the guest of honor at a tea given in one of the studios on the Boulevard Montparnesse. There she met a pupil of Rodin who afterward took her to the great sculptor's studio. From that day she cherished an ambition. Her progress in the work was pronounced and when she returned to America she devoted the greater part of each day to the art. Then came her meteoric screen success, and as it was a physical impossibility to follow successfully two great arts, one had to be relinquished, and needless to say it was the sculpturing. But, just because Miss Bara has been baffled in one' ambition this does not mean that she has been prevented from other artistic development outside of the motion picture studio. She is an accomplished and versatile artist, who draws well with crayon or Blaisdell pencil and also in brush work after the manner of Boardman Robinson. Weed Starrett and other accomplished cartoonists whose work is known through the larger daily newspapers of the country. Miss Bara is seen in an accompanying photograph at work on her drawing board in a little corner of her home that she sets aside for this purpose. An amusing incident showing Miss Bara's love for the art, occurred when "The Eternal Sapho" was beingfilmed. In a studio scene the sculptor shatters a statue he has been making. Miss Bara, as the model, comes in to find the masterpiece destroyed and is supposed Theda Bara sketching. to fall into a chair convulsed with sobs. But the sculptor's instinct was too strong, and before the director could stop her Miss Bara was on her knees making a desperate effort to piece the fragments together. The result was the retaking of about one hundred feet of film. NEW STARS FOR MOROSCO Rita Jolivet, Edna Goodrich and Jack Nellson Latest Additions to Morosco Company's Cast The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company has materially added to its cast of stars in the acquisition of Mile. Rita Jolivet, Edna Goodrich and Jack Nellson. By a strange coincidence both Mile. Jolivet and Miss Goodrich have appeared on the Paramount program in the past under the Lasky trademark. Mile. Jolivet has been a success on the legitimate stage, both in America and Europe, before going into the films, her first debut on the American stage being with Otis Skinner in "Kismet." Although the subject in which Mile. Jolivet will make her initial screen appearance under the Morosco management is not known at this time, it is understood that it will be one of George Broadhurst's recent stage successes. Miss Goodrich, although scarcely past her twenties, has spent eight years behind the footlights. She is already at work upon her initial Morosco photoplay, "The Tangle," which will be released on the Paramount program early in June. This production is an adaptation from the play, "The Making of Maddalena." Mr. Nellson has also appeared on the speaking stage, having been for ten years under the management of Belasco and Henry Miller. Mr. Nellson's first appearance on the screen was in support of George Beban in "The Alien," and his first appearance on the Morosco-Paramount program will also be in support of Mr. Beban. "Pasquale," the release in which he is to appear, calls for more than ordinary talent and gives him an opportunity for strong characterization. Myrtle Stedman, the Morosco star, was accorded a pleasant surprise on the occasion of the "Actors' Fund Benefit Dinner," held in a Los Angeles restaurant. The management learned that Miss Stedman was giving a little birthday dinner party at this affair and presented her with a huge birthday cake illumined with candles. Edna Goodrich and Rita Jolivet, new Morosco stars.