The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

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THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 5 Recruit to Screen Star Ranks Plays Cinderella Role ^NIVERSAL has discovered more real screen talent and developed more big film stars than all other motion picture producing companies in America. This is screen history, for a majority of the successful luminaries of the silent drama, from Mary Pickford down, had their first opportunity in a Universal production. Gladys Walton was discovered by Universal less than a year ago, and now this youthful actress is one of the most popular stars on the screen. A High School girl in Portland, Oregon, two years ago, an ingenue in film comedies a year ago, Gladys Walton has already appeared in a half dozen Universal productions, each of which has sent her higher in the affections of screen fans throughout the land. With its unequaled facilities and world-wide ramifications. Universal is not content to give the theatre-goers only what talent may be available. It is always in quest for new faces, new charms and new personalities, and has given the screen its first view of many of its reigning favorites. After giving Gladys Walton several important parts to make sure their judgment was correct, the Universal officials decided she was ripe for stellar honors, and presented her in "Pink Tights." The success of this picture is film history. It was one of the distinct hits of last year. Soon after she was seen in "Risky Business," "Rich Girl, Poor Girl," and "All Dolled Up." each of which made a most favorable impression. GLADYS WALTON WEARS CORRECT STYLES OF DAY When Gladys Walton discovered that she was to play the part of a Southern girl of the '70's in her new Universal photodrama, "Desperate Youth," she immediately set about to get the proper costumes for the role. It is usual for actresses whenever they have a role which dates back to a period prior to modern fashions, to don hoopskirts and crinolines — a style which vanished shortly after the Civil War. There 'have been at least six distinct changes in feminine garb since then, but one seldom sees any of these fashions which prevailed between the hoop-skirt and the gown of today. When Gladys Walton visited her aunt in Anniston, Alabama, two years ago, she was shown a closet full of old dresses, worn by that lady at different periods since she was twelve years old. Among them was a complete set of frocks worn by her at the age of seventeen, as well as her wedding gown, worn several years later. They were correct according to the styles of the day, and they are very much different from the stage and screen conception of the fashions of the Seventies. Miss Walton immediately wired her aunt to send on all the costumes, and these, with very slight alterations, were made to fit the youthful Universal star. And they are extremely becoming— which proves that a goodlooking girl looks well in any sort of costume. "Desperate Youth" is an adaptation of F. Hopkinson Smith's famous romance of the South, "A Kentucky Cinderella." WHATS AT THE PLAYHOUSE TONIGHT ? ADDITIONAL copies of F. Hopkinson Smith's novel, "A Kentucky Cinderella" are being ordered by the library and the book stores to meet the demand for the classic among those playgoers who have seen its screen version at the Theatre. As "Desperate Youth" the screen version of the famous novel is being presented now with Miss Gladys Walton in the title role. <<j^IXIE" is the popular melody around town now, for one of the most romantic stories of the old South is being shown at the Theatre and the playhouse is crowded with people whose hearts have ever dwelt below the Mason and Dixon line. The screen story is "Desperate Youth," filmed as a starring vehicle for Gladys Walton from F. Hopkinson Smith's "A Kentucky Cinderella." "pHE picturesque costumes of the late '70's, the romantic atmosphere of the old South and the rugged backgrounds of the Kentucky Mountains add to the interest and grip of the story of "Desperate Youth," now being presented at ,. Theatre. This Universal feature, starring Gladys Walton, is based on F. Hopkinson Smith's widely-read novel, "A Kentucky Cinderella."