Paramount Press Books (1918)

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Conway Tearle, who plays the leading supporting role with Mary Pickford in "Stella Maris , " the attraction at the theatre tomorrow, comes from a celebrated family of theatrical people in England and this country. It was his great grandfather, Tearle, who started the first stock company in America in 1712, and F, B. Conway, another of near kin, who built the famous old Conway theatre in Philadelphia. Conway Tearle himself has been on the stage for twenty-one years, first appearing in Shakespearean plays in London, later becoming leading man with Sir Charles Wyndhal, Ellen Terry and other famous stars at the Drury Lane Theatre. In Australia he created the Ben Hur leading role. In 1905 Mr. Tearle came to America and appeared with Grace George in "Abigail" at the Savoy Theatre, New York, later appearing in many plays with Ethel Barrymore, Viola Allen and others. His first appearance in a motion picture was with Miss Barrymore, in "The Nightingale," in 1912. After that he played opposite Marguerite Clark in two productions, and with Clara Kimball Young in "The Common Law" and "The Foolish Virgin," More recently he co-starred with Anna Little in the two first J. Stuart Blackton pictures for Paramount, "The World for Sale" \ and "The Judgment House." Mary Pickford' s latest picture for Artcraft, "Stella Maris," which is to be shown at the Theatre tomorrow, has been taken from the novel by the celebrated English writer, Wm. J. Locke. In his other stories, some of which are "Jeffrey," "The Fortunate Youth," "The Contiriueti over 15