Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

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Just a Little Love \\l> Al SO A LITTLI I i < K ( >\ K CER1 \i\ \l ll RN< M >N Will N Bl sMl \\ \s \ ISITING, WD GRH Mill MM* HER By I. 5. Sayford m tile pictures, don't let your head swell.' "Oh, but I've jumped a piece <>i the story. During that afternoon, while we two were visiting at tin Studio and altn Mr. Griffith had Looked at me mi hard several times, llie gTeal llKl'l asked llle to step out in front of the camera and aet for a few minutes a part which he explained OLLYWOOD savs the biggest film find of the year is Bessie Love; 1>. W. Griffith found her. She's only seventeen, and when studio masters are gossiping they speak of her as a second Mary Pickford. In which remark discernment seems to be mixed fifty-fifty with admiration. Bessielove — you just can't help running it together, can you?— is one of the rare finds who got found without trying to have some director find her. She tells about it this way : "Mother and I were visiting one of my girl friends at the studio where Mr. Griffith was putting on a new play. I noticed he looked at me rather hard a couple of times. After a while mother and I were about to go, when Mrs. Brown, the studio matron, asked us if we would stop in at Mr. Griffith's office on our way out. For sure we did. "That night, at home, mother said to me — I remember it perfectly — 'Now Bessie ; just because Mr. Griffith has given you this big chance She's only seventeen and when studio masters are gossiping they speak of her as a second Mary Pickford. 123