Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

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Star! wings ol triumph — and sht \\.i< cast in support of one of the best known of the photodraraa stars too. ['his mu cess secured to her a three-years' contract with the World Film Corporation. Which means that her feet are on the heavenly ladder of stars. When her pi i rd) picture is finished Miss Kenyon will be starred in a specially writ Tliis is tin prettintss thai m "Princes* Pat " — acontit op ra was promintnl enough to open tin studio door and (/> hi its owner away from the sta^c. ten scenario, recently completed Miss Kenyon, stead of two but You see by this that the Kenyon, like Keller man, is a water star. I which Frances Marion at the World studio, who has three names inseldom uses the second — Margaret — was born in Syracuse, N. Y.. September 5. 1805. and was educated in Packer Institute, Brooklyn, and Columbia University. 'The statement has been made that in her first important picture Miss Kenyon did well. She did — for a beginner; for an experienced actress it would have been below par. At least that is Miss Keiiyon's opinion. That was not because ability was lacking, but because she was a greenhorn, sailing a boat when she knew nothing about sailing boats. "My work was all square at the corners and bumped into the artistic at every turn," she mused. "I knew it. Thank the Lord I had enough sense to see it. I deserved to be taken in hand and talked to with some brevity and much point. I guess my not having seemed conceited over my good luck helped the experienced people around me to be kind and helpful, instead of unsympathetic. I remember being comforted in my discomfiture by one dear man. He said — something like this: " 'Buck up-0 ! All you need is a bit experience, my young lady, and bless us, there's not one of us wouldn't be better for a few more pinches of the same. You're all right. Just keep your nerve, watch the ropes and how they're handled, and you'll come out a first-class able seaman in no time.' "I've done mv best to follow his advice." 105