Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

Photoplay Magazine — AnvKirnsiNG Skciion The Lonely Princess (Continued from page 46) not conceit. But consider that she was New York's best-known child star in "The Lit tiest Rebel," with these Corsican brothers, William and Dustin Farnum, She was in other classics of the old legitimate with such stars as Mrs. Fiske, Robert Milliard and Kalich. But if you think Mary never had any but an easy row to hoe^ Mary's only real hobby is her sister, Margaret Shelby. Mary is convinced she will some day be a singer in the Metropolitan. Margaret is to go abroad, to study music. The things Mary herself would love to have, has dreamed about and denied, turned over and over in her serious mind, she has given to Margaret. Last Christmas, she gave her an automobile she wanted herself. She admires Margaret for her sense of humor and her youthfulness. Mary herself, the personification of youth, is not young at all. Of course if she were really young, she could not portray youth so well. An odd little mind she has, too. She knows more about the law than some lawyers. She knows her ancient history, her medieval and modern history. She can give you dates and statistics. Talk to her, for an hour, and you will leave her feeling that it must have taken more than a hundred years to learn all that she knows. She has a well-oiled mind, but she is not a parrot. Anyone can recite dates and statistics; not everyone can argue about them. The world in general, particularly the professional world, unconsciously cherishes resentment against Mary Miles Minter. Her success has seemed to come to her; she has risen so easily. She has never gone through a period of theatrical idleness; her services, once she was established, have always been more or less in demand. And she has always been guarded, cherished, protected. But don't think that she has not struggled — though her "struggles" my have been mental. It has been harder for her, surrounded and protected always by a good and devoted mother and family, to keep her own viewpoint, her own individuality, than it would have been had she starved to succeed. She has a fine mind; she has her own ideas — not for the world ; she has protected her personality even as her mother protected her material being. That she has succeeded up to this point wouid seem to mean real success; she is well on the way to do some good honest work, to attain some good honest ambition. She may never be great ; but when T sit and talk to her I feel that there is in her the indomitable qu Ity which makes for greatness. Such a tiny little girl — and such a fund of knowledge, of common-sense ! Fluffy ingenue she is not; that she acts the part now does not mean that she will always act it. Her career is pretty well-known; besides, it is not with Miss Minter's past performances with which we are concerned. She has proved her place in the theatre and in the films. 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