Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

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AUGUST 1924 Picture s and Picture $uer 43 As "Armand de Montrivcau in " The Eternal Flame," one of his best roles. the end. It is the proudest recollection of my life that not a single person applied at the box-office." " I believe you knew that part perfectly," I said. " Well, I ought to have done " he replied, " seeing that ever since I could walk I'd stood in the wings night after night listening to my father deliver his lines. Know it? I could have said it backwards." " But you said . . " I began " Forget it " said Conway. " You wanted me to confess. Well, I'm confessing, aren't I?" I've got .in old I >rury Lane pro gramme of 1902 in which 1 found your name, Mr. Tearle." VTes, l worked in I ondon for tome time, playing juvenile with Tree and Ellen Terry, and after that 1 li.nl a stiff and very useful education with Ben Greet'a repertory company, like another confession ? " " Sure, that's what I'm here for." " I got tired of repertory. 1 thought I'd like a change. 1 went to Cyril Maude and asked for a job. He handed me the icy mitt. You don't get jobs in England by asking for them. 1 was told very politely that when my services were needed 1 should receive an invitation. 1 didn't wait for that invitation. 1 caught the next boat to America . . . and having been foolish enough to play poker to while away the time landed in New York with thirteen dollars in my pocket,'' Left: With Clara Bow in "Black Oxen." Beloi^: hi " Lilies of the Field," with Corinne Griffith. I 'iilueky numbi r " l murmured. "Not on your life," said < onway. " Thirteen is my mascot. 1 got a job immediately playing lead to I George and since then I have m looked hack." I don't see the eonneetH .,. . ." "There isn't any" said Conway. I ).ish the man ! " A long time ago, I said, " I . you if you preferred Stage or gi work, and you side-stepped very neatly. I'll put it another way. How old are you? " Conway frowned. " I don't quit) the connection. . ." " There isn't any " I said. I felt that repaid me for quite a lot ? Alas for human hopes ! " Dut all the same there is a connection," went on Conway, "and I'll give it to you. When a man's over forty, as I am, the footlights seem to appeal to him more than the Klieg Lights and the Sunlight Arcs. A man of forty on the stage is young, a mere 'comer'; but in pictures he is getting past the youth that the audiences demand. A man or woman who makes a success on the screen should study and develop the voice when they are young, and drop into the legitimate as soon as their screen career begins to wane. Then they will have the advantage, not only of their training in gesture and deportment gathered from the movies, but of the large fan public which they have already created if they are worth their salt." " You're a bit of a cynic, aren't you? " " I'm a business man," said Conway. " I believe in looking at these things straight. Picture work is far more paying, and I don't blame young actors for taking the money while the money is good. But it is fatal to go beyond Tearle being tortured at the instigation of Wallace Beery in "Ashes of Vengeance."