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Pictures and Picfxirepoer
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OCTOBER 1924
"That's George O'Hara," says Louise Lorraine, who plays opposite George in the " Fighting Blood " series. " He's a gentle roughneck and he's the kind of youth who would make a good husband."
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f there is such a thing as a gentle
roughneck, he is it !"
Thus did Louise Lorraine
characterise young George O'Hara, star in H. C. Witwer's "Fighting Blood " pictures, which are now in course of production in Hollywood. And Louise ought to know, when you come to consider the matter, because she is playing the leading feminine part in the new series, and her film romance with the hero is reeling merrily along at the present writing.
" I don't know whether that describes him or not," qualified Louise, carefully considering the matter. " Not very well, I imagine, after all. because he's really not a caveman i n any sense. But you know how it is : without thinking, many people are likely to decide at once that a ' fight picture ' must have a certain amount of roughness in its make-up, and that the players themselves are somewhat lacking in polish. In the minds of some people the very mention of prize fighting, even though it may be termed 'boxing,' brings up visions of brutality and low, prehistoric brows.
George O'Hara who is the fighting star of a new boxing series.
" T have found A that no one could be further removed from the generally accepted idea of a professional fighter than George. He is really a high brow in his unprofessional moments — has all sorts of abstruse philosophical works in his library, and is a regular history hound. Also, he dotes on poetry, and translates from the Greek ! But, sh !
George O'Hara tries conclusions with Kid McCoy in ••Fighting Blood."
He keeps that last dark from the rankand-file !
" And an awfully nice thing about George : He is so careful and considerate of all his players — though it must be admitted that there are times when his opponents in the ring think he is the least considerate person in the
world ! But it is all a matter of making the scene realistic — of making the picture good.
Louise Lorraine is a charming little person, with a simple directness that is very pleasing. Apparently she derives pleasure from the very fact that she is alive.
" It is true:" she admitted, " that I had a certain amount of misgiving about the prize fight angle in the Fight in cj Blood pictures — a feeling that perhaps the atmosphere might not turn out to be quite as ' nice ' as one might wish, and that the whole environment might carry more of the sporting clement than the acting. " But I soon discovered that I was entirely mistaken. There isn't even one of those so-called cauliflower ears in the company. Far from an atmosphere of coarseness about the pictures, there is only the feeling of joyousness and youth, and. on our part, interest in what new adventures the next story will provide for us."
" That brings up a question," I said. " Do you marry the hero at the end of the series?"
" Really and truly," answered Louise with a quizzical smile, " I don't know."' Mildred Curtis.