Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)

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Town_ Dogging Lila's Footsteps Continued from page 48 patient Griselda she used to lie, I found a smart, wise-cracking, young person, with very definite ideas about a lot of things. She even knows the name of the smelling salts George carries around with him, although she isn't partial to smelling salts, smoking being her weakness. "Tell me," said I, "I've heard so much about Mr. Barthelmess' temperament. What's he like to work with ?" "Well, I will tell you. You read a lot about jealousy among players, and all that sort of thing. I suppose this will sound sort of Pollyanna-ish, but I don't think in all the years I've been in the profession, I've encountered any of it. The engagement in 'Drag' was one of the pleasantest I've ever had. Frank Lloyd, the director, was lovely, and Dick is a thorough gentleman. You can see from the picture that he was most generous. No, I certainly found no evidence of temperament, or an ugly disposition. I found him charming." And then from the vantage point of her twenty-four years, twenty or twenty-one of which have been spent on the stage and screen, Lila began to reminisce. "Do you regret the old days?" I asked. "In a way. You naturally miss working with the people you've known, and it's nice to feel at home, instead of like a stranger on a lot. But, on the other hand, my outlook on life is brighter and saner than it's ever been. I feel surer of myself and, certainly, the future looks rosier. I'm working on my third picture since 'Drag,' already. The other two were 'The Sacred Flame' and 'The Argyle Case,' marking Thomas Meighan's return. Isn't it funny how these threes have followed me? Maybe this third time will be the charm and the cycle will be completed." "Yes," I murmured, remembering that I was in love with her for the third time, "the cycle's completed all right." And I went hopefully into my third faint. Your Darts Strike Home Continued from page 43 being of any benefit to the actor at all. "But more often than not, valuable pointers are gained from fan letters that are as helpful as they are corrective. "Gwen Lee told me, once, that she learned a much better make-up for the camera, because a fan had commented on her glaring lips and eyelashes. Can you see the difference in the line of criticism? One aided a player to improve herself. The other merely succeeded in hurting, where there was no help to be derived. "The fans are also a steady barometer of the sort of picture one should do. An actor has a very limited and personal idea of his ability. The comedian wants to do Hamlet. The Hamlet wants to do comedy. In our hearts we really believe that we could be equally effective as vamps, chorus girls, ingenues, or leading ladies. "Though we very seldom have the opportunity to reply to a compliment or a criticism from the fans, you might tell them for me that we read their letters." We might have gone on and on into the interesting subject of amateur criticism, if an assistant director hadn't arrived on the scene with tidings that the sound stage was ready for Leila's singing test. Yes, she has a very nice voice, and it won't be doubled. I think it would peeve her considerably to find the remark in the fan's column a month or so from now that Leila Flyams is just another doubled voice. Ever since Leila broke away from the protective interest of vaudevillefamous parents, she has wanted to stand on her own merits, and get credit where credit is due. Her independence brought her no little hardship at the beginning of her career. Though she was receiving a good salary with the vaudeville skit, and could have traveled about the country in comfort, she threw it all over in favor of two years of extra work at the New York studios. It wasn't long before she was playing bits and small parts, and shortly after that, a clever agent induced Leila to come to Hollywood. Thanks to proper management, she stepped immediately into leading roles, with Fox and Warner, and eventually with Metro-Goldwyn, where her most important pictures have been "The Idle Rich," "Wonder of Women," and "Alias Jimmy Valentine," with William Haines. She is married, likes bridge, her home, and the beach, and lest you forget, she never fails to read "What the Fans Think."