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Easy Come, Easy Go
Betsy Lee has
played few
roles.
Betty Compson's return to prominence was spectacular.
Mildred Harris is another old-timer who has recently bloomed again after a period of acting "depression." Although Mildred is no longer sweet sixteen, she is still attractive, and Universal gave her the feminine lead in its first all-talkie, "The Melody of Love." She has also been seen in "Lingerie" and "Power of the
Press" for smaller companies, and in Billie Dove's "Heart of a Follies Girl." A recent portrait of Mildred in a shoulder-length bob was charming. How these actresses keep their youth !
Another is Jane Novak. After having all but forgotten Jane, it was rather a surprise to see her with Richard Dix in his color film, "Redskin." She did good work. Nothing startling, to be sure, but a sincere performance as the school-teacher. And so we find Jane Novak with us again.
And Ruth Clifford. You remember her blond beauty. She resembles the newer Dorothy Revier. But there is room for the old, too, it seems. At any rate, the cast of Olive Borden's "The Eternal Woman" numbers Ruth Clifford in a prominent role.
Do you remember Kathlyn Williams when she was starring in railroad thrillers and serial sensations ? That was some time ago. The Kathlyn Williams whom we see to-day is undeniably older, but she has found opportunity to play middle-aged mothers and society matrons,
and has returned effectively in "Our Dancing Daughters" and "Honeymoon Flats." Gladys Brockwell and Ethel Grey Terry are other erstwhile favorites who have returned in a similar manner. Miss Brockwell in particular has been successful in Vitaphone roles.
Further proof that the experienced are wanted in talking films is evidenced in the case of Helene Chadwick, who it seemed was in the last, sad stages of a long screen career. Then Paramount signed her for a leading role in an important talkie, "The Greene Murder Case." So Miss Chadwick will postpone her swan song for an encore or two.
It is true that some of the old recruits take a few downward steps in their return to the screen. Kathleen Clifford, for instance. There is quite a grand stairway between her colorful role of the medieval queen in the spectacular "Robin Hood" five or six years ago, and the slangy hoofer in the backstage scenes of "Excess Baggage." In one sense. And yet, perhaps, the latter role was the better example of real acting, even if it lacked the prestige of the former.
Do you remember when Winifred Bryson used to enact sirens and duchesses and the like? We do, and we remember her last in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." After that she retired professionally and was known simply as the wife of Warner Baxter. Recently, however, she was seen anew in Billie Dove's "Adoration." A duchess again, but this time an impoverished Continued on page 117
Betty Boyd frolicks in Educational comedies.
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