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Has the Plain Girl Movies?
directors, producers, and stars is anwith far more encouragement to the might have expected.
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it is too late for that let any girl begin now at once.
Hold on to your illusions, little girl. They help to keep you young.
A girl who is plain in appearance, in the general acceptance of the term, in that she may have no dimples, no thick, curly hair, who is not petite, but feels that she is all angles, has more of a chance for a long career, and a successful one, in the movies than /r~^--T the beautiful doll. So says Miss ^ Alden, and here is the system she / a would prescribe for such a girl who is honest in her desire
to fit herself for the screen:
She must give time and attention to health and exercise and the business of acquiring grace, since the body is the instrument on which soul music is played. The girl who wishes to succeed in pictures must keep her body in tune if she wishes to interpret sweet music, and the plain girl should never forget that an actress uses all of her body — not only her face or her hands, but every muscle.
For that reason a successful actress cannot be conscious of any one part of her body over another. Watch Helen Ware, on the stage some time, or Mrs. Fiske, both of whom have been great successes without being beautiful.
The study of literature and the reading of printed plays is most important to the plain girl. She must improve her mind, for there rests the secret of her future success. But read the best American literature first before delving into the foreign, because it is upon the plain girl that future American
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A girl mu St give time and attention to the business of acquiring grace, since the body is the instrument on which soul music is played.
Some of the beautiful stars of yesterday are forgotten, but girls like Zasu Pitts, who did not rely on beauty, are still popular. ;
drama will depend for its success. Know your own country first ! French actresses have risen to the great heights they have because always it was "France !" first in mind. American girls have aped the French school, and so America has no drama of its own to-day except that of the small town, which is most truly American. Bernhardt never learned to speak English, nor did ...^ the great Italian actress, Duse ever learn
English, yet they became world famous.
Keep up an interest outside of yourself if you wish to become unconscious of yourself. There is no place in any studio for the self-conscious girl. Read "Expression of Emotions in Men and Animals," by Charles Darwin.
Also "Philosophical Inquiry Into Source of Pleasures Derived from Tragic Representations," by ]McDermot.
In the privacy of your own room, when you are quite alone, practice pantomiming the myths. Characterize each creature in them, and this will help you in facility of expression.
Start analyzing people — their emotions and motives. Begin with your own mother. This will develop an analytical quality of mind which is indispensable to every actress. The plain girl must remember that she will have to work harder than the raving