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It's the Breaks that Make 'Em
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George Bancroft was pre joseph M. Schenck told paring to return to New Reginald Denny he would York when his chance came. never succeed in pictures.
mond Keane to-day are two very promising juvenile actors, possibly on their way to stardom. Yesterday they were struggling extras in Hollywood's long line. Their breaks were almost identical; and are of the kind that ever-hopeful Hollywood loves to nourish. Raymond Keane was one of three hundred extras summoned by Dimitri Buchowetzki to play members of the Queen's guard in "Graustark." Buchowetzki, ever dramatic, was passing down the extra line, selecting prospective guardsmen, when his eyes lighted on young Keane.
"There's a thousand-dollar-a-week juvenile!" the excitable Russian exclaimed.
Then it was up to Buchowetzki to prove that he was correct in his assumption, and this he did by selling Keane to Uncle Carl Laemmle as the leading man in Buchowetzki's only Universal production, "The Midnight Sun." Buchowetzki has passed on to less lucrative fields, but Keane still remains at Universal.
James Murray had a less ostentatious but more satisfactory debut under the guidance of King Vidor. Vidor saw him in the extra ranks, and immediately cast him for the lead in "The Crowd." He has been favored with other good roles by Metro-Goldwyn.
The Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel may well be called the happy hunting ground of the break, as it is practiced in Hollywood. For though break or cut-in dances are banned at the Grove, it is on its glassy floor that many of screendom's brightest stars have been discovered. Sally O'Neil
first caught Marshall Neilan's eye during a crowded Friday, night at the Cocoanut Grove, and stepped into the leading role in "Mickey."
The Young sisters, the beautiful trio that has con
Tim McCoy went to a studio to rent his ranch for picture purposes, and received a contract instead.
Raymond Keane was discovered by Buchowetzki from among three hundred extras.
quered Hollywood's citadels in the past six months, probably owe the Cocoanut Grove the largest debt of
gratitude. Each of the girls owes her contract to having been seen at the Grove. Sally Blane, nee Betty Jane Young, was doing a mean Black Bottom when Wesley Ruggles was casting the "Collegians" series at Universal. From Universal it was but a step to featured roles, and a contract with Paramount. She is now playing opposite Jack Holt.
Polly Ann Young had a double break on the Cocoanut Grove floor. One evening she was dancing with Robert Agnew, when the casting director of MetroGoldwyn was looking for a double for Dolores del Rio, and the next day she was summoned to the studio to understudy Miss Del Rio in "The Trail of '98." Metro-Goldwyn planned to do big things for her, but something went Continued on page 114