Picture-Play Weekly (Apr-Oct 1915)

P 1 CTU [■: -PLA Y WEEKLY tresses. I\Iiss Kathlyn Williams was a guest recently at a Cliicago hotel while en route from the Isthmus of Panama to Los Angeles, California, and during her leisure hours she kindly granted audiences to bevies of charming misses who have lost all desire for the glamour of the footlights, and wish to pose, as leading ladies, in the silent drama. According to the records which were carefully kept by Miss Williams, just two hundred and sixty-two pretty misses were given some sound advice. In chronological order, their aspirations follow : Fifty would become leading ladies in movie society dramas. Thirty have been taking riding les.'^ons, and believe they could star in film dramas of the Tom jNlix type. One hundred said they "could just do anything," from flights in airships, to riding the pilot of a locomotive. Ten wish to star in serial picture plays of "The Adventures of Kathlyn" type. Only two think they are temperamentally fitted for characters of the "adventuress" type, while the rest' are perfectly willing to serve as supernumer aries for a brief time, until "they are more familiar with the artistic requirements." The young ladies had no hesitancy in selecting favorite motion-picture stock companies in which their services would likely be appreciated. Tom Santschi, Tom Mix, Wheeler Oakman, Romaine Fielding, Crane Wilbur, Arthur Johnson, and Earle A^'iIliams seemed favorites with the Chicago girls, all of whom were more or less confident that they would succeed much better if given opportunities to act in the productions in which these stars would appear. Another unusual detail was that the aspirants, almost without exception, preferred drama to comedy, and if they were all to secure engagements as leading ladies, there would certainly be a superabundance of stirring dramas and a sad dearth of comedies on the animated screen, Kathlyn Williams devoted hours of her time in granting audiences to the girls who had early learned of her presence in Chicago through the newspapers. "Once I aspired to go on the stage." said ]\liss Williams, "and at that tim more than appreciated a word or two food advice. I was glad to tell th girls the truth about motion-picture a ing. It is work, purely and simply, a I invariably advise girls to seek so other occupation. Amateurs have sn opportunity now to successfully en upon the work, because the field crowded with those having long stc experience, and, naturally, they are fi engaged to fill the few vacancies." When Movies Are Dangerous. DEX TURPI X, of the Essanay co edy company, says he came neat losing liis life than any time ditring 1 rough-and-tumble career when taking scene in "Love and Trouble." Turj was clinging to Wallace Beery's trou; leg while the two were being dragg along the pavement by an automobi Beery's garment gave way, leaving Ti pin directly in the path of an auto truo When the heavy vehicle was brought a stop, Turpin was under it, but luck'l the wheels had not passed over him. i; A Trained Crook. DOYD .M.VRSHALL recently met ai ' made friends with a monkey wh ' rehearsing "An Innocent Burglar," : Princess release in the Mutual progra; He and the monkey were pals "for while," to quote y\r. Marshall. TI' cordiality that first distinguished the friendship has cooled considerably, di to the monk's kleptomaniacal tende cies. ".-Vfter I'd made up to the little beait was up to me to teach him to stealj Mr. Marshall explained. "You see, 1 had to appear in "An Innocent Bu glar' long enough to steal a necklac and I taught him to do this. I rathi liked the little fellow, named him Hei nessy and all that sort of thing and li him live in my dressing room. Tlu I began to miss things. Some of 'ei I haven't found yet. When I lost or of my silver-backed military brushes was mad. 1 caught Hennessy stealir. the second one and was about to bounc him when Frank Farrington came int the room and admired him. " 'Take him,' I said as if I were gi\ ing away^ a $i,ooo bond. Farringtc did and thanked me. Now he's wor dering why his stuff's disappearing s fast." Kathlyn 'OC^illiams and Bessie Abbott on "Toodles" at the Selig Zoo, Los Angeles.