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118 Picture Show Annual THE GIRL WITH THE NAUGHTY WINK PIQUANT Marie Prevost, who is noted for her saucy, delightful screen roles, is a graduate from the Mack Sennett bathing school. Like Gloria Swanson, Vera. Reynolds, and several other of her sister stars, she received her early screen training in the slapstick comedy school. It was Mack Sennett who " discovered " .her, playing around in a bathing costume on the sands of a fashionable seaside holiday resort in California. He was struck imme- diately by her beautiful, lissom figure, and he gave her a place amongst his famous " bathing beauties." She had several small parts entrusted to her, and it was discovered that, however small these happened to be, she made them stand out from amongst the other " bits." Several times well-known stars were in danger of having the picture taken right away from them by this sparkling little player. Marie had no regrets when she shed her bathing suit ; she had always wanted to do something besides merely look pretty on the screen. She wanted to see whether she could act or not. After the bathing period Marie played flapper roles, then she tried her hand at dramatic acting. She jumped at the chance which Ernst Lubitsch gave her of enacting a Parisian vamp. Now Marie usually entertains us in feature comedies. She is famous for her " naughty wink," her sophisti- cated, saucy ways. Her fascinating crooked smile, her subtlety and rare personality make Marie Prevost ooe of the most alluring comedy stars on the screen. WHEN FILMS MEAN ADVENTURE GEORCE O'Brien frankly confesses that he is in pictures for the fun he gets out of the work. He has always been an adventure-loving young man. When tie was a boy he travelled about all over the place, leading the kind of life that most boys dream of—tramping, working on a ranch, living in a lumber camp. In between whiles he went to school. He was well on the way to becoming a doctor, when America came into the world war, and he joined up in the navy. When the war was over he happened to meet Tom Mix, who persuaded him to become a cameraman, and he was assistant cameraman to Tom's company for two years. One day George met Hobart Bosworth, who suggested that he should do a " bit " as a fighting sailor in a him he was just about to make. The acting idea did not appeal to George very much, but he liked the idea of the fighting, so he took the part, and he has remained in pictures ever since. He likes the work because it offers variety, thrills, adventure—all the things that appeal to him