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120 Picture Show Ann cMarion cNixon was still a schoolgirl when she obtained engagements to play parts—dancing parts, mostly—in the prologues of motion-picture theatres. She is a dancer of rare talent, having mastered the intricate steps of every type of dancing. She toured in vaudeville for several years, but when she reached Hollywood she decided to remain and enter pictures. Marion Sixon. cMAJOR STONE- SOLDIER AND ACTOR LOS ANGELES claim? Lewis Stone as a native son," because he reigned there for severa >ears as a matinee idol with a well- known stock company. However, he was born and received part of his education in Worcester, Massa- chusetts, completing his course at Barnard School. New York, just in time to enlist in the Spanish- American War. Military life and the acting world have divided his attention ever since. From the time he finished his military education and served American conflict he has maintained his connection with the army, while steadily forging ahead, first on the stage and then on the screen. Shortly after the conclusion of the argument with Spain he played his first stage role in a theatre in New York, appearing at first as a substitute for an actor who had fallen ill, and proving such an excellent dramatic actor that he was retained in the cast. His hrst screen role was ex- perimental, both on his part and the producer s—supporting Bessie Barriscale in " Honour's Altar." An engagement on the stage took him away from the films for a time, and then the outbreak of the World War recalled him to his military duties. He was first assigned to a training camp, as infantry instructor, and at the conclusion of the war received his commission as major in the reserve corps of the United States Army. Major Stone still keeps his interest in military things. He spends one month each year In the officers' training camp, in lieu of a holiday. Lewis Stone is five feet ten and three-quarter inches in height. He is essentially the military man in appearance and carriage. He has grey hair and brown eyes: he is an expert rider, rifle shot, fencer, and boxer.