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134 Picture Show Annual ALL BECAUSE HE HAD A " NEW FACE." WE hear of all sorts of reasons why film actors and actresses were started on their careers. In William Haines' case it was because he possessed a " new face.' It was in 1922 that Bill saw an advertisement of the Goldwyn company in which they asked for " new faces." He contended that almost any kind of face was a new face, so he had his photograph taken and sent it in. Out of the thousands of applicants who were attracted by the advertisement, Eleanor Board man and William Haines were selected as having the newest faces seen up to that time. So that was how Bill got into pictures. William Haines is a very popular young man in the film colony. He is renowned as a wit, and is an asset to any party. Hostesses have been known to put off some social event they had planned just because they found out that Bill would be unable to attend. " We just couldn't do without Bill," they will explain. " Why, he is better than a jazz band ! " SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEM- BERED AS "MRS. DARLING." WHENEVER the name of Esther Ralston is mentioned one immediately conjures up a vision of her as Mrs. Darling. No matter how many successful rcles Esther may portray on the screen, she will always be remembered as she appeared in " Peter Pan." Strangely enough, many people thought that this was Esther's initial appearance on the screen, whereas in reality she had been acting for the films for several yeais. She had. however, never had anything very outstanding to do, and it was her interpretation of Mrs. Darling which brought her into the limelight. This role was comparatively small, but Esther made it important. She looked so very, very pretty, and just like a child's story-book ideal of a mother. Esther Ralston was practically brought up in the theatre. Her parents were theatrical folk, her mother and father acting together on the stage under the name of " The Ralston Family." Esther herself was only two years old when she made her stage debut as part of the act of her parents, and when she was old enough she appeared in Shakespearean and Dickens plays, as well as modern dramas, before she com- menced on her screen career. Esther Ralston