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Picture Show Annual 127 IN A KINGDOM OF DREAMS R ight from the time when she was a small child, Betty Blythe has lived in a kingdom of dreams. Every incident in her life seems to resolve itself into a picture to the beautiful screen star. When only ten years of age she was in a convent school, and one day one of the sisters discovered that the little girl had a lovely voice. The sister told her she might sing in the cathedral choir, and this was a wonderful experience for the little dreamer. In the great cathedral, where the light was mellowed as it shone through stained glass windows, robed in white vestments, the little girl sang with all the joy and hope that was in her. In those days she pictured herself as an opera singer. She lived so much in her dreams that she came to believe in them. Betty Blythe is still a dreamer. At her home there is a ro<im with windows facing the mountains, and when she feels like solitude she goes there to read, write, and philo- sophise ; then when the evening comes along, especially if it is moonlight, she will put on her walking shoes^nd go off for a long tramp, with her dog for sole companion. It must not be imagined from this that Betty Blythe goes about with her head in the clouds. It is only now and again that she feels the need for solitude, and then it is that she repairs to her kingdom of dreams. In the ordinary way Betty is full of joie de vivre, just as she was in the days before she commenced her career, when she would play baseball on the sands with the boys of a college near her home. T here are two totally different sides to Milton Sills character. Sometimes he can be very serious, and will talk on such deep subjects as philosophy and psychology. As a matter of fact, before he made his debut on the screen, he was a professor of these subjects at a University in Chicago. He is always pleased that he turned to the screen for his career. As a professor he was beginning to feel dissatisfied with thinking and talking about things ; he longed for action. The screen gave him this opportunity ; he was able to practise philosophy, to enact life, to make realities of dreams and to search out the inner souls of characters, which, though imaginary, always seem real enough to Milton Sills when he portrays them. Even though Mr. Sills gave up his professorship, he is still deeply interested in philosophy and psychology, and he reads everything he can get hold of which deals with these subjects. He is always delighted, too, when he can find anyone else who is interested, and who will have a discussion with him. This is the serious side to Milton Sills. There is another side, a gay, boyish side ; and when this is uppermost he likes nothing better than to get out his car and drive along at a furious speed. He is as happy and care-free as any schoolboy, and laughs with glee when he manages to dodge the " traffic cops.” He is also very fond of riding and hunting, and is a great lover of camp life. Milton SilU SOMETIMES SERIOUS, SOMETIMES GAY Betty Blythe