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Three Years— and THEN?
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is the span of a screen star's —after which comes oblivion
By Eunice Marshall
"Some little talk awhile of Me and Thee There was — and then no more of Thee and Mc."
FILM star's screen life is three years, they say. Three years of Fame! So brief a span of glory, so short a while to savor to the full the sweet wine of Success! But the crowd's will is the wind's will, and Fame is a fickle jade.
Three years! Where are they now, that gay shadowhorde that danced so joyously across the screen so short a time ago? Florence Lawrence, Mary Fuller, Florence Turner, Edith Storey, the beloved Bobby Harron, Lillian Walker, handsome Harold Lockwcod, Marguerite Clark, Francis X. Bushman, Wallace Reid. Where are they now? Death has taken some. The others? Passed to that NeverNever Land of public forgetfulness.
Screen Fame is Fleeting
Jefoke me lies that best proof of the transience of screen fame, a fan magazine. The date is June, 1920. Only three years have passed since this particular publication heralded the favorites of the hour.
CjTop, Florence Lawrence, as she looks today. Oval, the interesting. Edith Storey, as she appeared at the zenith of Iter film career at 1 'itagra ph. Center, the Florence Lawrence of the old days, before an accident halted her brilliant celluloid career. Palying opposite is Harry Myers, who has now turned from juveniles to character comedy. At the left, the luscious Norma Talmadge of when she was scintillating < t old Yitagraph. Here she is posed as Salome.
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