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^HARM By Rob Wagner
C[ Rob Wagner li\es to be with Irene Rich and indulge in the vanity of her reflected beauty.
rubbering all over that brilliant assemblage, whom do you think, of those we could see, — Irene had her back to •we decided was the handsomest woman there? Mary? Gloria? Norma? No. They all got big votes, but the one who got the unanimous decision was Kathlyn Williams! Kathlyn, who fifteen years ago used to subdue the Selig lions with her courage and radiant smile, but who now is seen only too rarely on the screen. Yes, sir, from the 36th hole, at least, Kathlyn Williams won the big beauty prize. "But she has more than beauty," declared Marc, "she has charm. "
And his remark set me to wondering about this elusive thing called charm. To what degree does it register on
C[ Mabel 'hlormand is with' out doubt the most pop' ular girl in movieland.
the screen? You may be sure that all of our successes have it, whether it shows in their personalities or merely in their work.
Take Harold Lloyd for instance. His screen personality is almost wholly lacking in charm. He admits it and it distresses him, for he thinks that he doesn't possess it. But he does, abundantly. It's his makeup that hides it.
One of the most retiring — one might almost say bashful — ■ boys of the films, he has a most winsome off-screen personality that is utterly impossible to project through those goofy spectacles and his pasty makeup. His charm, therefore, must express itself in his work, which is always joyous, wholesome and exceedingly clever. Nor would his native refinement permit him to do a crude, vulgar or offensive thing, just to get a laugh. I hope some day he will abandon his screen character and play a boy part straight — just Harold Lloyd. (Continued on page 90)
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