Screenland (May–Oct 1927)

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Bebe and Diana are both pretty brunettes, and it isn't altogether usual for a girl star to introduce another girl of the same type of beauty into her own films. I never heard of anybody but Bebe doing it. Gloria Swanson helped to promote Larry Gray from an assistant director to a leading man. And Gloria's new leading man, John Boles, also bows to Miss Swanson as his discoverer. Ralph Ince apparently likes to "pull" for his sisters-in-law. I'm sure Director Ince won't mind if I remind you that his sister-in-law was once Anita Stewart. I say "once" because Anita's sister Lucille isn't Mrs. Ralph Ince any more. But when she was, and Anita was just a kid. Ralph gave the little sister-in-law the lead in a Vitagraph two-reeler, "The Wood Violet". If you're an old-timer you'll recall the hit Anita made. But don't admit it. Now Ralph Ince has put a new sisterin-law into his films. The new Mrs. Ince is Lucilla Mendez, a beautiful Broadway dancer. Lucilla's little sister. Jola, came out to the coast to visit, and Ralph gave her a screen test, which was so satisfactory that she plays the lead in "N.ot for Publication". Marie Prevost and Phyllis Haver were rival beauties in Mack Sennett comedies. But they happened to be good friends, too. Marie left comedy for drama before Phyllis did; and she was a long way ahead in stardom before Phyllis deserted the old comedy lot. What did Marie do? She used the pull she had earned to put Phyllis in an important role in a Prevost picture. Both girls were in "Up in Mabel's Room", in which Marie was the official star. But instead of crowding each other for closeups, the blonde beauty set off the brunette, and helped the picture to success. Of course, you know that Blanche Sweet discovered Sally O'Neil. Or maybe you heard that it was Mickey Neilan. Well, it seems that Blanche really spotted Sally first and called her husband's attention to the dainty Irish girl. Erich von Stroheim saw Roy D'Arcy in a musical comedy, "The Clinging Vine", in a Los Angeles theatre. D'Arcy had never done any screen work, but "Von" used his influence, and D'Arcy got the part of the crown prince in "The Merry Widow/'. Norma Shearer ushered her girl friend, Gwen Lee, into the M-G-M Studio by way of a part in Norma's picture, "Lady of the N,ight". Gwen is now a member of the stock company. Edwin Carewe met Dolores Del Rio down in Mexico City, her home town; and he used all of his directorial pull in Hollywood to make her a success in pictures; while Mrs. Carewe exerted all her social pull to make the Mexican belle feel at home in the film capital. Now Dolores is a star, and they're all happy. Harold Lloyd is starring another comedian, Edward Everett Horton, in a series of comedies. King Vidor gave Jimmy Murray his opportunity. Richard Barthelmess had his start in films through "Pull". Nazimova gave him his first part, in "War Brides ', quite as much because she was a friend of his mother's as because of her faith in young Richard's acting ability. And it was "Nazzy" who gave Patsy