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for July 1912
33
Now the gossip has changed — the new question is:
"How long can he hold her?"
What is Hollywood success doing to those two nice people, Sally Eilers and Hoot Gibson?
And now Sally is the popular star, and James Dunn is her leading man. What difference will the change make in the Gibson marriage?
Hoot— he stayed the same !
with Hoot, let us plunge immediately into the changes that have taken place in her since the day of her marriage two years ago. Then she was the most irresponsible, scatter-brained girl it has ever been my experience to know. If she had a serious thought in her head, it was so surrounded with giddy ideas that it never reached the surface. She had a mind only for play, romance, dancing and smart cracks. She would rather have made a witty retort than play the feminine lead opposite John Gilbert (and two years ago, the feminine lead opposite Gilbert was one of Hollywood's greatest honors). She had been given magnificent opportunities at several studios, but her consistent inattention to duties disgusted one studio official after another until it appeared that Sally would sink into the vast oblivion into which go the unsuccessful tens of thousands who seek film fame.
No one questions Sally Eilers' ability ; in "The Goodbye Kiss" she demonstrated personality, individual beauty and splendid histrionic talents. That was why producers were eager to give her opportunities, despite her failure to take business seriously, but as the funmaddened girl refused to settle down, one after another lost faith and Sally found it increasingly difficult to obtain jobs.
So much for Sally of 1929, before she met Hoot Gibson. It is film history that she finally fell to the last stand of screen acting — leading roles -in Westerns. In the course of these parts, she was engaged for a Gibson picture. Tired of sophistication, worried with business and marital cares brought on by a recent divorce, Hoot liked the giddy antics of his new leading lady. They became friends and she appeared in other Gibson "Westerns. A writer rumored romance ; Hoot and Sally answered with an announcement of their engagement.
The wedding took place at {Continued on page 79)