New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
NOTION picture EVENTS o77HEVEEK
ANNETTE WEARY OF DIVING.
Miss Kclermann Says the Trained Seal Act Gets on
Ones Nerves, and Now She Knows
She Can Act

water views a large tank OF plate glass
vas built and filled with that wonderful
clear sea water which Is one OF the great
charms Of the islands. Water plants were
ADDED and the effect in n picture Is as u
the observer were walking about on the
bottom Of the ocean.
While Miss Kclernann and Herbert
Brcuon, who besides directing the picture
played ono OF the principal parts, were ~
the tank one OF the sides gave way unde.
the pressure. and the suction Of the thob
sands Of gallons Of water rushing throLH"
the hole swept the two players across thf
Jagged edges Of the broken glass. MisH
Kellermann was seriously cut on the
side and feet and was in the hospital ior
nearly month. while Mr.. Brenon re-
ceiyed injuries that nearly. proved fatai
and that kept him In the Doctors care Tor
six weeks
when that happened I knew / was A
regular motion picture actress. because
! had read about how they are always
getting hurt for the sake OF big scenes
commented Miss Kellermsnn.
In the scene which comes just before
the under water one" she went on. MI
Brenon. who is the wicked villain, tries
to hurl me from the top OF clin. We
both fall over together. and as 1t nap
pened the jar OF hitting the water made
his head hit my poor nose. The result
was q vacation Of about four days, be
cause large. puffy olfactory organs are
not supposed to be fashionable among
mermaids.
Another thing / learned is that being
a mermaid is not as much fun ds i
sounds. My costume was not so bad in
the water, although / could hardly sha'-
ter any speed records in IL. but on land
it certainly had its disadvantages. Flop
ping about like seal on the sharp cor
nered Bermuda coast line Is annoying at
times. But taking il altogether 1 en-
joyed acting for that picture more tnan
anything / have done yet"
Many columns have been written about
Miss Kelermann swimming and about
her beauty of face and form, but the
writer's, doubtless in well meaning entnu-
siasm, have all neglected to tell the world
about her personal charm. She -
clever conyersationalist, and has SUCH
ready command or repartee Inat any Oil9
who attempts TO he facetious does 80 at
great risk Furthermore, her interest IN
what's going on in the world is not only
lively but intelligent.
MY one disappointment as Neptune
Daughter remarked Annette. was that
1t was not supposed to be done for mer-
maids to dance. SO ] couldn't tango
bit in the picture"
Are you specially keen for dancing?
We asked.
"Oh. like everything that's going
she laughed and in that sentence tod
much about herself Three minutes con-
versation with this girl'who-doesn t-lAe-
to-be-called-a-d iving- Venus is long enough
to see that she is real optimist and an
observer Of the happy side Of life. Dra-
matte ability she surely has, yet we Ike
best to think Of her as a say. bright
eyed water sprite. stranger TO the sn'et
OF grease paint and glare of footishis
And happily that is what she is the MN
ute she is off stage. Australia's loss was
a great one when Annette Kellermann
swan to our shores.