Evening journal., 1914-03-23
"Our Mutual GirI'
Meets Suffrasettes
Norma Phillips Meets Many
Celebrities In Her Work
for the Mutual

AIMS Little Gives Her Views on the Art |
Of Makeup. Director Griffith, the
"Belasco of Motion Pictures" Acts as
Stage Director to the Real David Belasco
Active work with the leading celebri-
ies identified with the suffrage move
nent in New York City added another
valuable chapter to the many and varied
experiences which have come to Norma
Phillips, the talented young moving pic
lure actress appearing in the unique film,
entitled "Our Mutual Girl"
Few American girls in the history of
our country have been placed in a posi-
lion where they could enjoy the society
Of so many well-known public characters
In the short space of time that this
young actress required to add to her list
of acquaintances the most talked Of men
and women in the world.
Her latest interesting experience be-
gan with her introduction to the noted
su1fragettes, Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Blatch, Mrs. James Cooley and Mrs.
Snyder.
"Our Mutual Girl" became a warm
friend of the prominent exponent of
"Yotes for Women" Inez Alilholland,
when she was introduced to Emmeline
Pankhurst at the Women's Political
Union headquarters IN New York City
recently, and her presentation to Mrs.
Blatch and her friends by inez Miihol-
land was a further proof of that brill
liant young woman lawyers activity Tor
"the cause"
Miss Phillips had the pleasure Of taxi
ing part in an outdoor meeting held by
her new found friends in Times Square,
New York, and sold a number of copies
pf 'rhe Voter to the interested spec
lators, az Of which was faithfully re-
sorded by the motion picture cameras.
Makeup as an art has received an i'm
petus through the development of the
bhotodrama second only to the perfection
bf the art of pantomime, according to
Anna Little, who appears in Mutual mo-
bon pictures with Kay-Bee, Broncho and
Domino productions.
"a moving picture actress is called
npon to play everything from a sQuaw
10 a society leader and changes her pic
ture character completely every few
days" says Miss Little. i mention the
sQuaw makeup first, because il is up
permost in my mind, due to the fact that
! have played so many Indian girl parts
recently for the New York Motion Pic
ture Corporation.
"In the old stage days even stock
company leading woman would play the
same line of parts season after season.
and although the style of her roles
changed completely, her makeup re
manned practically the same-what ac
fresses call a straight makeup. Oh
fha oh ~ rfn
ample reason 10 improve her art oil
makeup, but even her opportunity fol
character drawings was very small com
pared with that given the usual motion
picture leading lady.
"But the motion picture actress is con
tinually working toward the perfection o
both her art of makeup and of acting
with the added advantage of being en-
abled to study her work carefully upOI
rare privilege Of seeing herself al
others see her.
d. W. Griffith. "The Belasco Of Mo
tion PictuYes." recently had the uniqu
experience of acting as stage director 4
David Belasco. of stage-production fame
Mr.. Belasco posed for several scenes
and in addition to his interest in NOV
ing picture making, showed his love 70
the silent drama by looking at Directo
Grifith's pictures from 8 o'clock in tn
evening until midnight, and then askinl
that he be allowed to see "just on
more"
During his visit to the studio Mr.. Be
lasco met pretty Lillian Gish, who wa
one Of the members of Mr.. Griffith
company Miss Gish, who is still in he
teens, had appeared previously unde
Belascos direction in New York, and th
great producer said that he considers he
the most beautiful blond in the world.
Lillian Gish has interpreted one of tn
greatest roles in her varied career as a
actress in the first Griffith film, entitle
ssrhe Battle of The Sexes, OF III
Single Standard" by the noted autho
Of Hagar Revelly, Daniel Carson Godd
man.