The Washington times., 1915-10-23
HAPPY GIRL MAY
+ Be P|CkFORD RIVAL
Harjorie 0aw, Of Los Angeles,
Only Fifteen, But, Already
Has Leading Roles

Fifteen -yes r-oid Maiorie Daw. of Los
Angeles. is 'hH 'rith"si md hPrp'est gn
In the world. At least. according to her
own rating. and actually. " she Keeps on
fulfilling the hopes of the lasky Fen
ture Play Company. she VIII be r'ch'
according to the rating OF everyone els"
In the world. Her happiness she woulh
probably have anyhow. heCiuse sil' '
Matorie Daw. Some people even pre-
dict that she viii he Mary fick'or" "
rival
All because she Is good and sweet and
beautiful and knows how to nina hcr
r's and as. Now. when all or the ton
mothers read this story to their litte
dnrlngs, and when fifteen year-olds OF
both sexes follow 1t because they have
been attracted by the charming face or
MISC Daw; doubt may he expressed IT, rs
goodness and beauty are sure to bring a
reward is very. very old. Some chtl.
dren and oven grown people think that
Il Is really too old to have any truth In
II any longer.
Her First Reward.
But Marjorie DAVIS story proves today
that II IS true. and Just as good as ever.
When she walked into the motion pic
ture company's office one day at Holly
wood Cal. and asked to play little eN-
ira parts. witt h,r mother holding her
by the hand. she began to get results
from her sweetness and beauty immedi-
ately.
The film people In the mot on picture
town in California didn't know right
away that she was good little girl.
hut Il did not take long for them to md
II out after they had given her trinl,
She knew how to do what she was told
10 do, and she knew how to do II just
TO the liking Of some one else. She knew
how to work without compla ming, ana
to do what was given her to do without
worrying about something that she
might have wanted.
So her first reward was that she was
retained with the company. and allowed
to learn the first rudtments of motion
picture work. Rut, of course, all oil
that was due to the fact that she was
good little girl.
Given Leading Roles.
Then came her second reward. due to
the fact that she was pretty and sweet.
She won the admiration and per-
sonaI friendship of every person con-
nected with the company. from the
head director to the camera men and
tho rawest extras. She was simply ire
slstible. and when Geraldin" Farrar. the
great singer. who came to HOLLYWOOD to
act in the film Carmen" fell In love
with her. no one was surprised In the
least.
But Farrar didn't let her heart run
awav with her She watched the young
lady at work In the small assignments
and took careful stock of her ability.
The result was that Majorie Daw. mo-
tion picture actress. won the head of
Miss Farrar. and It didn't take one
afternoon to have leading roles take the
place of the minor parts of a few hours
lcfore.
HSr first important roln was in
out of Darkness" where she appears
with Charlotte Walker. Next week she
will be seen at Loew's Columbia Thea
ter In her next and more important role
that of Nora. in ''Thc Chorus Lady
And although that was her third re-
ward. 1t will not be her last.
Good and Beautiful.
The only really fortunate incden,
connected with Miss DAVIS career sc
far Is the fact that she photographs
almost perfectly. BY fortunate. IL
ment of luck enters most largely. Even
In this case the element OF luck is
small. for the Lacky Company people
are inclined to think that Majorie pho
tOgraphs perfectly because she is really
such a pretty child. and that she Is
pretty because she is good!
So--when In year or two or three
or less. the fame of Majorie Daw. the
richest girl in the motion picture word
and the best actress. has Travelled
about into Timbuctoo and the Gulliby
Isles. don't forget that 1t all came abou
because she was good and sweet anc
beautiful, And that although we can
not all be beautiful we can be good ant
sweet and with those two attributes
one should he able to he the secOnC
richest motion picture person at least!