The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24

movies there is no profession in which
there Is greater opportunity to succeed
and make rapid advancement Most of
the best moving picture actresses were
practically unknown but a few years ago,
and many never had any stage training
whatever.
The work never gets monotonous and
thrilling adventures come up constantly
from all those in motion picture work Fol-
lowing are some of the late reports from
the Essanay company:
Edna Mayo, clever leading woman with
Essanay. displays her histrionic talent by
taking the part of boy in The Little
Deceiver.' Seldom has an actress been
able to take this part without the audience
discovering that she is a girl. But Miss
Mayo enacts the role with such natural
ness that no one could tell that she was
not boy. She assumes all the boyish
ways in such a way that spectators are
taken completely by surprise when she
appears at the, last as a beautiful. young
women.
"a Dignified Family is a thrilling
three-act photoplay, with the settings in
the mountains of the south. 1t has been
produced by Essanays company at Chat
tanooga in order to get a realistic set
ting and preserve all the individualistic
atmosphere of the play. The beautiful
scenery of the Tennessee mountains adds
Sicait1 W tAC StidI HI VI Tic pay.
RUTH STONEHOUSE
is REAL HEROINE
Ruth Stonehouse, the pretty Essanay
actress, now with the company at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. saved a baby from fire
which broke out In the inn where they
are making their headquarters. Miss
Stonehouse smelled smoke about mid
night. She rushed into the hall to find
avprVfhiD0 a Of ha al .,
blaze. Everyone was trying frantically to
escape Miss Stonehouse heard a child
cry In the room next to her own and dis
covered a baby which had been over
looked in the scramble. She picked up
the baby and fought her way through
the smoke in the upper hall to the second
floor. There she found her way. cut OF
and made her way to a window from
which she jumped with the child In her
aims. She was half suffocated with
smoke, but otherwise escaped injury.
Nell Craig's dashing style of beauty
makes her an exceptionally good subject
for the part of Dominica Medura in the
famous series of THE Adventures of
Dominica written by Henry G. Rowland
and filmed by Essanay. In the character
of the highly educated girl associate OF
thieves, she cleverly portrays the dash
and daring of Dominica, who loves the
life for its excitement and hazards only,
and not because natural criminal. She
lends a life and spontaneity to the char
acter that makes the six different photo
plays all bubble and sparkle.
AMONG THOSE MAKING
: GOOD SHOWING TODAY
Among the leaders who polled a good
score yesterday are: Gertrude Nichols, dis
trict No 2; Evelyn Howell, district No. 2;
Irene Walbrink district No. l.; Alvin
Wood Perkins, district No. 8; Jean Le-
mont, district No. 5; Elizabeth finder.
district No. 2, polled the largest number
yesterday. All these scores are amongst
the thousands. Many others polled large
scores. All are anxiously working to Sc
cure the extra 5000 offered as above sched-
ule. New candidates entered into the
contest yesterday.
For any information relative to this
campaign call on, write or telephone
motion picture department, AgeH Her
aid, Birmingham, Ala.