The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
LITTLE MARY PICkFORD

burden easier, Mary joined a New York stock company. She had a natural aptitude for the stage and played wiue variety of roles. in cluding Little Eva in Uncle Tom 5 Cabin"
 She was Is years old before she acted for the movies. Her wonder ful photographic personality won in. stant recognition and in short lime she became a great favorite with film audiences. However. seven years ago the motion picture indus try had not reached the proportions it has attained today. and the sal .I cs Cr film players were Compara- tiyely small. Indeed. it was nearly two years before Miss Pickford at tained a weekly salary of S175.
 With the development of feature it t.-. HoweyeI her .alary rose in leaps and bounds At the persuasion of David Beia5co three years ago she left the movies for a season to upear in "A Gc1i Little Devil. " but she returned to studios when that play closed. Since then the demand for her services has been so great that her salary has reach ed it's present almost unbelievable figure.
 Before she became of age her salary was paid to her mother. In fact. Mrs. Pickford has been the treasurer of the family for several years Her children have always after their marriages. Of course their work takes them all over th'- country but they call 250 West Ninety first street, New York, 'home.'
 Here Mary, her brother Jack and Ma" Pickford live in a modest nine room apartment For, in spite of her large salary, Mary Pickford lives very quietly. Almost her only ItAtlN 10 q us, "NISd Noui ing car and a chauffeur. A large part of her salary is being reinvest- ed in personal motion picture enter prises and the remainder, except the small portion used for living expenses, is invested in high class securities. Mrs. Pickford has the reputation of being shrewd in vestor as well as a firstclass trea- surer.
 Because of the nature of her work Miss Pickford often works at the studio until midnight is rarely in evidence in the white light district. When she is seen in pub. lie. she is nearly always accompan jed by her mother. She has never had any real girlhood, for since she was 10 years old she has been constantly at work. Even today she works as nard as when she first took up acting before the camera. And her work does not consist of acting alone. She plans out the de- tails of every production in which she is concerned.
 Her method" before the camera does not differ particularly from that of other film stars, except Ii one respect. Occasionally she works into" a mirror, which is held by a h0, bo of h., camera In this way she is herself able to see how her emotions are being registered. Of course, in many scenes this trick Is impracticable or unnecessary, but when she has en- ployed it she has found 1t of great assistance.
 Miss Pickfo1d occasionally has at tacks of temperament" During the making of Twisted Paths" she suffered such an attack Several scenes had not been made to her liking, with the result that she or dered them retaken. A score of players were held in the studio sever al hours while this was done. The manner in which she had stamped her pretty foot and the very audi i ble damn" which had escaped her pretty lips, left the director no choice As she herself explains, she is only human-especially when things go wrong.
 There's really no secret to my york; she is wont to explain. Its just hard work Of course, to be successful one has to feel wha, she is doing Sometimes I feel my roles too much for my own good Pm not very strong, you know.
 The future? Well, just at pres ent I'm looking forward to two things-making a film version of Madame Butterfly in Japan and a vacation after making it. A real holiday would delight me more than anything know of-because I've never had one"
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