The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

concerning America Sweetheart v is taken from the St Louis Post Dispatch:
 Come CT. little girl. give me surprise. That's the idea, Turn on the surprise, Now-hold it"
 A moment later Mary Pickford, dressed in boys clothes, rolled out from under the bed. which was the principal article of furniture in the studio set"
 Let's do Lat over again I don't think you got enough of my face in it." she said simply, adding a. she rolled back under the bed, "Teil me when you're ready
 Take this close up again" said Sid Olcott the director. turning to the camera man.
 Are you ready. little girl?' he asked moment later, when he saw that the camera man was wait ing An inaudible murmur of assent came from beneath the bedStead
 All right, let her 80 now" cried the director Come on now" he shouted Raise the spread slowly: now-come on, that's fine-now turn on the surprise-give me surprise give me all you've got, little girl. That's great Now, hold it, little girl; hold it"
 Relaxing from his tense position Olcott gave the signal to the camera man to stop cranking, while Miss protruding from beneath the bed, scrambled to her feet.
 "I think that was better she remarked taking handkerchief from her maid and wiping the per spration from her forehead. It's hot work under that bed day like this
 Let me fix your hair, Mary; you've got it all musstd up inter- rupted her mother, who had been watching the making of the "close up"
 While her mother arranged her hair, Miss Pckford looked into a mirror held by her maid and re paired such damage to her makeup as had been caused by contact with the floor.
 Miss Mary Pickford called the highest salaried motion picture ac- tress in the world, had just com pleted a typical "close up," or scene in which her face will be shown as large as possible on the screen. Close ups are always made care, fully, but when Miss Pickford is working the utmost care is taken. Not only does the director, who is producing the picture, take special pains to get the right emotions registered" for audiences are quick to detect flaws in "close ups" but Miss Pickford herself makes sug al u-ns Which ait usually carli-. out
 Because of her tremendous salary she actually receives s2,000 a week in addition to a big interest in each picture in which she acts the making of a Pckford picture is an important event in the Fla nous Players Studio. In addition to the director assigned to produce the picture, Adolph Zukor, the presi dent of the film company; Edwin K. Porter, its general art director an several Ct. T CC Hpany ot!C5a.j are usually around. And Miss Pick ford is attended by her mother, two maids and her brother, Jack.
 Mrs. Pickford is her daughters constant companion. It is she who arranges her hair supervises he, makeup and attends to the other details of her costumes. Her maid, have very little to do except to look after her wardrobe and stand around with mirrors, handkerrliefs and oth- CT toilet necessities.
 'If I'd been used to maids all ny l1lC, pSlhdpS illdhC illol uSN of them now remarked the film star the afternoon of the "close up" Mamma does so many things for me that it really doesn't leave much for them to do. Mammals a won derful help"
 Mrs. Pickford is indeed won derfui help.' She is the mother of three and the mOther-inlaw of two more who are prominently identified with the motion picture industry. For, in addition to being the mother of Little Mary" she is the mother of Lottie Pickford, who is also a famous film star. Lottie. whose name, like her mothers is really Charlotte, has recently won addi tional fame as the star in The Diamond From the Sky" Roy Me Cardell's s1O00O prize scenario.
 Both of Mrs. Pickfords s daugh- ter are married to well-known mov- ing picture actors-Mary being tn, wife of Owen Moore, who is play ing the leads in film company on the Pacific coast, where Bert