The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-19
NGENUE OF NINETEEN
TELLS OF STAGE LIFE
Marie Flynn. of Lady Luxury" Com.
pany. Isn't Grown Up After Seven
Years of Endeayor.


| When you saw pretty Marie Flynu
dance her dainty way through Lady
/ Luxury down at the Belasco this
week. did you guess that the little
ingenue had seen seven years of stage
| experience and had starred in a West
! ern melodrama at thirteen? Just
| nineteen this year and wearing her
! hair up for the first time. Miss
! Flynn presents youthful appearance
in strong contrast to her serious attitude
toward her profession. And she talks
! about it with an earnestness and frank
ness that is wholly charming.
! When approached by representative
of The Herald Miss Flynn was in a hair
dressing shop undergoing a shampoo.
and she looked like a little girl, with her
hair fiuffing around her face.
You may come right in," she said
cheerfully. but I don't know what to
talk to you about
Suppose you begin by telling me if you
are really sixteen-as you look sug-
gested the woman reporter
But ! feel 999 years old this morning
much older than the oldest person in the
, world. l guess it's because I've worked
So hard. and I'm not really grown up yet.
Shall j tell you about my work? You
know I went on the stage when I was
twelve years old I always wanted to
act, guess. When ! was two my moth
er took me to the theater for the first
time to see Lulu CHASER. I've forgotten
the play now. but it made a terrific i'm
preston on me. and in my baby way-r
could hardly talk then-I said I wanted
to be an actress.
'Of course / decided first to be a
Bernhardt. I could always imagine
myself in a black velvet gown with a
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arched brows just like Bernhardt
Wasn't it funny? And when 1 was
twelve years old. a friend of my
fathers who was a theatrical man.
ager. gave me my first part. I was
wild with delight. The next year. the
same manager starred a very young
actor and engaged me for the lead be-
cause he couldn't find any one else
youthful enough to play opposite him.
But ! never played that part. The
star to The Cowboy Girl was taken
ill and I took her place. 1 was terrif-
cally proud of that role and I think 1
love it yet. / carried a revolver and
rode bronchos and got blown up with
dynamite every performance. Then /
played stock awhile and finally. be-
cause ! could sing and dance. / drift
ed into musical comedy. I like it. but
like dramatic work much better
and / don't think I've another thing
to talk about" Miss Flynn finished
with apparent relief.
And then The Herald representative
asked the inevitable question. Have
s' Three h promAy responded Miss
Flynn. Perfumes. cats and Italian
princesses."
Miss Flynn is a connoisseur in SUBJ
tie. unusual perfumes. particularly the
Oriental scents Strange to saw she
effects no favorite. as most women do.
As to cats. she is the proud possessor
of beautiful. big black cat-"Thomas
Henry" she calls him-who acts as
mascot for his youthful mistress. And
as to princesscs-
It's really terrifically silly of me-"
she laughed. but I like to pretend
that I was once an Italian princess in
another existence and my dream Is to
go to Italy some day and pick out my
own particular palace"