The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-22

titious substitutes. and they cannot fool
the camera.
The golden age OF fame and success
for a movie star IS, | should say. be
tween is and %. Four years! Those are
the spotlight years. Mary Pickford IL
to-day q. Anita Stewart is 20. Jean Soth-
ern is 10 and the Gish girls are about
10 and 81. In the movies at this youth
ful age they occupy the leading posi-
tions that Leslie Carter. Julia Marlowe.
Mrs. Fiske and other great emotional
actresses reached at ages between 30
and As The movies are only twenty
years old. and the big things iu their de
velopment have actually been accom-
plishod only in the last Eve years.
While none OF the big stars have as
yet had time go reach the age limit. I
doubt If Stars Of the first magnitude can
last after the axe OF oS \ woman OF 30
is o woman and not q blooming rose Of a
girl After all the movie market IS a
market for chickens"
Tho people who go 10 see the movies
create the demand. for they want 20 see
youth the lovers in movie romanccs
must bc tender and young. Movie PRO
duccrs. 90 meet tho demand. must renew
their market all the time. The market
must Doe kept fresh. Therefore there Is
always great demand for youth and
beauty creater demand than the
stage ever made.
There are openings yearly. monthly
daily for youth and beauty in movie stu
dios everywhere II Is a market that
can never be giutted with an overproduc-
ti0n or whore the demand will cease
The movie market is for girls beautiful.
fresh and tender ln New York there are
from scventy-fve 20 one hundred progut-
ing companies FNcry month new COM
pa1ics are Incorporated. IN practically
every other large city are producing com
pauies. These muinics sometimes en-
p.oy several thous nd girls .n "a single pro.
tuCtiou Tn Los Angeles alone the people
employed 70 act in the studios exceed
10000. Tho girls must Doe beautiful and
young 10 doesn't matter where they
come from. lack OF experience Del mo- bar
ri'r They are recruited from high
schools and department stores. from
drD. masking shops factories. retail ,Hf1l
ID .hm,uta. the chorus and the theatre.
Many come to the producing plants from
village iu FAR parts of fno country.
The Inducements offered young girls
posses sing good looks hv Che movies are
good lu1Nnr sir. earning 20 q week .r "a
hop ur factor. eau earn s. % dlg "a. q
.uperrumtr1rt iu trr movies M .n, uu
consciously display 900 unusual expires.
..uu. ur has a quality OF pafhna 600 her
t... .nr may rise fH 81 600 wtUl with
fu Sis months without question he
movies I1rr affected fhr cHu~u-e9 ~
musical rUmodiea. drawing from tho
chorus Tho choicest prizes Good look
ink girls who mako SIS week. iu n
musical comedy chorus cam make from
f71 fH $50 vee. .n thn movies 8 r.-.
can make iu tho most humble suroruum
rrrr part Iu tIn movies fn n". d. What
.hs would make ir uU. Ht.N working .u
"a department store wat Ir1u.ru .Uf
Ie fNtrr f.sl good looking r.rI f.. ha..ra
.frrHgrIfhcr' SfH may make ris Ord
rfr u Ntrt aH ID .'rr.rrrr'0r.
D.. Pho movie. there be- fnr chance OF Door,
making Ir.m $500 o.. $500 I arnE wei"
.uf .rrr OH. 'U.. ~ f.r I"' re".H..
rf... sHr. Ir master BIOGRAPHY IuH
would H. surprised af f.. rIrh-r .f .r
rNrlfUr. I.r Iuh. t.if como from I.rN
school rI.Ir MOREOVER. bore prl'rf