The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-23
AND INTERESTING CHILDREN
. Tho EVOLUTION Of tho photoplay
from its first mclodramatic situa.

ness, there has been an ever growing
demand for children of tho screen.
The time has gone by when producers
sought to fire the blood OF the
spectators and awake their hght.
INK instincts. Instead the desire now
seems 10 be to touch the hearts and
finer senslbilities Of the public. and
through what better medium a this
ia accomplished than children? There
fore there have bcen developed In the
movie studios companies 81 incipient
screen stars who range from babes in
arms. generally lent for stated periods.
10 children who have acquired a real
ira iii In their work and are abe TO
scauit themselves in their particular
line fully as we'll as the grown up
actors and actresses Of hlmland.
Time was. at that period when the
movie. we're first making themselves
felt al a factor In the amusement life
o. the country. when children on the
screen were the exception rather than
the rue. Now the situation IL re.
y,rsed. There is an eve increasing
r demand for children under 10 years nj
age with talent to enact roles in the
enema drama. And the demand is
sometimes greater than the supply.
The child is coming into its " in
the movies. That point cannot be dis
pu,ed.
Blu; the screen children. like all
other children. insist on growing up
and their careers are necessarily short.
After a child gets TO be over Is his
usefulness is about over as regards
photop.ays. Therefore most OF the
studios have to keep a succession OF
childreO in training for their work.
From the half dozen or so children
Who used 10 appear in the movies at
TIE beginning the ranks have grown
until now there are hundreds Of little
finn actors and actresses who daily de-
l.cht the millions of picture fans.
Mention can be made OF only a few
twins. Marion and Madeline. who.
starting in life together, have been in
separable ever since. Then there are
Billy Jacobs, formerly OF the Key
stone and later with the Universal,
oolnpaGy: Loci Stewart. Baby Guerin.
Baby Marie Osborne. Marie Eline, "the
%ThsnhpIser Kid: Jean Fraser, violc,
Radcliffe Of the Majestic forces,
Dolores and Helen Costello. children
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Costello, for
merry Of the vitagrsph company. and
Clara Horton.
Versatility is demanded Of the child
sotors in the same degree as Of the
aiul, star and the capable juvenile
payers receive from $40 to SO a day
for their work. The drs wing power
a. TIE child actress is second only 70
that OF her older sister. Taken az a
whole the child players seen in the
William Fox pl,otoplay productions are
low among the best known young
sters in the pictures. They include
katherine. Both OF Them have APP
pesred in numerous moving pictures
md are at pres"n. posing with An
ret-e K"llermann in Jamaica. in the
West Indies. Then there are Kittens
KH.c.srt. Runa Hodges. Jacqueiine
Morhange and Alma Frederic, whose
ages added together will not be found
'o total 30. Madge Evans and Ethel
Kaufman are others among the Fox
children.
" YOU have scen "The Fools Re.
vrce. "A Soldiers Oath" or any one
vou may remember that YOU could no:
! Zip adnIirins Kittens Eeichart. She
B.. al. years Old, 'goin' on seven" as
50" W., tell YOU. She comes as near
20 icing an actual moving picture star
o any child Of her age OF experience.
E1t Kittens has an added distinction
"s which II must he confessed she Is
''' oNrrpruud. She Went through an
'ntl.e year 0f her life without Il rpa,
IL Mother ana Fathor I;.ichsr.
II couldn't think Of a name To give
''.'r hiby and delayed the christening
vi !" they debated the subject. Mean
vile both called her Kittens because
$40 played about Just as kittens do.
iEns.iy her parents decided to keep
'" nickname they had bestowed on
fr rs h"r given name. 50 TO church
10Y won't and Kittens became little
h's Eolclarts honest to goodness
nam" for all line.
Ms EciChart is as blase as the
MOS experienced grown up actress of
's screen. Nothing that she knows
g. could possibly interest her AZ much
IS citing with William Farnum.
Dorothy Bernard or Th"da Bara. and
81" has appeared with all Of them in
parts that were not subordinated very
inlch because Of her age. For in ad.
oton 20 being a player OF winsome-
ness and charm Kittens Is skilled in
we technical side OF picture making
ana Possesses a rather unusual type
knowledge for a child.
During the making OF scenes In
which she does not appear she can
olten he observed on the side lines in