The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-04

tion. How old do YOU think she i, -
'Oh about twelve" ! replied a.,
! took another look at i've little girl
who 'at swlag,Ne her natr leg. c,e.
TIC edge ot Morn, char and wa
1T that moment tying on her b'g doll,
,unbonnct
The hulc Rirl aw Us looking at
her turned and smiled with the ghost
OF baShtul grin There was some
thing about her face which seemed
strangely familiar but decided that
IT was because had probably seen
her around the studio before.
lust then Mr. Zukor stepped up be
side me and calling the little girl
over, he said 81 would like to intro
duce you 70 Miss Marguerite Clark.
our new ,ugc1uc %
Oi course iairly aaSpcd Tor though
J had seen Miss Clark man, times on
the stage. had not dreamed that she
was such hulc bi' Of girl She had
looked very tiny IN 'Prunclla" and
delightfully."- feminine IN "Anatole" when
She PLAYED opposite Jack Barrymore,
but here 'he waS-pnafored and bare
legged, made up for rr frs, picture
'Wldilowcr' which was perhaps one
o' her greatest successes
OF course We both laughed at nv
complimentary mistake but ,hc had
become quite used t. u. A. almost
every ono ~ the studio had iumbed to
the same conclusion a, ! al inter
eSted because pretty new l'tlc theat-
rical child had Joined our forces.
Did you ever see such tiny icct i'm
all the world - many of the glrl, re-
marked a' they looked at her row Of
little twelve and half shoes: or
such dear hule hands" they would
cXclaim.
She's more like doll than a really.
truly grown-up lady." two OF the chill
fren whispered about her. and in TACT.
she was not much larger than the doll
she vas playing with in "Wadilower. "
Her second success was "The Crnc;
bic. " Then there followed The Goose
Girl. produced by the Lasky com
pany IN California "Gretna Green" "
and The Pretty Sister of lose" in
winch my brother Jack PLAYED the
role oi Jose, opposite Mss Clark
MANY people have liked her best
~ Helene OF the North'-some say
she was the pretiicr IN "Om of the
Df''tS, but there was no PLAY She
appeared IN where she was as dear as
IN Still Waters"
Silks and Satirs" is her latest pic
iure wherr she PLAYS the dual role OF
a modern girl and her own grand
mother whsn she was Young elrl
many wears ago.
Sometimes IT is whispered abou,
that Marguerite Clark will re,urn\ 10
the stage, and We know that the thea
tergoers all look forward 10 her ad
vent across the footlieh,s again
There never was a cleverer eomediepne
than she in BABY Mine" her great
broadway success few seaSons ago.
Miss Clark is ono Of the hardest
working artists at the studio. ard
that Is one ot the reasons she has
made such a phenomenal success. We
call her Miss Early Bird" for she
Is there Just few minutes after the
studio doors are swung open. In talk
'ng about her career she told us she
cares very little for social lie. but,
that her whole existence is concen.
trated upon her one effort to reach the
Top OF the ladder ] would say that she
had already succeeded, wouldn't vou'
Always with her little sister is the
elder Miss Clark, and the two Of
them live in pretty artistic home
quietly and Tranquility after the stress
OF the long hard days at the studio
So many girls have written 10 ask
me where they can send letters Of
appreciation to Marguerite Clark
send them in care oi the Famous PLAY.
ets Studio. 80 Yves, Fifty-siS,b
street, New York city