Arizona republican., 1916-08-06
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Dustin Fdpnunl
In David Garrick" Wednesday Thursday
pALLAs picIuREs

motion pictures were made. It was Just a lark on my part although l recall now that several Of my girl friends were anxious to see their faV- orites of the screen in the flesh. | had not seen many motion pictures, and l was not particularly interested in them at the time.
 We were shown around the studio by the general manager and he ar ranged several chairs outside q set where a company of players were al
 work. l was both amused and in terested in the players work, but even then l did not have any desire
 to see myself on the screen. l was
 surprised when several of the girls declared they would like 10 act be- fore the camera
 When we were leaving the studio one of the directors, 10 whom we had
 been introduced. asked me If l would like to appear in pictures. l told him
 1 did not think so. He said he could | not understand this. as most of the girls he had met were extremely anX- | ious to get into the work. In fact. he said his greatest problem was getting | rid of them without giving offence. | He asked me a second time, if would not reconsider his offer l told 1 him the idea was preposterous. as was not interested enough myself, and | | knew my folks would not consider | it for a moment.
 l However, he persisted in writing down my address and telephone num- Der, which 1 reluctantly gave him | on the advice of the other girls, who
 said 1t was "a lot of fun" The fol- | lowing day l was astonished. when he called me on the telephone and asked if l could not call at the studio and at least appear in one picture Again I told him it was impossible
 He called again the following day My mother was out. but my aun was there. She was perplexed abou the mysterious conversation she over heard, and 1 told her of the situa' ton.
 My girl friends had been callinl me too, asking if l had heard iron the director, and if l was going 1T
 pictures. All Of them said he would
 be just grand" and they advised
 me to make one trial. By this tint must confess 1 was becoming inter
 ested l had been to see several goo' pictures with my aunt At length
 she told me if 1 cared to appear il
 one picture she would try and ar
 range matters with my parents. an' ) would agree to accompany me to tn
 studio and remain with me while ! was at work.
 T Arrangements were finally consum { mated. and 1 called up the directo l and told him 1 would be there tn s next day. He induced me to com I over that afternoon, which I dit e We were both surprised when tn 2 director told me l was to have tn Q leading role II was two reel lea }. ture, with story dealing with tn . evils of the loan sharks, who wer
 lthrivin~ in Chicago at that time. Tn Il newspapers were making a campaig O against the sharks, and the pictur t was the outcome of this agitation. 0 So, I really starred in the very fir' 1t picture in which l appeared. It a needless to say that l was fascinate ,r with the work from the very star y And when I saw the picture run O c. in the studio for the first time l e' le perienced the greatest thrill of II to life. After that l was starred by u l Essanay company. Altogether, I ha' m apepared in more than five hundr' l- pictures If there was no other ret lpl son. l would feel amply repaid for n ", hard work, in the thousands of le' w ters I have received from IrIen