New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
THE WORLD IN MOTION
Louise Claum Would
Rather Vamp
Than lngenue

Louise Glaum is a vampire; in fact,
she is tho vampire, but no one would
ever SUSPECT it if he had never seen
her on the screen and never had heard
of her vampire proclivities, for there is
nothing in her manner to suggest it.
Even we who had seen her kill men
and sell her soul for ropes OF pearls
and do various other things, CARRIED in
gowns whose gorgeousness would have
shamed Solomon's apparel, were quite
disarmed when we met her face to face.
This much we decided: A woman
may vamp and vamp and not be viii
lainess, for Louise Glaum is just about
the best hearted, best natured, most
level headed girl we have met in long
time.
81 do not wish to be known as
vampire fact, do not wish to do
vampires at all. But certainly do not
care to play ingenue roles, for nature
never intended me for that. Look at
my nose, for instance; and then | am
much too big to be a successful in
genue. No, what | wish to do are real
istic, emotional parts. ! wish TO bring
to the screen what Duse and Bernhard
have brought to the stage"
Right here Miss Glaum might have
stated whether she preferred Bern
hardt or Duse, but she didn't. She re-
NAMED neutral.
~ want plays, not vehicles, for l
have been long enough in pictures to
know that poor productions mean death
to a star do not care TO see my name
in large type at the expense of the rest
Of the company. So, you see, ! am not
a real vampire.
"And then, too, there is nothing mys-
tcrious about my past; my accent is
reminiscent only of Chicago; I wasn't
born in a desert and my mother was not
a French actress who displeased her
parents by clipping with a Polish no
bleman.
"As a matter of fact, got my start
in a third company Of why Girls Leave
Home Previous to that ] had had the
experience which is to be gained by
hanging around the stage door Of the
theatre dedicated to stock and playing
extra parts dressed in trailing white
cheesecloth decorated with natural
daisies.
Then to Frisco came this company
Of why Girls Leave Home and ] left
mine. The cute little ingenue got sick
and in desperation I applied for the
part. was young, fairly good looking
and had three gowns, SO they let me
20 on and play it.
81 must have been awful, but IL I
know anything about it the rest Of the
company was, too, so / stayed until we
reached Chicago. There | secured an
engagement in a stock company, where
! had the enormous salary of S35
week, out Of which | was expected to
furnish my own gowns.
81 played twelve performances week,
but il was good schooling, and then
went back to the Coast, and, Of course,
out there they could not keep me away
from the studios. so it was an easy step
to the films.
81 never have wanted TO head COM
pany of my own, because have noticed
that under such an arrangement the cost
of distributing pictures is increased
without any improvement in their quail
ity.
"Of course, your immense theatres
can easily pay the difference in price,
but every dollar increase means some
thing to a smaIl-town exhibition, and
it is to the small town that most stars
owe their popularity.
"That is why wish to remain among
tried and true friends. | consider it
not only a matter of sentiment, but a
matter of good business"
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