New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Lawrence and Larry,
Petrova and Jean

Larry Trimble and Lawrence Irlmole
are one and the same person. We
learned this through sort OF double
exposure, a thing which Larry, or
Lawrence, rather, knows all about.
Larry says that he was christened
Lawrence, but he never liked the name
because the only person who ever called
him so was a school teacher, and she
only called him that when she was
about 20 punish him. So naturally
Larry never had any fondness for Law
renee.
harry says the reason no one ever
called him Lawrence was because he
had red hair and freckles. Perhaps II
is; but it probably is because Larry
Is so much more friendly and ehatty
than Lawrence. and Larry Trimble is
a very nice sort Of person. indeed. SO
is Lawrence, for that matter, but then,
Larry is not so digniiied.
Larry il was who began at the age
of three TO write, so that before he
had reached fourteen he was writing
stories of his canning and hunting
experiences, and selling them, too.
When he was nineteen Larry came to
New York, that city Of golden oppor-
tunities, and it was not very long be-
fore editors of various papers and mag
azines discovered that the young man
: from the woods" had n literary style
that was unsurpassed.
Doubleday. Page & Co. soon invited
Larry to write an intimate series of
twelve stories for their magazine. Life
in the Motion Picture Studio" il was
to be called, but that was seven years
ago and the story is not yet finished.
This is how it happened: The young
backwoodsman, with his journalistic
training, just couldn't help having
splendid ideas for stories every time
he started chatting with members Of
the company, and the different stars
asked him 10 put his ideas in writing;
so, instead of writing twelve stories on
Life in the Motion Picture Studio"
Larry still Larry found himself in
the studio furnishing ideas for these
stars.
Then Larry began to direct, and not
long after this important event another
one Of almost equal Importance oe-
Cured
Some one called him Lawrenes
Trimble, and Larry said that he knew
then he had to begin 10 live up TO the
dignity Of his new name. So he went
to England and remained there until
the war; and then, when he came back,
he found that nearly every one called
him Lawrence. and he just had TO be
dignifed. SO he went 20 work and
directed "The Auction Block for Rex
Beach and THE Spreading Dawn" for
Jane Cowl. and then be and Jean went
over to work with Nine. Olga Petrova
in the old Biograph studios.
And now we have reached the point
where we may talk of Jean. We had
promised ourself that We would let the
world know all about how Lawrence
Trimble, most popular Of all red
headed directors, had really been an
infant prodigy and how Larry grad
uated into Lawrence, but il was hard
not 70 drag in Jean at the very start.
sHowever, we stuck 20 our good reso.
lutions. even Il the biography was "a
bit perfunc.ory, and even IL We did
jump from America TO England and
back again with the ease OF a movie
star jumping a contract.
And now about Jean. She is a won
derful collie, and she is known TO ali
movie fans as the dog who (the per-
sonal pronoun is quite permissible in
this easel does impossible things
on the screen. One word from Larry
and Jean does exactly as he wishes, or
sometimes when Jeans soul is attuned
20 his, Larry can make Jean do Just
what he wants her 70 do by merely
thinking it. oh, it Is quite true. We
saw IL done.
And Nine. Petroya' can DO il, too.
Jean appeared in several scenes with
the Polish star. and when Petrova
registered grief Jean moaned and cried
as though her heart would break.
! And Larry says that on dark, stormy
rights the atavistie calls TO Jean, and
she fancies herself n wolf again and
watches with distrustful eyes until 1.
/ daylight brings surcease from trouble
For one Of the other things which
Larry Trimble knows is animals.
lie has not yet mastered their Ian
guage, but he can very quickly tesei
them 10 understand ours, and perhap'
he does understand theirs, TOO. Per
haps when he and Jean are togethe
ne talks TO her in medieval doggerel.
One expects 20 learn that Larr,
Trimble can do anything after seein,
what he has done. u. L.