The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-08-30
REAL kips IN UNIVERSAL PIC.
TURGo.
Children Serious Rlvals Of Adult Act
ore.

Children "a the SC cen are serious
Sivals Of the adult actors In populari-
"; and among se.een children there
are none cleverer than those who ap'
pear regularly In Universal pictures.
More than year ago the announce
msnt was made that the longest UNI
versAl contre Il ever drawn had been
nigned between the Aim company and
. little girl called Lena Baskette."
Lena IL not YER old. but she can al
ready ~ claim to the two titles,
actress" and dancer" II was her
dancing which attracted the attention
OF the Universal ofYicials. She re-
g we'd the nickname Of "Pavlowa,
Junior"
Lena has appeared In q great num-
Der OF Universal pictures. She played
what was practically a stellar role n
sThe Caravan" that remarkable stu
dy OF Old Egypt Lena made up won
deYfully effectively a. an Egyptian.
for there Ia something exotic in her
appearance. which allows her to I'm
personate such roles remarkably well.
Al the present time she Is appearing
IN = &C. es of two-reel pictures, which
are made by .tarshall Stedman.
These stories have all been chosen
with a special view to using her
talents as Q dancer. In one OF them,
called "Amelita's frieni," the title role
n played BY Joe Msrtin. the almost
human orang -outang, Who Is Lenas
greet favorite.
Among the RI ent things that
Gordon Griflth has done Is the boy
in Like Babes in the Woods" the VIC
tor Two-reel feature, In which he
plays opposite Violet Mcmillan In one
Of the most charming Juveniles which
Universal has ever released.
Gordon is such . perfectly normal.
healthy boy that there Ia practically
nothing 10 say about him. He takes
his aim work A play. and his school
work in the Universal City school. as
an unavoidable evil which he must en-
dure until he Is old enough to assert
himself and refuse to be conducted
any further along the paths Of learn
1ng.
Georgia French is one OF the stand
bys In Universal pictures. She has
spent most OF her brief life at Un!ver-
eai City. Ind has worked for nearly
every director on the lot.
Georgia has played quite q range
OF pArts for such a very young screen
actress. She has been q cupid and =
fairy very often. for nature gave her a
perfect child's figure. OF which artists
have spoken In hi.h praise. She has
played the pretty daughter Of rich |
parents, and the ragged little gutter
anipe OF poor ones. Georgia Ia lit
lie American. and her great delight ID
20 Be- cast In . patriotic picture.
When the three-reel Bison. The
Soul Herder" 10 shown an extrAordi-
NARY picture with Harry Carey a. It's
star, audiences viii be particularly In
terested In the work Of the little girl.
~Mary Ann who adopts Cheyenne
Harry ~ her new daddy. and by
forcing him 10 wear the clerical vest
OF her own fsthss. murdered BY tho
Indians, succeeds IN getting him 10
dean up the whole town OF Buckho~n.
Mary Ann u played BY Elizabeth
Jansa, one q the "r>gulars" At Univer-
81 City.
nssabssA y knovn ~ The Bimini
Dsal- in California, which title she
Sas1sd b pssfcrmins tAs stunt q DIV
NJ ff0m . hiGA railing into the ocean
IN ~ Aasls and tsst tied she aid
1Alb TT tAe eaossa 70 show that there
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