Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-11

are "moye" stars goes without saying, of course,
as such thing would be impossible In any other
field of endeavor.
That the romance that surrounded the mush-
roomke development of the moton-picture indus
try has not all been dissipated since 1t has been
placed on modern business basis is shown Dy the
stories of these young stars who have risen 10
fame and fortune almost overnight While they
have succeeded, of course hundreds OF others
treading the same path, have failed, but that Is
another side of the picture. The world is not In
terested in failures 1t is interested in those VINO
have made good" under unusual circumstances
1t seems probable that of the leading
movie" stars of today may have had to tell
tiny fb or two to escape the clutches OF the min
ions of the law whose duty it is to enforce the
child labor regulations, for some OF those VINO are
now in the very center of the spotlight are sun
far from that age which they must attain accord
ing to the fiction of the law, before they are cap
able of managing their own affairs
The case of Bessie Love, of the most recent
youthful stars to flash into view in the movie
armament is typical of that of several others VINO
have gained fame and fortune in the past year OF
two Inst a little more than year ago this young
star was lust "sweet sixteen and still pupil IN
the Los Angeles high school. She admts now that
while she pored over her books her thoughts were
elsewhere She dreamed of the time when she
might become a movie" star, but she did not know
then how soon her dreams were to come true
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studying Miss Love would not have been out OF
high school yet, but the doctor said mo more
school for a while" and that dictum resulted III
Miss Love becoming star almost in the twinkling
Of an eve OF course she did not become star
the first day she visited a studio, and she worked
hard before she reached the top, but her period
of nrobation was a short one, and 1t was only
few short weeks, after she first went timdly TO
st,,dio in HOLLYWOOD the center Of the motionpic-
ture industry in Los Angeles. and was given trial
MS an extra that she playing leads with such
actors as William S. Hart, Douglas FAIRBANKS ana
De Wolf Hopper. Then 1t was but step TO the
,oiot where il was Bessie Love in -" when
the nictures in which she played came out she
is row a full-hedged star, appearing IN her own
n,ct,lres and still she is only seventeen
Through it all, Miss Love has remained I'M
snoiled She is still the modest and unaected glri
of sixteen Neither she nor her mother, who al
ways travels with her, seems to think that 1t Is
ANYTHING unusual for girl just past seventeen 10
be earning as much money as the president OF lne
Irn,ted States Mrs Love tells how Bessie used
n sit up in her high chair end discuss civic mat
tors and religion and music at the age OF SIX, ana
of how they had planned that she should De
echoolteacher "And here she is film actress,
saws the mother; "but her heart was set on 1t ana
I believe that one only does well that which one
loves TO do And Bessie declares that she loves
her work in the movies
Then there is Mary Miles Ninter who Is not yet
sivteen and is said to be the youngest of all stars
receiving the amount OF money which is paid to her