The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26


ara ~p,ovler STARS goes without saying, of course,
os such n thing would be impossible in any other
field of endeavor.
That the romance that surrounded the mush-
roomlike development of the motion-picture lndus-
try has not all been disspated since 1t has Deeh
placed n modern business basis, is shown by the
stories Of these young stars who have risen TO
fame and fortune almost overnight While they
have succeeded, of course, hundreds of others.
treading the same path, have failed, out 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 some of the leading
movie" stars of today may have had to tell
tiny fb Or two 20 escape the clutches of the min
ions of the law whose duty II is to enforce the
child labor regulations for some OF those who are
now in the very center of the spotlight are still
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 nf BESSIE Love. one of the most recent
youthful stars to flash into view in the movie
ornament is typical of that Of several others VINO
have gained fame and fortune in the past year or
two Just n little more than year ago this young
star was lust "sweet sixteen and still pupil In
the Los Angeles high school. She admits now 'hat
while she pored over her books her thoughts we're
elsewhere. She dreamed of the time Wheh she
might become a movie" star. but she dld not kh""
IF she hadn't had tonsilitis and had to stop
studvipr Miss Love would not have been OUT Oh
high school vet but the doctor Sald no ihole
schoo, for n while" and that dictum resulted III
Miss Love becoming Il star almost in the twinklne
os an owe of course She did not become star
tho first day she visited Il studio, and she worked
hard before she reached the top, but her period
If probotion was Il short one, and It was ohly d
fex short weeks after she first went timldly 10 Il
studio in Hollywood, the center of the motionpic-
ture industry in Los Angeles. and was given trll
az an extra, that she was playing leads WIN Such
actorS ms William s. Hart Douglas Fairbanks ana
De Wolf Hopper. Then 1t was but step TO the
,o,nt where il was Bessie Love in -, when
,no picturrs In which she played came out. she
g now a full-fedged star. appearing IN her own
r,ctures and still she is only seventeen
Through il all Miss Love has remained I'M
spoiled She is still the modest and unanected s'i
~ sixteen Neither she nor her mother, VINO Ill
,..ys travels with her, seems to think that IL Is
snvtbinp nnusal for a girl just past seventeen 10
- ..rnino rs much money as the president OF the
vrut..s States Mrs Love tells how Bessie uSeu
q, cit mn In her high chair End discuss civic mat
80 and religion and music at the age OF SIX, anu
az how they had planned that she should De
.,ox,,te,cber And here she is a film actress
.,,s the mother: but her heart was set on IL ana
7 believe that one only does well that Whlch one
,ovss to do And Bessie declares that she loves
her work In the movies.
Then there is Mary Miles Ninter, VINO is NOT YET
.,..oo and Is said to be the youngest Of ali stars
race,vnr the amount Of money when Is paid 10 her