Evening star., 1919-10-26

+rass cannot -four flush" on the
screen. The motion picture camera
plays no favorites, and they who pos
ture before its bright eye must, IN
the Broadway vernacular, "have the
goods" -
1t was her long training in motion
picture work that helped Alice Brady.
Those who had watched her career
were amazed at the unsuspected aoii-
tty of this promising young star when
she appeared in the spoken drama
after her long apprenticeship in the
movies"
But. after all, there is nothing par
ticularly amazing about it. MISS
Brady is one of the hardest workers
on the stage She is tireless and in
defatigable, and long ago determined
that she was going to arrive some
day with both feet, as the saying
goes. That she has kept that promise
to herself is due to her native apfiify
as an actress and to the fact that she
has played every sort OF emotionai
part in moving pictures.
In Forever After" Miss Brady
during the early portions of the play
appears as a small town girl gnso-
phisttcated and madly. in love with q
smalf town youth, who is just as mad
about her. It is necessary for her to
be, for the time. an ingenue OF the
sweet girl graduate" type. Then, IN
the big emotional scene, she musI
show herself as mature woman, tor
tured by the fear that the man she
loves and misunderstood is going to
die. In that one scene, 1t Is declared.
she established herself as one OF the
few young American actresses with
D big gift.
There is no question that the
movies have helped me tremendously
in the spoken drama she says.
Work before the camera shows an
actress what not to do as well as
see yourself as others see you. It is
a training that will always be one OF
a players most valuable assets if he
or she takes acting seriously"
rhe Little Candy Kids-Three en-
Eaging mites Of humanity are in the
company of Fred Stone in Jack
o'Lantern." the Hoy sisters. The
chorus of delighted amazement that
zreets their appearance at each per-
formance Is not only from the unusual
methods employed in the musical ex
travaganza-they step resplendently
out Of three not too large candy boxes
but they are such doll-like, perfect
~ formed little beings that even the
children go into raptures over them,
and the grown folks share. in a re-
served manner, their delight. They
are no larger than good-sized dolls.
but they sing and dance amazingly
we'll. And they are really sisters.
which also is remarkable circum-
stance in itself. for whatever the
learned psychologists may ascribe as
the reason for the phenomena of ar
rested physical development, 1t is sell
dom that more than a single member
of family is a specimen. But in the
case Of the Hoy sisters, not only were
these three midgets in the same fam
lily, but they have nine brothers and
sisters who are of normal growth.
Their parents were full grown, the
mother being a woman Weighing now
more than 200 pounds: But they are
perfect physically and mentally-to
talk with them is to be impressed by
their alert mentalities. Moreover. they
are happy trio and obtain a full
measure of pleasure In life. They
were born in the outskirts Of the lit
tie city of Utrecht, Holland. their IA
ther being farmer.
slid On to the StaEe.-So sudden
and brilliant has been Marjorie Ram
beau's metropolitan success that it
might be interesting 10 learn how
she secured her first engagement.
She attributes it to her ability to slide
down banisters.
1t happened in a San Francisco
physical culture school. and. accord
Ing to her own story, Miss Rambeau
may be said to have slid into the life
of an actress. She was only twelve
years old, and the idea of going on
the stage had not yet entered her
mind. She was fond of fun, and in
order to learn to do stunts" she
went to a physical culture school.
One day after the class she came
down the banisters with IL couple
of wild whoops.
p G. MacLean, an actor who had
q vaudeville sketch. happened to be
at the bottom of the stairs. When
he recovered from his surprise he
sought the proprietor OF the place
who is that wild girl?" he asked.
That's Marjorie Rambeau." was the
answer, and she hasn't any more
sense than a rabbit"
That's all right about her sense '
said Mr.. MacLean. Il want that girl
for my act
And Marjorie was forthwith an
nexed for role of sort of tom
boy. The act was called THE Lady
and the Tramp and Miss Rambeau
spent fifty weeks doing it right after
the performing dogs or the leaning