The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-09
JEAN SOTHERN

C1 ONE short little bit of a time N ago. when the captains of in ID dustry" who own the films were looking about for attractive and pret- ty types" to feature" they found adorable little Jean sothern.
 Nobody knew much then where she came from or when her name appeared in Who's Who in Filmland," or any l thing else, except that there was a chanting recruit to the screen in the face and form of this lovely girl who | answered to the name of "Jean Soth- ern"
 And what cared they who or what she was or when or where she came from, when a diminutive chit of a girl some five and a fraction feet tall. with an abundance of the most beautiful golden hair curly and long, wearing | saucy blue frocS with a tremendous Droad-brimmed hat tilted over one pink little ear appeared and said shed "sign up for job provided the terms and all came up to her idea of real live contract"
 Captains of industry" in the ''movies'' are very clever, and they in-
 
 the moment they set their eyes upon one, and so little Miss Jean Sothern found herself promptly "snatched up' and before she could say "Jack Robin , son" she saw herself in flaming pos ters', Verywhere-her golden hair and bright blue eyes gleaming in the sun shine of the day and in the electric lights of the night
 Credit for discovering" pretty Jean SOtherO unst Eprbart RranpoO She told me so herself yesterday, when I spent happy half hour in her dress ing room with her just before the matinee at the Lyric.
 AZ the while l was saving to myself:
 T didn't know she was going to look like this; people are certainly very diff ferent on the screen from what they are in real life; how much prettier Jean Sothern is than her pictures"
 And then I began to analyze her nice little nose, her pink little ears, her lovely complexion. and her marvellous ly pretty hair-her only feature eff hair is feature) that shows up" as well in "reel' as in "real' 1ife,
 Little Jean Sothern reminds me of nothing as much as a great big. beau tiful doll; for while she's only five feet and one inch tall tshe always begs you not to forget that "one inch please,' for she says she has an awful lot of trouble getting credit for that extra inch; and that's awfu1ly small for girl, still it's awfully big for d doll.
 You see they were looking for somebody to play Louise one of the Two Orphans, said little Miss Soth- ern, who weighs just 95 pounds by the scales, and Theda, Bara had been cast for Henrietta. I was playing in an act in vaudeville and quite 'unbeknowns' to me, as they say, MT. Herbert Brennon and MT. William Fox were invited by some friends of mine to see me and they occupied a box during one of my performances.
 ''Fo make short cut to the end of the story,' Miss Sothern continued, MT. Brennon declared I was just the type he had been looking for, and be- fore l knew it I was packed up bag and baggage and rusned up to Can ada-where the French scenes for the Two Orphans were all made.
 "Oh of course I liked it." Miss Soth- ern answ cred my question, flor Mir Brennon himself was playing Pierre opposite me, and Theda Bara, of course, and oh, ever so many other wonderful people were in the cast and it was a dream to me-the whole experience
 And I'm going back into pictures think real soon," she said "only be- fore 1 sign my contract I am going to play vaudeville tour engagement in England. long old time at the Palace theater in London, for, you sec I couldn't turn down such a chance as that. could I?"
 q said Of course,' not" and then asked the young lady if many people tell her that she looks like Mary Pick ford. wherefore the question brought about great "parley"
 "Of course,' said the little movie ac-