New-York tribune., 1919-06-22
By Katharine Wright

When Harriette Underhill and Hey
wood Broun and the Powers That Be
told us that we were to substitute dur
ing our most efficient" movie" editors
vacation the news had joyful sound.
Of course, taking some ones place,
even for a little while, is always a
delicate matter. If the job is badly
done one hears about it. If one tries
extra hard one hears about it, too.
However it WAS cheering TO know
that for two weeks, although we might
still have to trudge to auction sales and
listen to the droning moaotony OF auc-
tioneers and take down reports that
resemble nothing so much as an infant
telephone directory, although we would
still wander up and down side streets
in pursuit Of summer exhibitions" at
least eight perfectly good "movie"
shows were ahead of US, perhaps more.
Then there was the Sunday layout to
consider, and all the copy for the Sun
day "movie" page, and Miss Underhi,l
said: will you do some interviews for
me, top?" Of course we said "Yes,"
and then we asked H. u. to lunch with
US and tell us all about it.
Percy Marmont was the first subject
chosen for us to interview. This was
also pleasing. We like Englishmen.
So does H. u, particularly those from
Australia. So we started off to keep
our appointment, hoping that luncheon
would bring forth from H. Y. thumb
nail sketch of the young mans career
and also his telephone number. Now
we knew we would have trouble in dis
tinguishing H. U. in the crowd of
femininity 1uttering up and down the
corridor of the hotel we had selected
as meeting place, for this reason:
H. US face would be hidden by a
large and splendid hat, probably the
forty seventh in her collection, while
she would be wearing gown ninety-fve,
while we have only progressed as far
as recognizing number sixty-one. But
when she actually did appear on the
horizon we gasped. Had we mistaken
the day? we asked ourselves hastily.
For there on the divan beside her sat
what proved to be the Marmont in
person.
"He happened to be coming in town
to-day" explained H. U. swcetly. "And
so he thought this would be a splendid
idea, and | agreed, and after luncheon
you can make another engagement to !
lunch. with him, SO that he can be
regularly interviewed"
But if Mr.. Marmont, who by the |
way has always played lovers on the
stage and for seven years on the screen,
is coy we are even coyer. The idea
of forcing nice young movie actor
to invite us to luncheon never entered |
our head, and we mentally resolved
to interview him irregularly but on
the spot.
Mr.. Marmont does not look like
typical "movic" actor, but he does look |
like an Englishman, the tall, sleek,
blue-eyed, tweedwearing type. He
has honest blue eyes and handsome
head and q sophisticated nose. At II. /
us suggestion this nose is mentioned, |
and Finely chiselled' is such a thread |
bare expression.
When we had recovered from the
shock of realizing that we would be
able to pay the second instalment of
our income tax without feeling it and
still have invited celebrity to lunch
con we began to get on the job.
II suppose you once played at His
Majcsty's," we said. This is usually
a safe rule to follow in the sequence
of questions applied to English actors
young, middle-aged or old. But Mr..
Marmont proved the exception. His
adventures under the star of the late
Sir Herbert Tree occurred on tour and
in the provinces.
1t later developed that Mr.. Marmont