New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
By Harriette Underhill

Haesard Short does not believe that
East is West, and neither do we, if you
know what we mean. We know that
east is East and West is West, and
never the twain shall meet" and this
is quite as true now as it was when
Kipling wrote it.
But to explain: Have you ever Wis
tied the Norma Talmadgc Studios?
Well, we have, many times, and we
never can get used to them. Miss Tai
madge, herself, does not know where
they arc! She reaches them every day
by the simple expedient of stepping
in her car and saying, "Studio, James"
But We have no car and no James.
There are ways of arriving within a
block of the studio by using the vari-
Gus crosstowns and uptOwns, rouge ct
verte, but they are tortuous. SO we
have found that the quickest way to
get there is to think, Here goes five
thrift stamps" jump in taxi and say
to the driver, go east, young man."
waving in the general direction of
Grand Central Palace.
This is what we did the day we went
over to interview Hassard Short, and
when we started our well-known for
mula the chauffeur said Get in. !
know where it is. I know everything"
We longed to retort "Ill say So" the
way our soldier boys do when we tell
them their uniforms are becoming, but
we didn't.
We told Mr.. Short all this seated in
the studio on a Louis Something couch
which was about to figure prominently
in screen version of Eugene Walters
"Nancy Lee" The picture is being di-
rected by Robert Leonard, and when we
heard that we were quite enthusiastic
because we had spent an entire evening
with Mr.. Leonard not long ago making
the rounds of the Loew theatres, while
his wife, Mae Murray, made personal
appearances.
But he wore purple glasses and he
didn't know US at all, and he kept call
ing Mr.. Short to get out in front Of
the camera and drink champagne for
the lady when we wished to talk to him
"This is fine part" said Mr.. Short
enthusiastically after his fifth re-
hearsal, and this time we said it-'Ill
say sol"
ooh, you know it isn't real! It's
la, ~,
remember that picture l made with
Geraldine Farrar called The Turn of
the Wheel?
cat the time that was shown you
commented in The Tribune on my
wonderful acting in the supper scene.
l always wanted to see you to tell you
that it wasn't acting. We used the
real stuff in that picture and we re-
hearsed it many times. | passed into
oblivion just as was supposed to-
it was Fort Lee Gold Seal, vintage Of
191S.'
Here some one called "Camera," and
Mr.. Short lcaped away to his celery
| tonic
Down in the foreground Norma Tai
madge wore gorgeous silver gown
and some real pearls and begged
George lie Guerre to forsake his evil
ways. George seemed undecided. Con-
way Tearle. whom we always wished
10 see at close range, had day off, so
he didn't come in on the orgic.
Just to the left Jobyna Rowland and
Mr.. Short were having a perfectly
thrilling time slipping the bubbles off
each others celery tonic. "Now,
called Director Leonard, Everybody
OF lot Of pep! Laugh-talk- drink youl
wine Here you, over therei You're
supposed to be having good time and
you aren't! Get busy
Somehow, there is always something
pathetic in one Of these ballroom
scenes or studio parties with one
hundred society persons hired at from
So to S. day to be animated. They
are just part of the scenery and some
Of them are engaged because the,
look like dowagers or princes or some
thing
More than once we have encountered
in these gatherings of society person,
actors or actresses who used to site