The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-02

tell you right here as any
q where else that / am one of the
1.oee.9s9 eugene OBrien fans" in
the L. s A.
Ever since 1 first saw the delcct-
able young gentleman as a cinema
actor / have been distracted to write
story about him, but always up to
the present moment re has been the
leading man" with some star-usually
Norma Talmadge-and if you are wise
to the game. as am, who knows
"the ropes" you will know that "eti-
quette" forbids absolutely writing a
story about anybody IN a show or
pictnre except the star"
Maledictions upon your poor J little
head if you dare suggest story bout
anybody or anything except the great
and only star" and SO, waiting pa
tinetly for the time TO come when Eu-
gene O'Brien's name would be flashed
in great headlines as a star" l am
now rewarded because the chance has
come for me to rave and tear my hair
and gather together all the adjectives
in my vocabulary and hurl them at
The Perfect Lover" which goes with
out saying is Mr. OYrien.
Eugene OBrien is perhaps the most
popular actor on the screen today.
Whef. his name adorns a cast" there
is wild rush-especially of the fem
inine element (of course no mere man
would rave over Eugene O'Brien as
the women do)-and l have known it
to be true-but tell it not in Gath
women of my acquaintance, sane, ra-
tionaI, perfectly natural, normal wo-
men. have been known to go to see
Eugene O'Brien in the same picture
every day during the time the picture
was showing.
But "tihe plays the thing" so lots
get to The Perfect Lover" than
which no more appropriate title could
have been selected for the first star
ring" vehicle of the adorable Mr..
OBrien, for you've seen him make
love before, you know how attractive
he is, you know how really truly he
is The Perfect Lover" whom every
woman is looking for from the time
she is old enough to look in the mir
ror at her shiny little old nose and her
straggly, hayward little old locks Of
hair wondering if THE Perfect Lover"
will ever come her way
The story of "The Perfect Lover"
tells of healthy, happy, small town
boy-Brian Lazar-an artist a dream
er, who dreams of painting beautiful
things and making a great name for
himself.
In fact the boy worshiped every
thing that was beautiful but most of
all he worshiped Eileen Hawthorn, the
delicate. exquisite little girl who mad
inspired him to paint the picture
which had been hung at the exhibition
at TIE end of the term of the small
country art school which he had at
tended.
At the exhibition he met Mrs BY.
field, one of the new rich" who
like all the other people in her SET
pretended to be interested in art for
arts sake. Brian Immediately became
a worshiper of this strikingly beau
tiful woman who showered praise
upon him.
Mrs. Byfield is a loxe starved wo-
man in search of sensation, and is at
tracted by a picture of a lovely,
charming country girl, which Brian
has painted She is informed by the
master of the school that the boys
genius may be wasted because he mas
not enough money to proceed with the
calling of his choice
Mrs. Byfield is impressed with the
boy. She realizes that now is her op-
portunity to have what before she has
been denied-the friendship and devo-
ton of a dreamer-young, handsome
and idealistic. She takes him to the
city, where a start is made possible
for him on an advance from her hus =,
band. He paints her picture and be-
comes the vogue among society wo-
men, not because of his painting, but
because of his good looks and charm
He is "the perfect lover"
After many months of living in an
atmosphere of incense among leaning
women. with weary eyes and Unsuitable
lips-women whose husbands have no
time to be lovers-he rebels. He re-
turns to the small country town ana
marries the little country girl whose
picture brought him fame.
But he has forgotten how to work
Here he is not craze People do not
adopt him as they did in the city Fate
plays a pretty mean hand until--well,
his wife becomes i'll. He becomes des-
perate. and then one of the women
he formerly knw comes along and Of
fers to help him and ne does not re-
fuse. What happens then?
Love. thrills and heartaches fill the