Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-01
Humble Beginning Of Star.

Humble Beginning Of Star.
Marguerite Clark, the motion pic
ture star, offers a most unpromising
field for the press agent with imagin-
alton. She was not born on the
stage" of a family known in the thea
atrical world for centuries. Nor was
she picked by director for her
beauty among hundreds Of extras and
started on her road to film fame. No.
Marguerite Clark was the daughter Of
quite prosaic Avondale. Ohio, mer-
chant. She was a big success in
amateur plays. tho the stage offer
ed an ideal outlet for her overbud-
ding supply OF ambition and ner-
vous energy. and made her profess
slonal bow in Baltimore as member
of the famous Aborn Opera Com
pany. engagements with DeWolf
Hopper AMI Jefferson DeAngelis led
to her New York triumph as star
in Snow White" and '-Prunella." The
striking success Of the latter play
brought Miss Clark several offers
from motion picture producers. She
considered these chances carefully
from purely business standpoint.
Finally Adolph Zukor, president of
the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora
ton, convinced her that he had
script ideally suited to her talents.
SO dainty Miss Clark made her screen
debut in "Wildflower" and has been
a film favor rite ever since, always I'M
der contract to the same company.
Her latest Paramount Aircraft pic
ture Is -'Aii-of-a-Sudden Feggy,
| which will be shown at the Strand
next week.
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Former Local Girl With GoIdwyn.
Friends in this city. and thruout
Iowa, of Mrs. Lucy Huffaker Good
man, formerly OF Marshalltown but
row Of New York City, will be inter-
ested in knowing that she now is
connected with the Goldwyn Pictures
Corporation, in charge OF the publici-
ty bureau for New York City. Mrs.
Goodman has had considerable ex-
perience in publicity work, having
handled IT for the Washington
Square Players for several years. In
changing from the legitimate to the
movies Mrs. Goodman hastens to OK
plain to her friends that she is not a
'vamp." In fact, she has no time
for "vamping" excepting with her
typewriter. for in addition to her
Goldwyn publicity Mrs Goodman
does some magazine work, and also
runs an apartment. Her husband is
engaged in theatrical enterprises and.
in fact, 1t was thru their association
with the Washington Square Players
that Miss Huffaker and Mr.. Goodman
met.
Farrar in Feature Picture.
Geraldine Farrar's init E,al produc-
ton for Associated Exhibitors, Inc,
will be THE Riddle; Woman" adapt
ed to the screen from the highly sue
cessful stage play In which Nine.
Bertha Kalich starred. The picture
will be directed by Edward Jose, and
will be given such production as to
make its pictorial values as striking
as It's dramatic worth. "The Riddle;
Woman" was chosen for Miss Farrar
because Of it's box office record az 4
play and because Of It's singular Mt.
ness as vehicle for the star. It was
written by c. M. Jacoby, and polish
ed by Charlotte Wells and Dorothy
Donnelly. It ran for more than nine
months on Broadway, seven months
in Chicago and five months in Bos-
ton. Since its New York premiere
road comanies have been touring the
| country constantly, and ono company
still Is packing houses with the play.
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"Cop" In RoIo Of Tough.
One Of Los Angeles most promi-
nent policemen Is due to get properly
'kidded" when the photoplay on
which Mary Miles Minter now is
working Is shown at the Los Angel
es play houses. It seems that the
brawny defender Of the law utilisss
his time of by appearing as an extra
in pictures, and residents Of the city
Of the angels will be treated to the
sight Of one Of their '.fnest" playing
the role of very tough and defiant
moonshiner. And the director says
the handsome cop Is an ideal type Of
mountaineer tough.
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Three Cities Claim Vivian,
Vivian FITCH, the new fox star, mas
the distinction Of being registered In
the birth statistics Of three cities.
Born at sea, on her fathers ship.
she was registered at Boston when
the vessel arrived there. When the
ship. proceeding to New York, reach
ed that city she was registered
there. And as San Francisco was
the home port Of the vessel she was
eventually registered there. Now.
what is Vivian's home town?