The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-01
. THE DAILY
Story
Pep III he Picture
OK q. RAYlRARkER

LEN WEXFORD realized that
A three persons were booked %
Aiose their Jobs In a short time
stnless somebpdy put pop into the
Sfltup productions.
The! three persons were constanc
Spyton, Alfred Eldrldge and Allen
lptord. And the person whose
hy ii was To finish the missing In
Fedlents was the last mentioned
gentleman. I,
Something had gone wrong and
Old Jarvis Palton knew lit. He
Watched th epietures With q micro
seepe, figuTatiyely speaking ever
ready to pick flaws aplenty Of late.
There was no use talking, Pei
TONS famous "heart plays" were
rot the drawing card they once had
been. tsrhey amt convincing, that
is what's the matter" gruntled old
Jarvis. constance and Alfred can
not make love like they used to. I'll
give them "a little longer to make
good and then-'
Tia meant only one thing. The
big three would be looking for new
employment and Jobs were scarce
m studios even for stars.
Time was when the movie audi
ences used to cry, they were SO
wrapped up In the wonderful love
making OF Constance and Alfred.
Now according to old Jarvis, peo-
were known to laugh when the
lpleSgot into action.
Andlit was Aliens fault Of course
He was the director and when any
Thing was not convincing he was
to blame. He was one of the best
directors In the business but he
vas falling down miserably on the
Job He had made Constance and
Aired apd. now he was unmaking
i them.
AN first he couldn't understand
Il. The heart-throbbing scenes were
so iistless they were pathetic. He
sat up several nights searching his
worried brain for the solution and
at last ae hit upon It.
II suddenly came to Allen that
the couse Of the trouble was love
fcgular love. not the screen variety
was in love with the feminine
andgthe love scenes were apa-
thetie because the director Just
couldn't bring himself to coach the
rartieipants las he should. Direct
ing frequently calls for a deal OF
shouting through megaphones and
PLEADING and caioling and Allen.
vas finding It impossible to be earn
est IN urging Alfred Eldrldge to
make realistic love to Constance.
IT was gall and norwood to the
pctor8to have those two stand in
of him and utter ~endeartng
and embrace and even kiss.
Seemed like q moekery of a thing
Bistne. Allen was realizing why he
Had made failure OF his own at
Fmpt to hecomelan actor. He sim
y couldn't pretend; he had to
haysfhiskheart IN whatever he was
scipe and that was whv the Pelton.
rsetrras we're moor. He had lost
heart IN The loyt-making OF Con-
s.erce and Alfred,
RI n,iy 6rra he c.ura got = cSsrce
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snnea "nd s.H vas ron -
T9sn asfher dnt'es OF the gay were
eb
\ ~ tc-'oo" ~N"n = h'''r"sa-
d er.lsrN s"Hne HHd Feen '""'
~ l-fH e"dr'dsa approached Al
isr 9nhk said:
yyerfo5d something has rot to
dnnr nnr mixtures are rotten.
sre1F I, and YOU know IT
.Aad what's wore. old man Pelton
Frowst Nt""he I'm ct far1t, 'rer-
Nsn "a Miss Morton. hut TIN
stsais st's voN THE two Of US 1'd
|. iii r;rht rs lone ns We had the
--Nper Wind ~ directing hit we'fe.
tcsf without It We can't get pen
4 scene unless vnn get pen IN
kgdfractfnr Miss Morton and 7