The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Boy of 6 in Many
Roles on the Screen
Pat Moore of Queen of Sheba'
Says Acting With Him Is
Serious Business.

At the age OF six Pat Moore. playing
an important part in the William Fox
film spectacle, Queen OF Sheba" at the
Lyric Theatre, looks back upon his ex-
perience as an actor and declares that
his present role pleases him better than
all the rest.
Il know just what you want" he said
recently. You want nice story about
a screen prodigy. Pat Moore, the kid
actor That doesn't suit me al all. I'm
no kid actor. I'm professional Act
ing, let me tell you. is serious busi-
ness.
The Queen OF Sheba' is a mighty
good show-I might say I regard it as
an exceptionally good show-and 1 am
proud. indeed, to be associated with
Mr.. Edwards. the director. Miss Blythe
and the rest of them. 1t gives me great
pleasure-great pleasure Say, l had
them all off by heart and now can't
remember it. Good thing l don't have
to learn a part for the picture. isn't
it,"
Ten minutes later the interview hav-
TO tell what ne was going to be when he
grew UP. he was playing marbles with
n boy he had smuggled into the studio
from the street.
A matter OF fact. Pat Moore does
not take himself quite so seriously as
ne would like people to think. What
he SAYS about his long experience as an
actor, however, is perfectly true. He
has actually been prominent on the
screen since he was three years old. n
prenatal experience counts. he can claim
more than century Of IL. for his
mother. Norah Moore. Is an actress and
her mother and grandmother and great
grandmother were actresses before her.
Born In Ireland Norah Moore be-
came leading woman of the London
Gaiety Theatre, noted for It's beauties.
She was the youngest lead the Gaiety
ever had. THE Country Girl" was writ
ten for her and she played the role Of
Nan In It. Her mother was Alice Knowles.
an opera singer her grandmother and
great-grandmother were both named
Judith Beard End were we'll known on
the English operate stage, both having
appeared AT royal command perform
ances in Buckingham Palace.
Pats father. Tom Moore. Is q cham
plon swimmer holding two world record
medals and the King Edward medal
Pat himself inherits both the maternal
and paternsl qualities. He rides. swims
and takes cross country runs. and he
takes great pride In these accomplish
ments az proving that he does not be-
long TO the prodigy class
I'm no prodigy" he says. I'm nat
urai"
II was through his mothers noted
achievements as an actress that Pat
Moore went into pictures. She herself
went 20 Hollywood three or four years
ago and found n welcome al all the
studios. And when she presented Pat
the directors welcomed him. too. de-
clarng that they would make an actor
Of him But even ~ that age Pat had
pride ahd n will Of his own He told
the directors that he was ain actor al
ready-and lie proved u Two years
later his young brother Mickey. who is
now aeed 4. also became . screen actor
Among the pictures In which Pat has
appeared prominently are Sahara,
1.-THE Sleeping Lion" ''rhe aduaw Man"
"rhe Turning Point" "Women's wea-
pons" Their Mutual child" and "Out
Of tile Dust Many a player or four
or Ave times his age could envy his
experience
In Queen OF Sheba" his role II that
of the child Of Sheba. Sent by his
mother 10 Solomon's court. the boy ~
kidnapped BY the treacherous Vashti.
shebas rival and imprisoned In the
Tomb of the Kings. After horrifying
days and nights among the grinnlue gar
goyles and the sombre satcophael. he Is
brought out b. his mother more 0cad
than alive. " is Solomons prayer 10
the true God that opens the boys eyes
and shows 70 Sheba the power or fsl;h
The adventure ~ the tornbs and the
coming back 70 life are very difficult
pieces Of acting and Fat Moore's con-
vIncirK work has caused much fsvoreble
commsnt