Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-03
,How became
4 Movie Star
Is Told to
INEZ .KLUMPH
What Has Already Happened


Dorothy Lane, q girl from a small
to,nn, shares her biggest ambition
toih thousands Of other American
0iris--thut Of becoming q morin1-
picture star. She thinks her chance
has come tchcn Persis, a friend OF
hers norking in NeD York, tells OF
meeting some people connected 10Th
motion pictures aud asks her TO CtStt
her. On her first day in the netrop-
oils, the girl starts on visit TO tho
studios aud gains ddmittdnoe TO ons
Of them. Dorothy is given the chdnco
TO play IN mob scene, aud makes
the most Of IL. She meets laurence
French, press agent for the company,
Uho becomes interested in her. Then
comes her big chance ,ohen, because
of her reSem bldnce to a ,6eH- -knoton
stdr. she is asked TO double for her.
reUS, PersiS IN turn tells OF de-
hghttul surprise for the evenings
party planned BY her motion picture
friends.
A ND then. all at once, knew what
"A II was. Marrying would mean giving
up Lawrence French.
l didn't think / was in love with him
I left New York. He hadn't written
me at all. and neither had Sylvia. And
was anxious to get back and talk
things over with him, and have him
take me to the movies again, and for
bus rides and all that sort of thing.
knew, all at once. that / cared good
deal more for him than I'd supposed
I did.
And you will marry me, won't You.
dear. just as soon ms we get back to
town. urged John Seward.
Il don't believe ! can" I told him.
wondering even as I did so how 1 dared
refuse n man like him. Somehow
cant be quite sure--I don't just
knOw----'
'Is It because Of my having been
married before that you hesitate?" hc
asked. That was shock to me-:
hadn't even known that he had been
and told him SO.
"Yes, was" he told me then, and
named the girl-one Of the most promi-
nent stars on the screen today. 1--WE
were married five years ago, and sepa-
rated year later. We're still good
friends-we just didn't get along to-
gether. In fact, ] dined with her and
her husband the last time l was in Los
You see. in the moving picture
world marriage isn't always looked
upon as it Is among other people; so
many things have 10 be considered
the different way of living and all that
that divorce seems more natural than
1t does to people who aren't familiar
with those conditions"
He told me lot of other things, but
I hardly knew what he was snying.
Somehow, to marry man who had
been married before-I couldn't Just
see doing that. / cared good deal
for him, Of course realized that, too.
/ liked having him kiss the palm of
my hand and then kiss all the finger
tips. ] thought of all the girls who
would have given anything in the world
to have him fall in love with them.
really wanted to care enough to say
Yes" but 1t just wouldn't come. And
so at last / got up and Strengthened
my sweater sash and gathered up all
my courage.
II cant say what you want me TO
now told him, and you can't imag-
inc how hard 1t was, with those Won
derful eyes Of his looking into mine.
II do care for you-truly l do-but
I don't seem to care enough to marry
you."
He seemed awfully disappointed his
shoulders dropped, and he threw out
his hands in little gesture that I re-
membered having seen him use on the
screen more than once. Maybe that
was what made it seem unreal. !
couldn't be really sorry for him:
get over the feeling that, even
though he did care SO much for me
and feel bad because l didn't love him,
he remembered how he looked, too, all
the time.
We walked back TO the hotel together,
and he was awfully nice: laughed and
talked about all kinds Of things, and
told me all sorts of funny stories about
his life on the stage. But when we