Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-02
Holl, became
4 Mouie Star
As Told to
TNEZ KLUMPH
MEZ KLUMPH
What Has Already Happened


Dorothy Lane, a girl from a small
to,on, shares her biggest ambition
toith thousands of other American
giris-thdt Of becoming a moping-
picture star. She thinks her chance
has come ,ohen Persis, friend OF
hers toorking in NeU York, tells OF
meeting some people connected 10Th
motion pictures and asks her to visit
her. On her first day IN the metrop-
oils, the girl starts on visit to the
studios aud gains ddmittdnce TO ono
OF them. Dorothy is given the chance
10 play IN a mob scene, aud makes
the most Of IL. She meets Laurence
French. press agent for the company,
'oho becomes interested in her. Then
COMES her big chance tchen, because
Of her resemblance to ,oell- knotOn
star, she is asked to double for her.
When she tells Persis the happy
neics, PcrsiS in turn tells Of q de-
hghtful surprise for the evenings
party planned bv her motion picture
friends.
0F COURSE I felt awfully fattered
" that he should want to know me.
and his kindness in giving me such
wonderful opportunity was simply over
whelming. On the way home, as we
coasted down the long hills and then
went rushing through the summer night.
! tried very hard to thank him for all
he'd done for me, but he just laughed
IN sort Of an embarrassed way and
changed the subject. 1t seemed funny
for star to be really shy.
sylvia was out somewhere with Law
renee when | got home. and when she
came in, at about eleven. she didn't
come to my room at all. wanted tc
90 in and talk to her, but remembered
the way she'd looked at me when left
the studio, and didn't.
Lawrence didn't come to the studio
the next day, and Sylvia wasn't work
ing, so didn't see either of them. Ant
the day after that was Thursday, wher
l was to leave for Cape Cod. I called
Lawrence up and told him about 1t.
You're going with Seward?" he re
peated when I'd finished.
"Yes-Mrs. Phipps and Mr.. Haynes
are going, too" told him. He didn't
answer for n moment, and then he Just
said very gruffly ",Well-hope 70,
have a good time" and hung up IT,,
receiver.
He was so disagreeable that couldn't
sleep that night, on the train, for think
ing about him. / just lay awake ant
wondered and wondered about him. ant
at last, though it seemed awfully con.
ceited to think so. decided that per.
haps he was in love with me. For ther,
were lots of little things ned done ant
said when we were together that mean
lot to me now as I looked back OF
them. though nt the time I hndn'
thought about them at all. And the way
he looked that day when I'd told hin
John Seward was going to drive m,
home had new significance now. cou.
rled with his being so cross because
was going to Cape Cod with Mr.. Sew
ard.
! didn't really know whether 7 liket
thinking Lawrence was in love with IN,
or not. He'd been such dear always
but he'd seemed more like brother
than anything else. That was really tn,
way l felt about him. He never SCENE,
romantic. as John Seward did. No
that Mr.. Seward would ever fall in low,
with me. of course.
1t was gorgeous when we got to tn,
Cape; we stayed in tiny little town
and before we did any work at all W,
spent one long, glorious day out on tn,
rocks Mt the oceans edge. finding JUS
the right place and rehearsing what w
were TO do. Mr.. Seward went owe
i'NelS Dlt VI my Iurl WIFI me. ana trul.
the way he'd worked it out was won
derful.
Then the second day we began t,
work. Mrs. Phipps was in one or tw,
scenes, but the Others-eyer so many o
them-were between just John Sewar,
and me. He and Mr.. Haynes thought
1t best to take a lor or extra poses
dozens more than they could possibly
use, and then they'd cut out all but tn
very best ones. of course.
We had done all of them and wer
finishing the last few. the third day W
we're up there. when the thing happene
that bowlcd me over completely.
It's rather hard for me TO tell It, be
cause it was so very intimate and per
sonal-yct, after all, you who read thi