Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
MOVIE-MAD GIRLS
FIND AWAKENING

Los ANGELES, April D.-Amone the
fields dotted with vast studio buildings
end acres of beautiful bungalows in
Hollywood, where most Of Los Angeles
output of IS per cent Of the worlds mo-
ton pictures is produced, there functions
the Hollywood Girls Cuban institu-
ton that has become nation wide In its
purposes and with an influence for good
that reaches into all the large cities and
into even many Of the small towns Of the
United States.
The club is housed In an impressive and
palatial appearing colonial residence set
IN a garden of blossoming trees and how-
ers. The white pillars at its entrance
are wreathed with rose sand 1essamine
and It's interior Is homelike, comforta-
BILE and convenient In its atmosphere.
Just what happens when Mary Smith,
Of Carlinville, Ill, or Jane Jones, Of EN-
poria, Kan. or Mabel Black, Of the Bronx,
New York City, suddenly become movie
mad" and without money or expert.
ence to back them after they have ar
rived here. make their way to Los An
geles?
They usually come to the attention Of
some kind hearted person in FINLAND,
who enlists the aid Of the Hollywood
Girls Club, and were 1t not for this
organization these girls who chased q
rainbow across the continent would be
in pitiful plights facing perhaps sordid
or tragic fates.
This club has put into practical oper
alton the big Sister" idea and the 800
girls comprising it's membership are
pledged to act in the capacity Of Good
Saramitans to girls from all over the
country who come to Los Angeles with
rosy dreams of a future in the movies"
as their only asset"
The club Is partially self supporting
twenty-five Of it's members constantly
living there. In addition there are
housed the unfortunate girls who can
not find employment and who have no
money. For six weeks these girls are
sheltered and given their meals while
they endeavor to locate themselves some
where in the industry which has at
| tracted them with its promises Of big
pay and future fame.
The fund for this temporary emergency
is supplied by donations and yearly sub
scriptions from the various studios, while
charltably inclined individuals from va
work. The board of managers Is COM
send checks for the furtherance Of the
prised Of the wives and mothers Of ia
workers, among whom are Mrs. Jesse
Lasky, Mrs. Cecil De Mile and Mrs. VII.
liam De Mile.
Helen Jerome Eddy. widely-known
screen star, who is one Of the founders of
the club, and who teaches a free class In
dramatics for the benefit Of the girls who
are anxious to learn something Of the
technique Of the stage and screen, Is
emphatic IN warning young girls against
leaving their home environment and COM
ing to Los Angeles to work in films, IN
less they have ample private means and
excellent preliminary training.
IF older and more experienced people
could only talk with them before they
start on their vain pilgrimage, hundreds
Of the 'movie-struck' girls would never
come to Los Angeles" observed Miss
Eddy. "My advice to girls thinking Of
entering the film world is to talk the
matter over with their parents, or II they
have none. to thrash the question out with
their spiritual adviser and two or three
persons well-yersed In the drama.
The ranks of the film workers are al
ready badly overcrowded in Los An
geles. and there are plenty of we'll
trained actresses and girl performers to
aupply the demand for years to come, If
not one new recruit journeyed to Cali
| fornia to reinforce their numbers.
Somehow the idea has gone abroad
that pretty face and a good figure are
about all that are essential to advance
rapidly to stardom. There never was a
greater fallacy, as many disillusioned
girls have found on their arrival In the
great film center.
Where one girl succeeds in the
movies there are dozen who fail to
realize their dreams of fame money and
short hours. Motion picture work is
now a highly specialized business, and
requires lots OF brains, lots of energy
and the ability to keep going in the face
of the most disappointing reverses.
1.-THE life Of IN office girl, or that Of a
teacher, or a clerk In the East or Mid
die West, may seem Of little promise,
but It Is better In most cases than that
Of a disappointed 'moviemad' girl who
has followed the rainbow to California to
find the pot Of gold and success is not
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