Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-03
ruE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Pep in the Picture
N PAY RAKER

,y.,ford realized that three
es Ai,ea were booked to lose Ir ,ne'r M yt ne,
sr. sson.. lime unless someoody put p'p
sng,, ps,ton productions. cons,onco
pto fei.SDn .Sree persons were C9nsta,eo ',s'.
ne Alfred Eldridge ana hutn a.,t,,
Horton, And the person whose duty
Venford. fnrn;sh the missing ingrc-
was 70 ,he last mentioned gentleman;
jent was Wv had goue wrong and old
Sometn,nas, Lnew It. lie watched the
,rvls re,ithh e..ith n microscope, figuratively,
ctures VIII uor ready to pick flaws, and
ess,nss' esauns flaws aplenty OF ,,i late' p0,,or,s
Ip rpu.' ur. was no use talking, Ie.'o.i .hS .
Ihere ..bsart plays were mo- n,' tne
noIus nous card they once hed petn. H.
swins ,,u't ~ convincing, that's What $
fhey ar " erunted old Jarvis; Con
Q matter Alfred can't make love IKE
ance an ano r. IN give them little
ey useu r,oIe I good, AID then
hger 70 nont na only one thing. The big
Iha. a.,o,M n be looking for new employ
mt. mt and jobs were scarce /" S'uu'0'
an for stars; A. .,;o audiences
T;me M a. was when the n owe huu.ehcus l 80,
II my 10 cry. they we're so wrapped UP
" ',ronierfni love making OF Con
M .ne "nI Alfred. Now. according
nGs nn, J Jarvis, people were known TO
9iu hen hon The couple got into action.
ign VIZ q. wos Aliens fau,t. OF course.
,nu ~ tbs director, and when any
"a 9os not convincing h& was TO
WI Ho was one of the best dircc-
in the business. but ne was m :,
Il down miserably on the JOB. lie hau
IA Constance and Alfred, ana no"
(ras unmnking them. :.
. FIRST he couldn't understand IT,
il heart. throbbing scenes we're go lit-
tbev were pathetic. He sat VI. scy-
ni.bts searching his worried bri!iil
kthe solution, and at last he hit
y snddenly came to Allen that the
"a OF the trouble was loye%,rregular
q not the screen variety. ne was
we With the feminine star, ana INC
n scenes were apathetic because the
ktor lust couldn't bring himself 10
the participants as he should;
.t,ne frequently calls for a deal OF
[Einr through megaphones and
CGins and ca5oling, and Allen was
IiJnr it impossible to be earnest in
az Alfred Eldridge to make realis-
1ye to Constance. =.
MI was gall and wormwood TO the dl .
r 10 have those two stand in froht
Mn and utter endearing terms, and
LSrace and even kiss. 1t seemed like
mbckery Of a thing divine. Allen was
sNIng why he had made failure OF
AVN attempt to become an actor; lie
nav couldn't pretend; he had to have
,Xeart In whatever he was doing, and
| y wns why the Pelton pictures were
N He had lost heart in the love-
',ting of Constance and Alfred.
y only once he could get chance
sneak his mind to Constance. But
4 his associations with her were on q
.dness basis. He could stand on the
SSiines and direct her in her love
(shne. but there was no opportunity
1 sneak in his own behalf. She came
4 The studio in her motorcalr just u
ne for a scene to be snapped, ana shc
Ess gone as soon as her duties OF the
Iay were done.
One afternoon, when a distressingly
loor love scene had been filmed, Al
red Eldridgc approached Allen and said
"Wenford, something has got to be
one. Our pictures are rotten, and We
now it, and you know it-and what
bore, old man Pelton knows It. May
I I'm at fault. perhaps it's Miss Nor
bn, but I'm afraid it's you. The two
I US did all right rs long as we hao
be proper kind of directing. but were
Bst without it. We can't get pep into
scene unless you get pep into youI
recting. Miss Morton and / are los
our reputation as actors and you re
Gng yours as a director. First thing
know we'll be down and out; and
no will want to hire trio Of has
.ens?"
Miss Morton was getting ready tC
epart in her car, but Alfred called tc
er and she approached.
Miss Norton" he snid. 1--WE were
tst discussing the poor showing we
ave been making of late. l thought
was time remedy was found, and
spoke to Mr.. Wexford. The three
US have worked together 80 we'll that
seems shame We can't put it across
Pw. But something's got to be done. "
We're all at fault, I think" said
onstance. II can't seem to get en-
usiasm into my acting any more, for
me reason"