Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07
HoW became
4 Mopie Star
As Told to
IVEZ KLUMPH
What Has Already Happened

DorothS Lane, eiri from sndH
fo,on, shares her biggest ambition
tcith thousands Of other AmericGn
giris--that of becoming movinD-
picture star. She thinks her chance
hGs come tohen Persis, q friend OF
hers soorkino in Neio York, tells ot
meeting some people connected pnh
motion pictures and asks her TO cisit
her. On her first day in the ntetrop-
oils, the girl starts on 2 pisit 70 ne
studios and gains admiftance to one
Of them. Dorothy Is gicen the chance
TO play in q mob scene. and makes
the most of u. She mejts Lotorencs
French, press agent for the company,
soho becomes Interested IN her.. Then
comes her big chance phen, because
Of her reSem bldnoe to q Dell -knonn
star, she is asked to double for her.
When she tells Persis the hdppy
neUs, Persis in turn tells OF q de-
Hohtful surprise for. the evening"
parts. planned by her motion p'of"re
friends.
JACK GIBBS INTRODUCES us, gave me
= chair facing the lftss~ window that
looked down on Broadway, and said:
well, this is the young lady, and
IL you uOn say SnC y Iuo' "H@' 49,
want I'll eat my new straw hat!
Eikhorn didn't answer for moment
he just sat there and stared at me, and
remembered the way I'd seen farmers
look at cattle they were thinking Of
buying. felt awfully uncomfortable,
and my cheeks burned. The men
laughed at that.
"Still young enough to blush " re-
marked Eikhorn. patting me on the
shoulder. You're very pretty, dear.
How'd you like to work for me?''
II had been truthful I would have
said, II wouldn't like to at all, but
want to work for somebody, and you re
no worse than any one else" But Of
course It would never have done to say
anything like that, so just smiled and
said:
"Oh, I'd love to, Mr.. Eikhorn."
Then he and Gibbs talked a lot men
tiouing people / didn't know. and /
turned around and looked down on the
street. thinking probably they'd rather
feel that I wasn't listening.
Broadway looked awfully hot and
uncomfortable. but there were lots Of
people going to and fro. There were
ever 50 many girls, all painted up and
dressed very gayly, and men in very
exaggerated looking clothes, and knew
that most Of them were motion picture
people or actors. looking for work.
| saw one Of the girls from the club
20 by. | knew that she had been out
of work for several months. and was
simply frantic for something to do {:
she had nobody at home to look after
her, nobody to whom she could turn to
help her out.
Having my own people behind me
always made me feel perfectly safe.
somehow. I knew that il ever things
got quite impossible l could go back
home and they'd be glad to have Inc. ]
think that was one of the reasons l got
on so we'll. Yet sometimes it made me
feel rather guilty. too: for instance, |
knew how my mother would feel If
She could have seen me in that office.
with those two men looking me over
the way they did.
well. we'll take her, then, Eikhorn
said at asst. rising and putting on his
hat--a little detail like keeping it off
in the presence of woman meant
nothing to him. He pattCd me on the
shoulder again. "Gibbs will tell you II
little nor" about this; then we'll get
together agan--at dinner tonight, Say
and settle the thing up. I'd do it now d,
hut | haven't time; got an engagement.
] think" He stopped and looked
ut me for moment. II think YOU re
Just exactly what | want ~ he finished
very slowly, and walked out Of the
loom.
TACK GIBBS laughed softly as the
y door closed behind Eikhorn.
"You made an awful hit with the
grand mogul," he told me admiringly.
''IIe wants you to work in big. spec
tacular feature he's putting on, and it'll
be some party. He's leaving on hi.