The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-07
TOO MUCH MONEY
CURSE OF STARS;
TAINTED BY PARIS
Movieland's Rich Gamins
I. AT Feet of Cultured
s.. Director.

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Kidd o. man was william Desmond
Taylor. the bachelor who once was
William DeaneJnanner. husband
and father?
What sort Of Iife,did he live when
Se abruptly closed that other life
in Kew York: What was his routiEe
IL this beautiful colorful city? What
rndtives prompted his actions what
wee his dreams and his ambitions,
yhHt were hisssecrets that he hid so
Some Of the questions may never
find answers. Some of them sug-
-est.their own replies.
NesHved an unreal Iife in an I'M
redl city. gay life. an unconven-
tioha1. exotic. emotional life. one
6Iied with color and conquests,
deSked with sentiment, spiced with
adventures.
Queer Place Is MovieIand.
Ne lived among conditions created
by, the idolatry Of millions OF girl
housewives. business men, shop
Keepers and clerks. the world of
r1ok'Ie fans. He lived in movieland.
\ queer place is movieland. Its
citlhnry Is affected. hattered. I'M
r,1rRl. gay. In love with life. citi-
ze9ry of butterflies. with few re-
sp9nSibilities. with nothing to do
hut show their beautiful wings. with
nos business but to delight.
a young world is movieland. A
bright world. world that cares
only fer itself. a world that knows
little else than itself. a world of
hn
haSe-heen spoiled and pampered.
TfSre fs> no background In this
n1oTlefand. no traditions such as
rbSain in the world OF the stage,
no! conventions to be followed, no
7Istory to study and observe.
Once Felt Hunger.
zach citizen in this land of the
untcaI j. a law unto himself. each
nv has his own morals, his own
idgSls. his own pet faneies as to
convention. and in the land itself.
thdre is but little criticism Of ones
neIghbor. Each one is tolerant;
cath one is sympathetic.
was only a little while ago
tn5t Americas Sweetheart" was
rlfginE in Her Fatal Wedding in
the Criterion Theater of Chicago.
q
sl'i money. working hard, working
Ju her dreams.
Il was only a little while ago
that Mabel Normand was working
for nothing, bending all her en-
rifles to the task OF pleasing the
JubIic
Il was only a little while ago
that movie actors and actresses
slept in hall rooms. and felt hunger
lnh went cold and i'll clad through
TIP streets. And now the folks
'Np large estate. motor cars and
gafhts and blooded horses and dogs
and more clothes than they can
war. Some Of them live in palaces
anil keep platoons Of servants.
Money Their Curse.
The BOY who cleaned out the Gus
oidors in che saloon Of his adopted
Nther. became a celebrated knock
livered the meats of Saturday
night. changed into the two-gun,
trFe-Eun hero of the plains. The
EiEl who had run away from home
1at hundreds packing the smelly
5tfe heaters every night to rave
IbPut her soIemnesE
The movies grew. The little thea
ters burst their walls and other
theSters grew. theaters Of marble
WSh seats for many thousands
al NO into being.
Phe butchers boy had become p
star. The book bindery girl was a
rneen. The gamins-poOr fattered
etpty-headed. rich little Eamins-
nifn't know what to do with their
rnfney. their leisure. their sudden
supreme Importance. They bought
n'H Cloisonne vases. no first editions
they didn't know such things were
"e any value; they didn't know
suth things were in existence.
MAKE Their Own Laws.
group Of humble peasants had
hefn touched with a magic wand.
5U now they were lords and
ladies. dukes and duehesses. kings
arki queens.
fhe emotions of the children are
all on the surface. They can weep
ben they want to: then can dance
wth delight when the camera de-
ltnds- Continually they are cast
mi love scenes. turGid melodrama..
srPtIc super-masterpieces. Always
thf women are in the arms OF
hsndsoH1e men. Always the men
arr kissing. caressing. fondIing.
-etCuinE. carrying beautiful women.
ffaminS grown up. uneduCated
dofSered with beauty and wealth
sid sdulation. living unreal. un-
natural Iives-is 1t strange they
mike their own laws?
Paris contributed to the gayety
hat came into Hollywood with the
-e}ognuion and the money Paris
PuE spice into Hollywood. gave il
Hcr IDEAS. Chicago and New
Ydhk's ideas Of gay life had be-
.Ohe too tame.
The wild debaucheS made in Paris
'o5 the American tourist. debauches
hat cost Jack PickfOrd his wife.