New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
SDoes Ii Pay"
Answered by
The Fox Stars
sG.. Hope Hampton and
MFR. Haines Have Almost
Decided That 1t Docs
pv Harriette UndcrhiIl

..,ysed 20 Robert haincs' inc popui"i
Ih,nd,ome leading man. When In
1900 At the studio In regard TO
y. ,omlnr nuptlsls Mr. Haines eS-
.,..d himself a. delighted. Seen In
s,,s.ine.room. Miss Hampton
,s.0.d ignorance and denied all
...~l,drs o. the alleged imminent
-, sTeli me more" said the red
,.,s,d actress, sweetly. your story
,,,druss me-"
u told a. followsi
sw,x ,ou are young and innocent
-. md you go a. a govcrness or
-, secretary or something Of the
,,,s re home Of this rich man,
sSsl. ,es and bis wife. and then you
-.,,.,s 70 raise Cain. OF course. they
N ap IN love with you, and the
s,,s,r being rashly impOrtunate, cuts
-, N. son and carries away the
prize
.NsY qusstioned Miss Hampton.
eYou.s We answered.
Bat I thought you said he had q
vIfsr
Listen, dearie, he had, but he d.
yor,ss her, see, or perhaps she divorces
bin. Anyway, he gets his freedom and
rsrriss you. That's Robert Hsines,
,nd ell you do Is spend his money and
firt With his friends"
COB, what a terrible r6lsl I shall
rate to play it; and Just see the won
S.rful gowns / shall have a chance to
wear Vampire gowns--do you like
themT
Miss Hamptons maid dragged out Of
Che boxes for our inspection q diamond
and seed pearl dinner gown, a silver
cloth tea gown and a black sequin
evening gown without any back In It.
'You won't like them, know. You
will think they are In bad taste"
"If you want 70 know what we really
think Of them, just try Offering US one
o. New Years surprise. They are
narvelOusl But then, you know, we
never we're strong for those Lilies and
Bessles and Doras on the screen.
When Pola the Magnificent assured
Us that in tho future she cared 70 play
only good ladies she got no kurrah
from us. Our advice to all screen vam-
plres Is Go thy way and sin some
more"
"How do you know 80 much about
the stOry?" inquired Miss Hampton,
isalously.
"Saw it on the stage. Florence Reed
lid the part you will play now. But
4 wasn't called Does It PayP Mr.
Fox himself named It that"
Lets 20 out on the stage and tell
Mr.. Haines about &. They are nearly
ready for me out there, anyway. !
shall act for you presently"
"Oh, Mr.. Hsines knows all about It
and he is delighted. There he is nov
being shot in his study. Look, he Is
figuring up what bank balance he will
have after he pays your last batch
Of billsl"
Julius steger greeted us and immedi-
ntely offered us a part In Miss Hanp-
tons picture. "How do you like our
new starr" he inquired: and we re-
plied: "Neyer let her Get an ounce
,touter than that. We never have
seen her so slim before and she never
has looked half so pretty es she does
now"
Just then Ray Bloomer, the dark
and handsome juvenile who treated
Mae Murray so badly in Broadway
Rose" strolled by He WAS greeted
with enthusiasm, but assured US that
is wss only on bis way 20 the next
rt where no Is making q picture with
J. Gordon Edwards. II We were star
We should like him fOr our leading
man.
Miss Hampton was soon called onto
the vet 70 do short scene with her
future husband, Robert Haines. She
had said that she was frightened be-
ing in new studio and working with
new people, but she certainly did not
app,ar 70 be. Il has ever been and
always shall remain mystery TO US
this acting up before camera with
lot Of people looking on and the
director saying. "Good, that's great;
more tears. give him a tender look
you love him, you love him, you're
about TO lose him"
Most Of the actors take Il very SER
orslv. but some Of the stars do not.
One Of the biggest stars on the screen
used 70 improvise. In her heartbreak-
ing scenes she would interpolate. We
once heard her say, Darling, we must
ssy goodby foreverI ] never can mar
~ you-neyer, never-beeAuts my
mother was an elephant" And when
we saw the scene on the screen 1t was
perfectly convincing.
That was not Miss Hampton, how
ever. When you are very young you
take your work seriously and you cry
real tears without any glyesrins. That
is what Miss Hampton does.
Does II Pay?" is being filmed in the
Fox Studios, at Fifty-hfth Street and
Tenth Avenue. Il is the most conYen-
lent and at the same tine one OF the
best equipped studios We have visited.
When we called there We went 70 the
wrong door. and a brusque man In liv-
cry said, "The casting director Is out"