The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04

might have been a caryen piece upon a chess board. Kings and queens knights and ladies, bishops and paws were played as though before him. peyore visioned as his adversary the innumerable audiences in the world theaters who would use this picture It mattered not that to us his moVes were unintelligible. He knew that Tn the end the game would be his, and if was but our share to stand where we were placed and move at his com mand.
 For the first time I realized that moving picture production was business, hard and cold and mathe- matically exact There are always those in 1t content to remain as extra people, and these are of the same class of those in business who are satisfied to hold the minor positions in department stores and factories.
 It is a job, and a job means the bread and butter of their lives.
 It Is a necessary evil.
 Others with greater ambition will work early and late. think and scheme after hours to find ways and means of stepping up another rung. These people in moving pictures be- come leading men, or women stars directors, art directors, producers. They are the kind of men and women that in any other walk of life would become famous as writers. as paint era. as musicians, or known in the commercial world as great financiers or business men.
 It takes the same determination, the same hard work, to be great artist that it does to be a captain Of industry. In fact, it is harder for the artist to succeed because of his temperamental impeachment of dream - ing dreams instead of making them come true, than 1t is for the hard headed business man to materiaiize the vision which often eyades and eludes his more practical mind.
 When everyone was tired to a point of that utter let-down which comes when your nerves have been pulled taut to the breaking point for hours we were made to go through the ball. room scene again!
 At it's end Devore took out his watch and said something to one Of his assistants. There was an almost audible sigh of relief, but like sol- diers we still stood at attention.
 That will do for today, ladies and gentlemen. Be on the set made-up tomorrow at g." and Deyore turned to talk to his continuity writer.
 There was scrambling and rush ing for the dressing room, l had become rather callous to makeup by this time, so that just softened it a little by adding a little rouge and rubbing 1t all over with clean pow der puff. was too tired to care how looked on the car. Indeed it seem ed to me that I never could stand 8 week of such gruelling attention and terrific effort that I had given today.
 Hastily slipping on my blue serge skirt, I buttoned up my coat over it, pinned veil over my face and start ed for Hollywood boulevard
 As got under the light at the first street corner car purred up beside me and stopped suddenly.
 May I take you home Miss Win stonT
 was all atremble for an instant and although I knew I answered by an upward glance of joyous recognf- tion, could not speak
 He opened the door and helped me up beside him at the wheel of the luxurious roadster.
 Isn't it lucky for me, MT. Strat- ton" l found voice to say, that you were passing just now. I was hurry ing for car-and, Oh. so tired."
 Yes. lucky for us both" l looked in Theodore Stratton's face at his odd tone and. saw that same enig- matical smile that I had seen on his face when had first me. him on the train.
 That smile rather sadd ned me, for l knew that he did not recognize me. Can 1t be, can it be-" was my in- ward question. that this is the mys- terious and fascinating mile Theo- dore Stratton uses for cry woman who interests himy'
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