Evening star., 1922-10-29
Countess Janina of Polish Arist0cracy,
With Ph0t0genic Face, Sought for Films
Star Finds That Quality She Possesses Worth More Than
in for Star Material

a lot to the Photographic face that has
none Of It, but 1t is only beginning.
1t gives the inner light chance. But
what makes the pleasing personality?
What is the inner light? Pure mystic
les! A good screen man should be able
to coax them out oftener. Star mate
| rial is continually turned down wlthou:
proper trial, or without trial at ali -
! He picked up some photographs OF
Janina, In the character OF Il dancer,
taken at the fete arranged in aid of
Polish orphans in Paris
| Regarding the young Polish count
ess." he said. even before she WAS
screened we were receiving glowing re-
ports about the new cinema face'-from
the specialist who found her. That WAS
pure luck on her part. She made the
tests gracefully, with simple interest
neither fatty docile nor aggressively
self-assertive. There's your personality
Yet fancy she had been through hard
times. Think what II must mean TO q
neglected girl to be told that she Is
being banked on as possible new Yer
sion OF the worlds sweetheart
TT is big order l said.
! He paid no attention.
! This young woman" he continued
TRANQUILITY" IS an excellent illustra-
/ tion of the fact that exterior beauty
means little in flnl success. OF course.
| she is quite good-looking; but Paris,
Berlin and Vienna are full of moro
striking women: and yet she is
!
sibilities after whom European mana
gers are running"
! Isn't that eloquent Of their scare!
methods?
| THE true interest, OF course, is this
L sleep-walking search of pro-
ducers for find admittedly
! beyond the dreams Of avarice-the
frst-class screen star. The search
| seems to be as haphazard as the ne
glect TO try out aspirants is usual:
| There are beautiful women, Of
\ course, who never take a good por-
trait photograph. Such are easily
and rapidly eliminated. But there
are others-just the opposite-who.
| seemingly, cannot take a bad one,
1t is q subtle thing of light effects
on texture of skin. quality of hair
and turn of features for the exterior
part. and the putting of the inner
! light across, for the rest. All such
| are, surely, worth a serious try-out,
whether beautiful or not"
Janina has no illusions about her
own discovery
For twenty-five years." she says
nobody bothered about me or my
! face. And now they all seem bent
I on filNing me! But 1 would rather
never begin at all than to start high
then drop into the abyss of failure"
! They tell her to forget it.
She obeys. easily.
II am not excited about the fabu-
ious salaries" she says What 1 am
getting seems good to me, already.
But 1 admit the glory tempts me.
1t is stupendous thought-to have
/ almost the entire world become ac-
/ quainted with little mer'
! 1t sounds strong; but this is how
they work their new stars up to
confidence and nonchalance. Once
the producers put real money on
| their judgment, all Is certainty.
But L linger on the thought how this
stars destiny fiickered like a flame
in the wind-her chance depending
on the idle "hunch" of an expert in
! his leisure!
How many "photogenic" faces go
unrecognized in our great cities? And
in Main street? And on the farm!
see no more than dumb luck and
| feeble laundering in the whole
search for star materialr'