Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-25
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A month of Hollywood and Lucin-
da forgot to think 1t strange that she
should not resent being made love
to by a man with rouge on cheeks
and lips and eyelashes beaded with
mascara.
II the feeling that she had cast
her mes in strange places was quick
to wear off. in those three days of
work with the Summerlad company.
the fun of 1t wasn't. Lucinda threw
herself into the detail OF every hour
with tremendous zest. and liked IL
all as h seldom had like anything
before.
4 There was another side to the
business. of course. Ons heard dark
is of the uglier side, one even
glimpses of it-as in the in
stance of Nelly Marquis. hut aware
ness of 1t had no ~percept.ble effect
upon the spirits of those with whom
Lucinda found herself associated for
the time being. Some OF the younger
members Of the acting division
seemed to take life a thought seri-
ously-"1ife" meaning. as a rule,
themselves-but the more expert
enced went about their work with
jests ever OF their lips. The common
attitude summed up to this, that
making pictures was all a huge lark
and (strictly between those engaged
in it) a darned good joke on the
people who paid the bills.
As for the part she was supposed
to play In this picture of Summer
lads Lucinda never managed to Sc
cure an ineligible exposition of its
relation to the plot. Both Summerlad
and Jacques seemed strangely vague
in their W minds concerning 1t,
and Alice Drake frankly confessed
she hadn't read the script and
hadn't the faintest notion what the
picture was about.
To the best of her observation her
role was that of an involuntary
vamp. Not vampire: vamp. A vamp
no longer al of necessity q
vampire, a scarlet-mouthed seduc-
tres of strong mems souls. A vamp
may be a far more socially possible
person than that.
As an involuntary vamp. Miss Lee
was to meet Mr.. Summerlad under
romantic circumstances and inno-
Gently wear him from strict fidelity
I he charms of his be.rothed Cor II
" have been his wife), Miss
! Drake.
= A0 IN
70 sufficiently thrilling. Miss Lee
run away with by her horse
Pwhile taking an early morning can
ter in the mountains conveniently
adjacent to her family's suburban
villa. Mr.. Summerlad, similarly en-.
gagged. happened along at the right
time to observe her peril, pursue,
and snatch her bodily from her sad
die to his arms at the very instant
when her mount was plunging head
long over a precipice. After which
he escorted her Il her home and on
the way the two INDUCED in normal
and expected love-making.
Lucinda and Summeriad were
photographed time and again in dis
lance shots. medium shots. and
close-upS riding side by side, dis
mounting to rest in a sweet sylvan
glade by the side of the stream, and
finally in each others arms, with
Miss Drake riding up 10 surprise
them as they kissed.
Because such scenes are a COM
nonplace of picture-taking Lucinda
Aad not been prepared for the fact
that she was to be kissed by Sum-
merlad; whereas she had been firt-
ing with him dangerously for the
best part of three days. Now sud-
denly, toward the close of the third,
she was instructed to permit his en-
brace. submit to his kiss. and kiss
him in response.
She made no demur, for that
would have seemed silly, but did her
best to ape the matter-of-course
manner of all hands, and went
through with it with all the stoicism,
when the camera wasn't trained on
her, that vas compatible with the
emotions she must show when it
was.
But her heart was humping furi-
kA1Gly when she felt Summerlad's
8 for the first time enfold her;
and when, murmuring the terms OF
endearment appropriate to both the
parts the man was playing. he put
his lips to hers. she knew, both de-
spite and because of the tumult OF
her senses. that she was lost. Control
of the situation between them passed
in that instant from her hands to
his.
Released at length. she looked
round. dazed and breathless, 20 find
that. during the business of the kiss.
q party of unlimited onlookers had
been added to their professional au-
dience.
A motor-car had slipped up on the
group and stopped. and of its
two passengers had alighted and
xewn nea to watch.
This was Bellamy.
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Iomentarily stunned eyes saw the
face of Bellamy only as 4 swimming