South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-25
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XXI
A month Of Hollywood. and Luz
c.uda forgot 90 think 81 strange that
she should not resent being made
love 90 by a man with rouge on
cheeks and lips and eyelashes bead
ed with masca-o.
II The feeling that she had cast
her lines in strange places was
Quick 70 wear or IN those three
DAYS OF work with the Summerlad
company. the FUN OF 80 wasn't Isu-
cinda threw herself into the detail
or every hour with tremendous
zest. and liked 20 an az she seldom
had liked anything before
There was another side TO the
business. Of course One heard
dark hints OF the uglier side. one
even caught gl.mpses ~ .t-as IN
the instance Of Nelly Marquis But
awareness OF 10 had no perceptiSle
effect upon the spirits Of those
with whom Lucinda found herself
associated for the time being. Some
~ the Younger members OF the act
ing division seemed 20 take life
thought seriously life" meaning,
as rule. themselves-but the more
experienced went about their work
with jests ever on their lips The
common attitude summed up TO
this. that making pictures was all a
huge lark and Cstrictly between
those engaged IN it, "a darned good
joke on the people who paid the
BILLY
As for the part she was supposed
20 play In this picture Of Summer
lads Lucinda never managed % Sc
cure an ineligible exposition Of It's
relation 20 the plot. Both Summer
lad and Jacques seemed strangely
vague In their own minds concern
fng IT, and Alice Drake frankly con-
fessed 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. 4
vamp no longer means or necessity
a vampire a scarlet-m outhed Sc
dUctress of strong mems souls =
NdfAlU may Uf "a lar IllNtf SUI al llN
possible person than that.
As an involuntary vamp. Miss Lee
was 90 meet Mr.. Summerlad under
romantic circumstances and inno-
Gently wean him from strict fidelity
10 the charms Of his betrothed Cor it
may have been his wife), Miss
Drake
Tba saFz ro~,srtfo .f~yt,v,7 81 a v,oas
were sufficiently thrilling Miss Lee
was run away with by her horse
while taking an early morning can
ter IN the mountains conveniently
adjacent 20 her family's suburban
villa Mr. Summerlad. similarly en-
gagged happened clong at the right
time TO observe her peril. pursue.
and snatch her bodily from her SAD
die 10 MS arms at the very instant
when her mount was plunging
headlong over a precipice. After
which he escorted her 10 her home
and on the way the two INDUCED
in normal and expected love-mak-
ing.
Lucinda and Summerlad were
photographed time and again IN
distance shots. medium shots. and
closeups. riding side by side dis
mounting 10 rest In a sweet sylvan
glade by the side Of the stream.
and finally in each others arms.
with Miss Drake riding up 10 sur
prise them as they kisseG
Because such scenes are COM
monplace Of picture-taking. Lucinda
had not been prepared for the fact
that she was 20 he kissed by sum
merlad whereas she had been Hirt-
ing with him dangerously for the
hest part Of three days Now sud
denly. toward the close Of the third.
she was instructed 20 permit his en-
brace. submit 10 his kiss and kiss
him in response
She made no demur for chat
would have seemed silly but did her
best On ape the matter-of-course
manner of all hands. and went
through with 10 with all the stoicism
when the camera wasn't trained on
her that was compatible with the
emotions she must show when Il
was
But her heart was humping furi-
arms for the first time enfold her.
and when. murmurinE the terms of
endearment appropriate 20 both the
parts the man was playing he put
his lips "a hers. she knew. both de-
spite and because Of the umult OF
her senses that she was lost Con-
t-ol Of the situation between them
passed In that instant from her
hands % his
Released az length she looked
round dazed and hreathIess. to find
that during the business OF the
kiss a party ~ unlimited onIookers
had been added 20 their professional
audience
A motor-car had slipped up on
the group and stopped and one ~
fts two passengers had aEEhted and