The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-25

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Iii XXI
month Fof HOLLYWOOD, and Luz
cinda forgot to think 1t strange
that she should not resent being
made love to by a man with>rouee
on cheeks and lips and eyelashes
beaded With mascara.
III the feeling that she had cast
s3ler lines in strange places was
quick to wear off. in those three
days S4of work with the summer
h lad company, the fun of it WASH I.
lucinda threw herself into the de-
tail Of every hour with tremendous
zest, and liked it all as she sell
dom had liked anything before.
There was another side to the
business OF course. One heard
dark hints of the uglier side, one
even eau ght glimpses of it-as IN
Circumstance OF Nelly Marquis. But
IS awareness of it had no perceptlole
effect upon the spirits OF those
wi IA whom Lucinda found herself
II associated for the time being.
Sone5of the younger members OF
4 the acting division seemed to take
S5Iife thought seriously NE
meaning, as a rule, themselves
y but the more experienced went
about their work with jests ever
on their lips. The common attl-
tude summed up to this, that
aking pictures was all huge
lark and {strictly between those
engaged in IT'D darned good 1oke
ON the people who paid the bllls:
AS for the part she was suppos-
ed to play in this picture of sum
nlerlad's, Lucinda never managed
TO secure an intelligible EXPOSE
ton of its relation to the plot.
Both Summer1ad and Jacques
seemed strangely vague in their
own minds concerning 1t, and
Alice Drake frankly confessed she
Ii hadn't read the script and hadn't
the faintest notion what the pic
4 ture.waS about.
To the best of her observation
her role was that of an invo1un-
tary4vamp. Not vampire: yamp.
IA yamp no longer means of neces-
sity a vampire, scarlet-mo uthed
seductress of strong mems souls.
Yamp may be a far more social
ny. possible person than that.
AS an involuntary yamp, MISS
Lee was to meet Mr.. Summerlad
H under romatic circumstances and
&innocently wean him from strict
fidelity to the charms of his be-
& throther Cor it may have been MS
Rife), Miss Drake.
The said romatic circumstances
were sufficiently thrilling. Miss
Lee was run away with by her
horse while taking an early morn
ing canter in the mountains con-
Syeniently adjacent to her family S
su burban villa Mr.. Summerlad,
Similarly engaged happend along
at the right time to observe her
peril. pursue, and snatch her bod
lily from her saddle to his arms
at the very instant when her
mount was plunging headlong
oYer#a preciplce. After "nlch ne
Escorted her to her home and on
i the way the two INDUCED in nor
ma1 and expected making
Lucinda and Summerlad were
photographed time and again in
distance shots, medium shots, and
sc1ose-ups, riding side by side, dis
mounting to rest in sweet sylvan
Glade by the side of the stream,
and finally in each others arms,
with Miss Drake riding up to sur
prise them as they kissed.
Because such scenes are a com
amonplace of picture-taking. Lu-
cindas had not been prepared for
the fact that she was to be Kissed
Il by Summerlad; whereas she had
been flirting with him danger
aousIy for the best part of three
days. Now suddenly, toward the
close OF the third, she was in
structed ,Sto permit his embrace,
submit to his kiss, and kiss him
insresponse-
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 was compat-
Eible with the emotions she must
show when it was
But her heart was humping
when she felt Summer
lads arms for the first time en-
fold her, and when, murmuring
the terms of endearment approprf-
ate to both the parts the man was
playing, he put his lips to hers,
{ she knew, both despite and be-
cause OF the tumult of her senses,