New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
What Motion
Picture Stars
Think About
One Doesn't Need To Be all
Astronomer to Find Them
an Interesting Study
By Harriette Underhill

cause he Is the youngest and also be-
cause hi, new picture opens at the
Strand today. II Is "Pcnrod' and how
we are looking forward to that. A
hooth Harrington, Marshall Ncilan
Wesley Barry production-and here's
hoping none Of them disappoints US.
We felt \ li.tlc embarrassed with
Wesley and wished that he was ten
years older so We should know how to
handle him. And probably he won't be
so homcly then, nor have so many
srccAles.
I'm taking high school lessons"
Wesley announced. "My teacher tells
ne 1'm terrible dumb and then she goes
and tells my mother I'm great. I
heard her but I don't think she meant
{. I'm dumb all right. Sometimes
mink I'm punk bu. l get along with
Marshall Ncilan fine. We always agree
I mean I always agree with him. I've
been on the stage, too, in 'Penrod.
You should Of seen me- Ny voice wen.
Al soueaky. ! was so scared and
says to myself: Here's where you get
t.red; and what do you think. After
me show everyone said Great Won
dcrfu' and "A Genius and thought f.
vas lucky they didn't hear my teeth
chsttering and my knees knocking TO-
ecthcr.
80 now I've come TO the conclusion
hat I'm not so bad. Not good, you
understand, but not bad. Am right?'
Through the Eyes
or Youth
May McAvoy IS another one OF our
favorites who is in town OF a v.ca-
non. Mss McAvoy is the girl who
set everybody in the film world talk
ing about her when she appeared some
cime sgo in Sentimental Tommy" We
nave a particular fondness for this
Young lady because she has made it
possible for us to point with pride and
say, II told you So The first time
We ever laid eyes on Miss McAvoy we
wrote enthusiastically Of her and pre-
dctcd a brilliant future and almost
Miss McAvoy is only about half as
big as other people, but her eyes arc
twice as big. They are bright blue and
nave black lashes q half-inch or more.
So they really are the most noticeable
thing about this tiny star, who Is well
below the 5-foot mark and we'll under
the 100 pound weight
While we thoroughly approve Of Miss
McAvoy's screen methods, we do not
approve OF the way she spends that
big salary Of hers. Listen to what she
said about New York.
II was born here. but like Cali
fornia SO much better that want to
get back to the Coast as fast as can.
hate New York"
"But think OF the theaters," we re-
monstrated. How can one live with
out seeing the new plays?"
Don't care for the theater at ALL"
she answered. ~ care only for pic
lures"
But think Of the wonderful shops"
Il think shopping is bore. I'm al
ways delighted when have charac-
ter part to do 80 don't have to bother
with clothes"
Doesn't 1t seem stranger And Miss
McAvoy Is such a beautyl
And Prince
There Was
One day last week we were invited
10 the Algonquin to luncheon to meet
prince or duke or something i'm
portant like that from across the water. |
because we are q trpe American wc
were properly thrilled by the title even
II we couldn't remember just what it
was, and his name il Zzi Bradiano. He
comes from Rumania and although he
was caught in Berlin when the war
broke out he went to the front and is /
now wearing eome decorations which /
were not inherited. This we are quite
sure Of; also we know that he Is rich,
handsome and screen-mad.
1t began before the war, this mad
ness. when Zizi was sent to Vienna to
have certain finishing touches put to
his education. Here he became a
movie actor, as he naIvely expressed
1t In mixture of French and English.
Il thought wa. handsome and pointed
1t out to them and they gave ME 8
chance" Tho young prince or duke or
whatever he is, liked the work so we'll
that he changed his name to Lucien
Pix and went 20 Berlin to study
under Alexander Moissi, famous
dramatic teacher. Later he played in
Camille" "Satan," "Sunshine." "The
Masked Ball" and In "1s12v he was
Napoleon, and when tho war swept
over the country Ziz was intcrned.
However, he survived the war and
hen met his Waterloo when he looked {
nto tho eyes OF Phyllis Davis popu-
ar actress in Bucharest. There all I
orts OF interesting thing happened {
nd the young lady was deported and 8
izi was sent to America, which pleased t
i'm greatly. Somehow, we cannot help c
ceiling that Zizi is trifer. !
~ am very glad to come to Amer l.
"a" he stated with enthusiasm. al {
.ady have many screen offers. They t
Ike me-"
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