The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-07
Mayo 
 Hollywood
Star Says Burn The Place Up" Has Great Regard For Ma bel Normand Calling It A Shame To Men tion H e r Name In Murder Of Taylor.
By MILDRED MORRIS

New York, Feb. 7-"Burn it up! The Hollywood Film Colony is a pernicious influ- ence. Scatter abolish it. something ought to be done. Burn it up-I say"
 Frank Mayo, screen and stage star and a resident of Holly-- wood as a member of the Uni versal Company, made this statement here today.
 If I express myself bitterly 1 am expressing what every self-respecting actor in Holly wood feels" said Mayo. "The best thing that could hammer to moving pictures would be to abol- ish the Hollywood colony. I am nor saying its rampant with Immortality and degeneracy for that's not trI1e put It IS a pernicious incluence
 One wrong is that there are not outside diversions. The result is every one Is bored to death. AlI~you hear IS pictures, pictures until you are al most frantic
 
 say to the managers, but I'm afraid there's no use- You don't see more than three or four moving picture actors at the concerts we do get.
 The only bright spots are homes or earnest intelligent artists like Nazi- move, Clara Kimban Young and others who can discuss books and music. I could name some who may not be overburdened with brains but at least are striving to improve them selves. And l want to say that one Of the finest and most intellectual in the colony is Mabel Normand. Its a shame her name should be mentioned . in connection with this Taylor murder
 Why don't we actors who have re- spect for our art and ourselves get together and demand a cleanup of the undesirables? What good would that do? You forget that some of the biggest stars in the business are been raised to positions for which they are not fitted. They receive enormous salaries They haven't the brains or desire to improve themselves and they spend their money like drunken sailors. They are trying always to build sensations, bored to death with Hollywood and themselves. And their action bring opprobrium on every ac- tor in the business. They make us all suffer. It is not fair and I for one resent it,
 Adolph zukor, head of the Famous Players disapproving of the sugges- ton to scatter the Hollywood colony, defended it.
 There's no more Immortality in the Hollywood colony than in the New York Stock Exchange said the film magnate.
 Isolated cases of scandal in Holly wood are taken and magnifed, that's because the film folk are more fami- liar to the public than any other class of people. l suppose disgracefuI things happen in Hollywood but they happen among men who are members of the New York Stock Exchange and they happen in other groups.
 Even if we so are inclined, it would be impossible to abolish the actors in other sections of the -coun- try. In the first place, climatic cond1-- tions make it necessary to maintain studios there. Our company and other companies have millions of dol lars invested there and it would mean enormous loss to move the colony. Wherever we moved the actors they would be bound to gather together in colonies
 Because of their peculiar closeness to the public individual film starts must watch their step, but I am not pessimistic about the situation. The movies haven't gone to the dogs and they are not ~oing to the dogs" Carl Laemmle, pioneer producer and head of the Universal Film company. advo- cated morality clauses" in moving picture contracts to keep stars straight
 He expressed similar views on Hollywood as MT Zukor. The Univer- sal company has had morality clauses in it's contracts since the Fatty Arbuck1e case. An actor signing contract with the company agrees not to do anything that would reflect dishonor on himself or the ompany.