The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-14
Beautiful Screen Star

NN RIEN saw Lillian (Billie)
 MW Dove yesterday I just wished
 and longed to be a poet. be- cause then, don't you see, one could indite "A Sonnet" to her wonderful gray-blue eyes; and a "Roundelay" to her marvellous smile; and a Guar train" to her lovely complt xion; and "Diatribe" to her luscious lipsi but alas. being only a prosy old news paper scribe and not poet with the poets fire of spring, the only thing that I could think of that was even "rhym-y'' in the least bit or like poetry was:
 Roses red and violets blue,
 Sugars sweet and so are you"
 So, instead of bursting into poetic effusions about this beautiful girl, will just have to tell you in my own simple way, or try, because no mere newspaper could possibly describe this beautiful creature adquately. how really lovely little Miss Dove is
 When l went a-calling on her at the Tutwiler soon after she arrived yesterday, I found Miss Dove sur rounded by beautiful flowers, boxes of candy and all sorts of wonderful clothes. because she adores pretty clothes and has trunks full of them all kinds and descriptions, and what's more designs" most of them.
 Crowds of people had swarmsd around the foyer" to see this fav- orite of the screen, when she step ped into the big hotel from her car, proving that there is not the slight est doubt but that movie starn is just about the most fascinating human mystery that ever sets foot upon earth.
 The populace, with myself in- ciuded, is absoluttly "daffy" on the subject; people are really wild with curiosity about seeing whether their favorite on the screen is IS pretty "off" as she is "on,' and whether : she's big or little, young or old, blonde or brunette. and all sorts of things about her.
 And so little Miss Billie" Dove has arrived to let Miss Birmingham" see just exactly how pretty she is and if you don't agree with me that she is just about the most adorably lovely creature that you've ever laid eyes on-well, then you don't know what pretty is.
 And how many sweethearts have you and are you engaged and which of your leading men do you like best and-and-" I pounded the question to the lovely cinema star all at the same time yesterday just as ma ma" Dove entered the apartment and gasped in amazement, asking. if I hadn't been misinformed. and If she wasn't an "older sister" instead of mama"
 "Oh, dear, I have lots of good friends among men but not sweet heart fO my name"
 Story story" I exclaimed.
 "Oh, well, have it your way, but I haven't" little Miss Dove smiled back.
 "As for my favorltes among my leading men, perhaps Huntley Cor don, who has played with me in my last two pictures, is my favorite. He Is wonderful man as well as a splendid actor. And Kenneth liar Ian I liked very much, too and let me tell you something; people always think a star is in love with her lead ing man-but it isn't true; kisses on the screen don't mean anything at all; it's all in the business and as for caresses we are often more bored than the one who must do the ca- ressing We laugh about it when it is all over and have good time over it."
 "As for the Hollywood colony-I really haven't any idea of whether it is good or bad; I have never lived there and have never made pictures