The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-18
How to Break Into the Movies
You May Practice for Pic
lures as Easily at Home
as in Hollywood.
BY JACK JUNGMEYER
NFA Service Writer

III The boy or girl determined
H. upon a movie career may
practice for pictures just as eff
fectually ut home as in Hollywood.
This declaration by Hal Roach
prominent producer. may exasper-
ate some youngsters who have all
but persuaded reluctant parents to
finance a trip to the mecca of ro-
nance. On the other hand. it may
encourage those who seek sound
advice in preparing for the precari-
Gus venture.
"A girls mirror is her best tutor
for screen acting" says Roach.
And making faces at herself is
the best possible schooling.
Let the girl who is sure her am
bition is rooted in something deeper
than a whim or excited vanity put
in hours before the looking glass,
getting acquainted with her features
and their capacity for expressing
every possible shade of emotion.
1.-THE face that has screen destiny
must Learn to see itself rejecting
ugly passions as well as tranquil
beauty. Vanity which prevents this
is a bad handicap.
Start by Initiating
Good practice is carefully to OBJ
serve some screen performance to
which the movie novice feels by
type and temperament adapted,
then, standing with back to a full
length mirror and assuming the IA
cial expression and bodily attitude
in some wildly recalled scene. sud
denly to the face the glass and see
how we'll the pos has been simu-
lated. It should be done again and
again.
Comparatively few people are
naturally endowed to animate emo
tions by the facial muscles. But to
the actor this is a primary essen
tial. Training will relieve the facial
stiffness.
81 have seen Harold Lloyd eInote
before the looking glass by the hour.
Bebe Daniels does II. Most actors
and actresses do. The mirror doesn't
fiatter. Let the novice go to it for
instruction and honest verdict"
Roach is recognized in Hollywood
as a shrewd judge Of raw movie
talent. He selected and started Bebe
Daniels. Mildred Davis (NIrs. Lloyd
Jobvna Ralston, Harold Lloyd's
present leading lady, and a dozen
other successful ones on their way.
His latest is Blanche Mehaffey,
picked from Ziegfeld's Follies.. His
advice has the value Of the experts.
Submit Photos
MANY girls after they get to
Hollywood don't know how to pre-
sent themselves" he says. Il am
convinced many a potential star
has been lost to the screen for this
reason.
Few applicants get hearing or
a viewing at the studio unless they
have good photographs Of them
selves, preferably a choice showing
different angles and a suggestion Of
roles that may cOnvincingly be as
sumed. For 1t is photos rather than
personal appearance that determine
screenability. And, of course, movie
test shots always finally confirm
eligibility.
Beauties Wanted
Motion picture producers, II con-
WINGED by photos a girl might be
a find, would take the trouble to
have a movie test made Of her at
home. OF course there are other
requirements, but this precedes all
others.
And It is surprising TO the lay
Nnan how many girls considered
rather plain show up like million
dollars on the screen.
Many potential film stars are liv-
ing in obscurity. A sheaf Of photos,
assiduous practice before the home
mirror, and some thought as to how
best to present themselves when
they come to Hollywood, might
quickly make them celebrities.
I'VE are as eager to find such
girls as they are to be found, for
while the Hollywoods are full Of ex-
tras and mediocrities, there is al
ways a scarcity of high-class players
and genuine beauties"