San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

more dear to the public as the years
go on.
No better frame could have been
chosen for the launching of the pic
ture. Fools Highway is an adapta-
ton of Owen Kildare's famous my
Mamie Rose" story of Bowery life.
Il features Mary PhiIbin, who is
rapidly coming to the fore on the
screen.
Bluff either makes or freaks you
quickly, in the movies as elsewhere.
IL depends whether the brand is mere
braggadocio or that self-assurance
which relies upon quick wit and ready
adaptability to bridge the gaps in
training and native equipment.
For Lillian Rich bluff built the
span from obscurity to leading lady
for Douglas Mclean, recent con-
tract. in a few years.
Lillian is the girl who could do
any thing" required. by the career Sic
deliberately selected.
Coming from London, dancer,
without any dramatic experience,
here responsiveness got her a leading
Universal almost at once. She &C.
quilted herself creditabiy.
Then she was selected to play with
Hoot Gibson in roles requiring horse
manship. Now her knowledge OF
horses mad peen confined TO observ-
ing them while riding London cabs.
When they asked her if she could
ride, she promptly ch;rped up that
this was one of the best things she
did. 1t was-after several weeks OF
thumps, falls and aching muscles ac-
quired in surreptiticus practice.
Shortly thereafter her unsuspecting
director pronounced Miss Rich one Of
the best equestriennes in Hollywood.
A few months ago Laurence Trim
bic selected here as the featured player
in the latest Strongheait picture, 1.-The
Love Master" filmed III the Canadian
Rockies. The role would require an
expert on skis.
Could Miss Rich handle skis? Oh,
sure, One of the best things sho
did But when the company arrived
at location it was fousi that Lillian
didn't even know how to put on the
treacherous runners.
w
threatening to secure another actress
for the part, Lillian was out in the
SNOW taking tumbles and catching up
hcroically with her buff" Before
returning from Canada she won over
every man except one in the company
ia the skiing contest. and was hand
ling dog teams in dangerous snow and
ice like n veteran.
Her progress in films includes n
dozen such episodes of making good a
but Lillian Rich isn't daunted by 4
boast. Pride may go before a fall,
few preliminary falls when there's a
goal to reach.
Besides having the Inettlc to make
good her vauntings. she is cOnsid-
cred one of the most beautiful Of
the Hollywood debutantes. having
been added by the Western Motion
Picture Advertisers 10 the list OF
1924 Baby Stars"
Audiences invariably marvel at the
screen performances IF dogs. notably
of Strongbeart. when they simulate
human emotions and motives.
This amazement. says Laurence
Trimble. owner and director CT
Strongheart. and authority on AMI
nal behavior. is due IL the fact that
humans. while associating with the
spawn of the wolf from earliest time.
have come to know him only super
ficially.
We were talking about the ''act-
ing" of Strongheart. Lis wife julie.
and their wild cousins. the wolves. IN
'The Love Master" Trimble's latest
production.
"The human being declared
Tfimble, "f1atters himself That tic
dog has. in the course of ages. taken
on human characteristics As mat
ter of fact, the dog differs essentially
very little from his progenitor. The
further fact is that humans have
deeply imbedded within themselves
the fundamental nature of the wolf
and his tanned offspring.
IF people recognized their own
basic nature better, trey would not
marvel at the aptitude Of dogs To
simulate their moving impulses"
Acting might be defined as the as
sumption of character or department
artificially provoked end sustained.
II is approximated in animals by ap-
plying any stimulus necessary 10
transform the mood to the end de-
sired.
at requires" explained Trimble.
"a deep knowledge of the fears and
RACES of the beast-thcse very fears
and angers which form the matrix OF
human social evolution. | began TO
comprehend animals when | began to
understand, early in youth. that my
own timors were exactly like those
of wolf and dog.
"When dogs act. they are not
Stimulating human behavior in any
artificial sense. but venting Their
own genuine egoity.'
OF course the reaction OF a dog
NAV be excited by something entirely
different than the sti!uulus suggested
in the motion picture.
For instance. in "The Love Mas
ter" where Strongheart seems with
uncanny tumult to sense and briste
AZ death as an actual occult presence
stalking his sick master. he actually
was excited by. the off side presence
of n bulldog.
For those who will see Strong
hearts latest performance. | hope
this transcript of Director Trimblc's
comment on the kinship of man snd
tke son Of the wolf will provide addi-
tional pleasure.
Remember its gist when you SEE
tho primitive amour between Strong
heart and his bride Julie amid the
majestic snowscapes of the North.
Mind Jules timid approach and re-
treat when she is wooed away from
her wolf pack.