The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
Movies Not Only kindOf Success
 For Girls
Ry CAROLINE CRAWF0RD

G IRLS, girls, girls and more VY girls. Girls who think they
 have curls like Mary Pickford, eyes like Norma Talmadge and dra- matic ability like Pola Negri. Girls who left factories sewing machines, typewriters, teachers desks, art stu dios, colleges and society life all flocks to Hollywood in search of screen fame and incidentally two or three million dollars. isa
 Such is the picture; Miss Marjorie Williams. Director of the Hollywood Studio club of the Y. W.sC. A., paints. Miss Williams was in New York city to attend the eighth national conven- tion of the Young Women's Christian Association, and later will ascend ''the meeting of the Worlds committee of the r. w. c. A." in Washington, D. O..
 "As far as I know there are no available statistics of just hay many girls come to Hollywood evSy year from every state in the Union and even every country in Europe de- clared Miss Williams Of course, the Y. w c. A. 6fsib gets but n small portion; others come through pull and go directly to their friends homes, and still others just arrive on their own hook. But they are, there -new faces all the time. with all the hope of youth and ambition burning in their eyes, and 1t has rightly been said that there are so many pretty girls in Hollywood that no one stops to look at them:TA homely girl might create sensatio r
 And do many of them go home penni- less and sorfy they, ever left their a happy homes?
 They do noti
 Although Miss Williams admits that . great number of girls are screen struck" and soon discover their fea. lures do not register well or that they have little or no dramatic ability, there. are nevertheless number of good jobs tor capable. right-thinking young wom- en. For instance
 A number of girls and young men too find employment in mob scenes, 7 said Miss Williams, While this may not be the position they wish, it gives them ready money and gives them an opportunity to look around for better employment. And the better employ ment' is there for them. This is where the educated girl comes into her own. Teachers college girls and art students nave found work tosd do which is well paid and immensely interesting.
 Script work is a very interesting position. The reader prompts the di- rector when he has lost his place giving diFections and tells him where he left off: whether Mary Pickford's s curls are on the right or left shoulder or whether she wore a blue gingham dress or pink one.
 Other young women Have found good positions as film cutters, read ing and passing or rejecting manu- scripts and writing titles for the pie lures.
 The girl who has been an art student can design costumes, plan color effects, plan interior decorations and be assigned to numerous posi- tions in the art field.
 The history student can find work m the research department, where one digs into ancient history and how Moses spent his life from the time he left the bulrushes to his nineteenth
 Miss Williams does not think, how ever, that, Hollywood's morals for young people are any worse than in some sections of any large city. Shs admits there are all classes but doubts whether prohibition and betting par ties are any more numerous in the gay picture world than they are at SC many of the resorts and haunts for the younger generation and gay old crowd in this city.
 It all depends upon the girl and how serious she is and anxious to sue ceed," said Miss Williams. My ad. vice to every girl who writes to mt before she comes is:
 Be sure you screen well and have personality. Try to get as much back.