Evening star., 1924-02-10

turned to me almost at once with her
who is to be my Don Jose"
Dc Mile and ! exchanged j hag-
gard glance Many, many times hoG
thought, What if she dosen't like
him%' Our previous experience witt
stars had taught us not 10 minimizo
that possible :. ealamity.
watt
was just about To reply when
looked up. a tall young man had
entered the door aud was now walk
ing toward Es. He was only twenty
three. His evening clothes were hy-
no means fau:tless. but the face abov,.
them was flushed with excitement
Inc blue eyes shone. had nevrr
seen Wallace Reid look more like
the beautiful and romantic. younr
man Of the daSuerretoype collection
There" l whispered watching
man"
as he moved slowly toward US she
never took her eyes from his fac.
AT last, just before he reached US
she began slowly nodding her head
very good. she whispered, and the
smile with which she said it fingered
as she repeated the encomiunl. VERY,
very good"
I do not need to dwell upon the
relief afforded to us by that smile.
venture to suggest; however, that it
may have brought corresponding
hearts ease 70 Wallace himself For
he was then young and inexperienced
and have no doubt that for MANY
days previous he, too, had bees
quailing before that grim possibilit%,
| What if she dosen't like me-"
y
were inspired with awe of Mis-
Farrar'S reputation. Il bet anything
she's up stage" several of them pre-
dicted before meeting her. That eve
simple and friendly. so gay and un-
affected, was the metropolitan star
that everybody went away singing
her praises. soon found, indeed
had lowered her with more than tha;
Towering vigor of look and man
ner She has the warmth of person
al approach, the ability TO get along
with folks of all descriptions, that
characterize tho Irish race.
This element in her character was
brought out particularly in the
studio. 1t was not long be fore every
body there. including Grips" AMI
Props s"-the local terms by which
are designated respectiN ely the cleo
tricians and the property lnen-wcre
calling her jerry
This intimacy of reference was :,
token of real affection and il WAS dc.
served. for she seldom passed The
most humble worker in the studi"
without smile or d friendly word.
When she arrived in Hojl! wood She
didn't know, OF course, single thing
about making Il film. What" sht.
exclaimed on her first day. why. !
didn't realize you had to make u sin
gle scene over four times" This
freshness of viewpoint placed her in
Il situation ideal for observation of
the mental eagerness of which have
spoken. She asked questions of cv-
erybody in the studio from De Mile
to Grips 1t was wonderful to see
the zest of her application to this
new task, to watch that perfect i'm
plement of a brain cut and thrash and
assert its selected subject
There is no doubt about it.. Geral-
dine Farrar enjoyed every minute of
those first eight weeks spent in the
the motion pictures. She liked the
people in the cast. She told me she
thought De Mile was great. l can
hardly express what this wide area
eighteen months that had been in
Structive chiefly in the hardship q:
pleasing any star. at any given point
So eager was Miss Farrar for her
film day to begin that she used to ar
rive at the studio every morning ~
s o'clock. She was then all made up
for the set, and as this process is so
much more exacting than the aver
age woman's dab of powder and
rouge, ono knew she had risen not
later than 6.
HIN, where's Mr.. De Mile?
Where's everybody" she used to ask.
Her manner was exactly that of a
war-horse smiling, Hero am I.
Where's the war?'
And when she began to work moth
ing seemed to tire her. At O'Clock
in the afternoon that hour when the
average screen performer begins to
wonder if she'll melt before she takes
root or take root before she melts
the great prima donna was as radiant
with energy as she was at s O'Clock
in the morning. The explanation OF
this sustained vitality lay deeper thar
her un6oubted physical strength. She
herself voiced it one day during her
second engagement with the Lasky
Company.
She was then making Joan ih'
Woman" 1t was during the most in
tense heat of the California SUNNI or
During this particular set she wore 4
suit of armor which must have been
about as soothing to her feelings as
wrist-warmerS to a resident of som
bay. The set, which had been called
for one hour, was not actually taken
until more than four hours later
This wait, so characteristic of stu
dio day, was rendered more oppres-
siye. by the thud of adjacent carpen-
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