Evening star., 1926-11-14
VIE average actor OF the stock
company considers that he
has a pretty hard life.. He is

u has a pretty hard hte.. He i
rehearsing one play whil,
verking in anoth~- II nat:nees ane
night performances. Quite often h'
gets his lines n-.~~i ~nd & :e>1 harsF
words iron. "''h.- Price Glory
nay creep in,o'th~ ma-rli: scene OF Z
nucolc drama. Tn@se Sips are 2ar-
loued; tn actor's m;Hd may not bt
-apable OF keeping lis lines just
where th.y belong.
Bit tlris same stock actor might
AXE lesson from the work Of Lya
lie Putti, star OF "Manon LesGaut,
which opened last SUNDAY at The
Wardman Park Theatcr. The little
dark-eyed s'iu of girl worked il
two n7astcr nhotoplays At one time
spending - mornings II \ariety
and hcr a.. runnr> il, "NaEon les
raut." Til Iact cane to .i&ht IN ar
interview r7lh LA when She caI"e
20 Wash,rg o. las ~ea'; to view tn
lrst shov,rr ~ "Nan'n
Lya Gcc> TO- e-cdH "-t-n>rjr2u
especially ~cj'. st.c has- strange
way OF rI<...- h"g German. .'re2c.'
and Eng A-r e>1scl4.r hen SIC be
ONES cs.H.,.r. ~. subject
And so -. y, .t,--- fb wa not
an easy un-. .i.t -. .tG+a very III
,erestinc -,c., =. r.- =" and h.
work, froni tte YIN. ..' "a = tl"E'
dancer oa tu- tl~re...e. etage E"
he sign..S oi lie. ~. a;1ount con-
tract. >te ao2c@5a u - E.m, be
lore coming f. tie,s country and nc
3. only - rC2Ts Old.
The Hu"pa:.5v ~t2:. when iitt c
more ;aan 2, bau-- took Up stage
3aucing. appearing ~ many OF tbs
apitdis ot }.@ropc. ! his dancing
went on intit >he attracted the AT
,cntion o; one of the German photo-
play producers. and then she was Of
fcred a contract ir the movies, at
nat time c.a>ecd among the novel
;,cs n Europe. iya. according 20
tey own ,rr-ds. va confident that
ne ~a9 dancer and not photo
play actress. hut SAC took up the
tev work. Unusual success marked
ie~ appearances. and during the next
Jew wears 81" worked with some OF
'hc ,.adipe directors OF the German
Inns.
l'or two ,-ar> she coaxed her pro-
.iucins company to allow heT TO ap-
pear In ..ii. ersiou OF "Nanon Les
ant" Sic met with refusal uuti,
he Amcfcau producers sent her 4
ontract > }oia the Hollywood col
"ny. ~ that time she was prcpar-
nE to axe I'D work II Variety, the
picture which later met with success
this co;tntry. \ lat moment plea
onvinced the Ufa firm that "Manon
,houid be made into picture. and
title LA was given the leading fem
nine ro,c There was only time
nough 10 conlnlet" Variety before
he Amcrlcan coutratt was III force.
so the star ""nt 70 work IN doub c
>hlfts-"N Variety in the mornings
and "Alanon' il! the afternoons.
The scenes OF the two pictures
we're shot III the Berlin studios of
! fa--and the photopavs TUNED out
o be wonder attractions. Then Iva
dc Putt came TO the United States.
One OF the interesting features
toout the "Manon" pictures is the
history OF the original. Il was writ
er by Abb Provost and first turned
nto ballet by Halyey in 1890. Balie
1urned OIL. the first "Menon" opera
~ 1880. THEN came the Auher opera
IN 1880, The Massenet opera in 1884
md the Pucciai opera about 10 years
atcr. Now It IS q photoplay. ard a
;Ood one. too.
Producers OF photooiay~ afc be-
ginning 10 wondec wAat the effect
= color photographs viii have upon
heir wori J. is conceded that color
photography has arrived 10 stay. but
here is no sign. rs yet, ri II crowd
ng the back and white from the
Green. improvements II the process
and reduction OF It's costs may even
rally bring color photography into
lireCt Competltlon VII. thc black
md white prints.
In color photography the possibiii-
eS oi makeup viii be greatly re
tuced, and there j. question o.
neither the stars and featured play
>re Of today viii stand the color. Ii
lhc Black Pirate. which was filmed
ntireiy in color, Miss Dove played
opposite Douglas Fairbanks, and be-
'ore the color cameras her beauty
vas, if anything, heightened. How
Yer, Fairbanks made many cxhaus-
we screen tests OF leading women
oefore he SELECTED Miss Dove.
Y * =
There j. something new IL the
Hollywood colony An English mo-
',on pi-turc expert is now stationed
here to advise on stories and scenes
most acceptable 10 the British. And
Al American OF SIN. az rating is 10