Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 16

REAL ESTATE. Behind the Screen Intimate, Personal Pictures of the Stars of the Silver Shees BY SAMUEL GOLDWYN. Copyright, 1923, by George H. Doran Company. 23, THE EV gave him all of 25 cents?" he said. Miss Talmadge, so Schenck wrote, was aghast at this disclosure of her cramped style in benevolence. cluded, “nothing would do but tha she should go out early the mnext {morning and hunt the feliow she had wronged by her 25-cent donation. When she did find him—believe me, NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY U. S. GETS NO ANSWER. Requested Equal Rights in Man- dated Southeast Africa. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February | the cia: 23.—Premier Smuts, replying to a 1924. REAL ESTATE. over with Mr. Schenck, and her man- ner when she Is with him reflects always that deep content which an emotional nature fecls often in sta- bility. dominion premiers whil for the imperial conferen; but no decision was reached. | sentations from ave not been in London| Miss T. Murray Innes is at the heay »f the leading firm In England pro dacing beautiful colored leather hgng ags, purses, blotters und calendars. —_—— SIS Z S question in the assembly as to the‘ British government's attitade toward the American request for equal rights in the mandated territory of south- east Africa, said this attitude was to | 7 7 LG T Yet Mr. Schenck represents much more than a mooring for this bril- liant personality. Remembering his efforts in her professional behalf from the moment when he 8o proudly were principally concerned in! ss C mandates. ' The subject was discussed by the | LContinued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER XIX. The Two Talmadges. ACCOMPANIED Schenck to the Rivoli to seo his fiancee on the &creen, and T was very forcibly struck with the beauty and talent of Miss Norma Talmadge. “Very lovely—very gifted,” was my verdict as we left the theater. “Isn't she, though?' he responded eagerly. "I tell you that girl is bound | to go far” He hesitated for a mo- ment, and then turning toward me abruptly he asked, “How about it, Sam? Wouldn’t you like to have her for your company? She'd come with you for a thousand a we 1 shook my head. “I'm sorry, Joe, I replied, “but you know what the situation is. It's the big name that | unts nowadays, and Miss Talmadge, eautiful and talented as she is, hasn’t enough fame for a man trying to put over & new company. But why don’t you try Zukor? He's better tablished and could afford to tal answered he, “I might as well tell vou that he's turned her down ul- ready.” This dizlogue was destined to be an lluminating comment upon both my competitor and myself. In refusing to heed the 'k of opportunity we both lost many thousands of dollars. Indeed, I might as well admit here, in these dnnals of a life so crowded with errors of judgment, that in my case opportunity was lenient. Once again, a year or so after this episode, she again knocked at my door. And once i deaf to the golden visitor. On this second occasion Schenck, who had in the meanwhile married s Talmadge, came to me with a on. announced he, “I've started Norma's pictures and, of e that I'm not so aw- d. Now, what 1 want © Won't you let her k over in your studio and get the of your advice? If you do you 25 per cent of the ve- of her pictures.” itated for a moment, and then him 1 didu’'t sce my way clear uch arrangement. 1 was too explained, to give her the at- tention meriting any such returns Nowadays in looking down the long road over which I have come I often nause For 1 realize to- day tha 4 ted this offer 1 should have made cnough to balane: many costly experiments. The realization of blunder came when 1 was his home. After dinner we sat talking together in the living room, and it must have been almost midnight when the door was flung open and Miss Talmadge stood before us. Iler eves were shin- ing with excitement: tlie cheeks above the full collar of her gorgeous eve p were the color of Never in all m vivid apparition outh. ccond for producing course, 1 ro: m; a more of wa record that impre he ied, clinging to 1 g up into his eves, “I could hardly wait until I got home to id T drew bigger Kimball Young. t it just too won- est girl in the crowds than Think of it! Oh, derful! I'm the world.” 1 had heard from Joe previously that his wife was making personal appearances that evening at the Loew theaters, but I was certainly as un- prepared for the result as was heroine of the incident e 3 in those davs the beautiful Clara Kimball Young was one of the most popular women on.the screen, and the announcement that she was going to make a personal appearance at any New York theater was almost equivi- lent to calling out the police reserves, But, struck as I was by the profe; sional significance of her speech, was even more impresced i sonal bearing. It was so evident— Miss Talmadge's eagerness to share any triumph_with her husband—she was 6o exactly like a child returning to its home with the ten gilt stars won from her recitations in geogr: phy or history—that all later mem wies of her are overshadowed by this one touching revelation of the real Norma Talmadge. lin the the | For To understand the woman whose glowing attitudes have so_enriched | t you muet think of her, not | ngle figure, but as part of a | Truc, most | it is dependent for its U effect upon the tering but equally firm threads ol its Duckground and intermingling fig- wves. The fabric of which I speak is family life. This includ Miss Talmadge . but her mother and two They would Abpear i « unit in any ficld of en- aPhvor, ‘but, as it happens, pictures fave supplied the hand weaving them into their fixed and arresting desigm. A2 & very voung child, so Schenck s told ma, Norma displayed her his- | Irionic gifts. The talent was prompt- | }v ‘encouraged by her mother, and it Wa& undoudbtedly due to Mrs. Tal- Tmadgo's nfluence that her eldest daugnter entered the employ of the ol Vitagraph company. Unlike many Sthers whose names have added luster %o the screen, Mies Talmadge was never an extra performer. Tery first sho was given @ small part. Yot at this timo she was a @irl in her | early teens. Young as she was, how- | Y ihe contrived fo have n sister Younger. This sister, Constance, Uced to come to the studio with her Simost every day, and, wide-eyed over | the importance of her more mature | relative, would fasten Norma’s frock | find help her put on her make-up. At | Yast this career of self-effacement | Was rewarded by a chance for more hatvidual enterprise. Constance be- | came an extra. in the Vitagraph stu- dios. On_the part of neither Norma nor Constance 15 there any effort to sup- pross these humble days from the Stranger's consciousness. Quite the contrary. Once thoy wers dining at the Titz with a friend of mine who has decidedly less command of this world's resources than have the Tal- madge girls. “Oh, ‘now wondertul!” exclaimed this friend. “Think of being able to Grder ke vou, Norma—without ever SELECTED (QUR woods are of the best to be found and when we have properly treated them you can find no equal for their high quality. “Better Lumber Here” Ave. & W St. Northwest Phone North 486 Sh At the |+ he_got something real looking at the expense side of the A Talmadge laughed merrily. “Well,” she reforted. “it hasn't al- ways been like this, has it, Constance? Remember the old Vitagraph days. when we alwaye had to eat inside i quarter? It wasn't a question with us of soup to nuts, but of soup or nuts.” 1 happened to be at a danoe several years ago which was attended by both the sisters. Norma Talmadge took that evening only several turns about the room. Constance, on the other hand, danced every number. I my- self was lucky enough to benefit by this protracted exercise, and as I did so 1 caught, over Constance’s shoul der. the eyes of Norma following her sister's figure through the ebb and flow of dancers. The quality of that slance will always linger with me. Why, indeed, should it not? For here she was—voung, beautiful, an idol of nd she was surveying this sister, only o few Years younger. with the fond: admiring glance which some dowager might bestow on one of the younger generation. . My interest was so piqued by this matter of the self-appointed “wall- flower that I asked a close friend of the Talmadges if this were a habitual attitude of Norma's. “Oh, dear, ves!” replied she. - ma’s always like that. Very seldom do you find her dancing more than several times an evening. What she just loves is to think of Constance as the belle of the ball. i “And how about Natalie?” T asked.| “Indeed, ves. Norma and Constance | are as devoted to her as they are to each other, and they all three unite in_worshiping_thelr mothe: i A close cotporation,” 1 commented. “Yet Buster Keaton and Joe Schenck | seem to come in for almost as high dividends as the original szou‘-l holde “Of course, “a Talmadge-in-law is all right so long as he is also an in-picture. For you've got to remember that pictures are the leading interest of the whole ! family. In fact, I think that was the trouble between Con- and her husband. He was not | only outside the profession. but 1 understand that he objected to Con- stance going on with her work on the screen 1 have been told by those who have worked with Miss Norma Tal- madge on the set that, in contrast ister Constance, who is ex- | even-tempered, she many of the characteris popularly associated with a great, emotional actress. Gusts of impa- tience followed immediately by the most radiant, sunshiny laughter flurries of annoyance, amusement—these are t tations of a nature which consistent with such Talmadge's type of gencrosity. is offered by chenck to how Norma w strects of emaciated and dirt knee: before the ) American and begged her for help. | Miss Imadee thereupon emptied onten of her purse into “It was a nice little gift,” ted Miss Talmadge in report- ing the incident to her husband, it made me happy to do it, for T| human being so grateful | d you happen! questioned her much to have in your bag? . ed with merri- lize that vou claim of the moment—a being, too, so young and beautiful—you would predict perhaps u _less mestic _situation. of the f is some and, in addition to this, he is what is known as a practical type. Miss Talmadge's devotion to him is ono of the sallents in her life. evening when she could hardly wait to, tell him of her triumpl over Clara 1 o both in pictures and out, is talkea assented my informer, !> showed me that bracelet on his offic desk; acquainted, too, with the ab-: solute devotion which he has subse- | quently given to her career, I ofgen ' wonder how it would have fared with Miss Talmadge had this element ! in her life been lacking. Certainly | she would have risen by sheer force | ulent and her beauty and her | enthusiasm without any such con- centrated intcrest. But I very much doubt if her ascent would have been r so swift or so dazaling had lfrc‘at constructive force | nt. < ivucd In Tomorrow's Star.) 3108-3110 38th St. N.W. One Square from St. Alban’s Cathedral . Attractive two-story homes, semi-detached, Drick construc- tion; built with day labor. From a being so swayed by the stable do- . Schenc! Yet The mball Young is, indeed, indicative attitude. 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