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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. (.—GRAVURE SECTION—JUNE 13, 1926. AMONG US MODERNS THE SCREEN LOVER. BY W. E HILLE. Copyright, 1926, by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate = o - The foreign importation. Just one of those beautiful The gay deceiver. Harold is the arch villain of the films. Young love in Maytime. Colwell is the home boy type. Matinee girls, young and old, young sheiks who came in on the great tidal wave. At He is the snake in the grass who lures and fascinates weak just can't resist the closeups of his roguish smile. Looks best in profile. ~ Usually shown his best expressing saucer eyed wonderment. wives. in the fadeout with the little wife and a haby on the nursery floor. e At left: Western Love. Bill the dare devil cow- puncher, has been con- fronted by a «lip of a girl who dared to call him crude and gauche. It has made him think All of a sudden he sees his life as it is —sodden and barren — and the spark of a pure love is born in his manly bosom. The wee slip of a girl is none other than Edilgitha Vanderveer, New Yerk debutante daughter of a multi- millionaire, who, tired of effete life in the FEast, has come to the great open prairie to visit. She. too. is beginning to think for the first time in her life! At right: The rough stuff. The delicate blonde heroine, heaven help her, has unwitting- ly aroused the sleeping beast in this primitive man. Then he looks deep in her eyes and he sees her pure soul shin- ing forth and he leaves her be. There is still some manhood left in him, by heck! The boyish lover. Just a nice, clean cut American boy. The solid middle aged lover. Sex appeal plus grandeur. The comic lover. The slapstick hero is registering that well known wistful note in his love- whose appeal is largely to the maternal instinct in lady movie Causes great unrest among the wives of tired business men. making, thus gaining a reputation for great screen artistry among the movie critics. fans. Very, very sensitive, as you can see from the 2!’" So few business men look like that even at dusk with the _ look in his honest eyes. Jazzy heroines are always wounding light behind them. him to the quick. \——=dll <"~ 1