FALLEN FILM STARS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11768, 15 October 1932, Page 10

FALLEN FILM STARS

.WHERE DO THEY GO?

Fallen stars, whose passage across the sky of the entertainment world has almost boon forgotten still glimmer dimly on the stages of Hollywood s motion picture studios. Many of the once-famous have recently worked in pictures, fighting doggedly to make their come-backs in roles which will restore their names to electric lights. Both Florence Lawrence and Florence Turner, two oi the screen’s first stars, are enacting minor roles in “Sinners in the Sun”. Miss Lawrence was known the world ovex' as “The Biograph Girl, and Miss Turner was her rival as “The Yitagraph Girl,’’ in the days before the real names .of stars were used on films.. . . Ella Hall, once a popular leading woman ; Clara Horton, a star not so long ago; Helene Chadwick, Alice Lake, Barbara Tennant, ' Viola Vale and Claire McDowell, ail screen favorites at one time, are still working in pictures. Wilfred Lucas, once a t) W. Griffith star and a leading pjayer. in ‘ ‘The Birth of a , Nation” j Ted Donor, musical •comedy star; George Ovey, comedian; Bill Franey, Elke star; Ed Coxon, Charley West Melbourne' McDowell, Ford West anil Francis Ford, all names to conjure with at one. time, are awaiting the chance to. ; which their experience and ability entitle them. . ’ Four former directors are seen frequently in. “bits” and small parts, They are Frank. Beal, Edward, -T> le Saint, Phillips ' Smalley and . Jerome Storm. • But .wit]i the exception of Storm, who is said to.be on the verge of signing a directorial contract. Hol-lywood-holds hut! little hope of rehabilitation for the old favorites.. .• The industry has grown faster than they have, and youth must be served.