OLD-TIME STARS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1939, Page 4

OLD-TIME STARS

• WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY. I Large numbers of people write to the studios asking about the film stars i' of years ago. Often the companies 1 themselves cannot answer, but infori mation has just been gathered on a . number of old favourites, and many ; will be surprised at what has happened to some. j Francis X Bushman has tried small . movie parts and a radio programme j series in Chicago. He also raises Great Danes. ; I William S. Hart retired on a ranch near Hollywood, where, every now and ■ then, he shows some of his old triumphs - to enthusiastic school children. He has ■ been heard on the radio several times > doing cowboy recitations. Seena Owen and Bobby Vernon, the . former a leading lady in silent pictures, ■ the latter a talented comedian, are both writing. Mae Marsh is raising children andoranges on a four-acre estate with her husband, Louis Lee Arms, a writer. Ivan LebedefT occasionally does r suave villain role, but devotes himself to writing. Raymond Griffith and Douglas MacLean were great comedians in their acting days, but have turned associate producers now and are doing well. Helen Ferguson is a publicity agent. Betty Blythe, vamp of bygone days, is trying film acting again. Irene Rich is starring on a weekly radio broadcast. She recently did a mother role in a film, her first for years, Frank Mayo is doing extra work He is also raising-dogs. Charles Ray is playing small parts, in addition to running a talent bureau and coaching school for would-be actors. Clara Kimball Young is playing small character parts. Louise Glaum is happily married and helping her husband run a small thea- I ire in California. Vera Gordon, famous for her mother portrayal in “Humoresque,” finds it difficult to get parts these days. Her latest was in “You -and Me,” with Sylvia Sydney and George Raft. Jack Mulhall gets plenty of “bit” parts and an occasional good role ir ’ small companies’ films. Anita Stewart is married, and prefers to be one of the audience. > William Farnum, who once received £2OOO a week, is now in small roles, the latest being in “If I Were King,” with Ronald Colman.