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( ' :. , THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JANUARY 18, M920. x ' - p T ' ( l? & 8 Violet Heming Grants Interview In Taxicab'on Way to Catch Her -Train Star of "Everywoman" Talks About Herself and Her Latest Plays While Hurrying to Station to Board Fast Train for Boston Says She Is In Love With Motion Picture Business. I u. il t. v V 4 By GORDON TRENT. This it what might be called in in terview on th wing. It began in the parlor of the Hotel - Astor, pro gressed in a taxicab and finished at the Grand Central station, with the interviewer racing along the station platform to catch the last word the interviewee waa machine gunning towar4 tiim from the rear platform of the Knickerbocker express to Boston. The elapsed time of the in terview was just 11 miautes by a split-second Ingersoll and through out the whole 11 minutes the inter viewee, Violet Heming the beauti ful, beautiful "Everywoman" of the screen wondered what it was" all about. And as the interviewer had to devote the whole of his precious 11 minutes to obtaining Miss Hem ing' views on an amazing number of. things, he did not have time to tell her.1 . So Miss Heming, when she reads this will know that the 11-minute-taxicab-hotel -railroad -train inter , view w5s a direct result of her be coming the newest star in the 'firma ment maintained by the Famous Players-Lasky corporation for the entertainment of the dear American public and the profit of Paramount Artcraft exhibitors. And as Miss Heming has scored an altogether re markable success in "Everywoman" and has just completed her first starring picture, "The Cost," and . will be very much in the public eye from now on, why she will find that this interview is only one of many she must submit to as a motion pic ture sta ... "Everywoman" vs. "The Cost.1 We-have seen "Everywoman 'at the Rivpli who hasn't? and, quite naturally, we concluded that the girl who played the title role in such a thing of haunting beauty would spend most of her time talking about the picture; but, by a most faithful record, 'Miss Heming men tioned "The Cost" even ftftener than she did "Everywoman." So "The Cost," which she has just finished at the Famous Players studio in Fifty-sixth street, must be a wonderful picture, Jindeed, and I am going to watch tor its release aate, so mar . shall not fail to see it. Violet Heminjr is so beautiful, and her big eyes were'sb appealing that it seemed abominable to --harry her when she was trying to catch a train But the girl' who played "Every woman" and who then became a Paramount Artcraft star is news and the editor, being a person who knows news, had ordered that I get an interview with her at any cost. This was the excuse I offered to Miss Heming when I met her in the ht to whisoer the truth, I needed no excuse I had always wanted -to talk to Violet Heming vr sine T saw ner on ine stage with Margaret Illington tn The Lie," a few years agoi "I'm English; il came to America when I was 4," said Miss Heming, trying' to help me, while she nerv ously eyed the clock. "What do you think of "Everywoman?" V "Great!" countered the interview er, "but let's talk about yourself. ' And She'a Happy in the Movies. "I'm happyito be in the movies; happy for several reasons; but the best reason of all is the fact that it gjves my mother and friends in Eng land a chance to see me, and I don t seem so far sway to them anymore. You know, I haven't seen my mother in a long time, and only the other day I received a letter from her, tell ing me how happy she was Jo have seen nie in 'The Turn of the Wheel,' my first venture in the movies, with Geraldine Farrar. OH, but wait until she sees me in 'The Cost.' It is a re markable story one of David Gra ham Phillin's, you know." "Yes, indeed," came back the in terviewer, "but you were talking about vour mother " "Unlike mtst mothers,, mine en couraged me to take up a stage caj rcer. She believed in giving a child its' natural bent, and mine, .ever since I learned to walk, has been the stage. There was never any doubt in my mind that I should eventually succeed in the theater. I went into it with the idea that there was no keeping me out of it." . There's the key to tht whole sys tem of success in whatever line one undertakesl Miss Heming has an idea, and she put her idea across .because she was imbued with the spirit that couldn't lose Obstacles," handicaps and disappointments were many. But when the hour was darkest she doggedly repeat ed the formula: "They can't keep me out!" And they couldn't. Sim ple psychology. People Quit Too Easy. " "If people- would only realize that a little more heart and a little more effort will sometimes carry them over the top there would be less unhappiness in the world. But people are- too prone to quit with the goal in sight . I made up my mind long ago that success in any thing is not so much a. matter of genius as a matter of stick-to-it-Jveness "I don't remember what my first cart was. but it was a child's part, and how I worked; Asleep or awake, it was ever in my thoughts, and oh. it's almost train timet" Out Of the door and into a taxi Grind Central Station-bound. When Miss Heming picked up her end of the interview again she had "Thff Cost on her mind. tverywoman is wonderful, but possibly be- ; cause 'The Cost' is my first starring picture I can t get it out of my mind. I do hope the people will like it as , much as 'Everywoman.' " "What was your first 'truly big success? ventured the-interviewer, f Her Fin t Success. ' "I was the original Rebecca in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.' The . theater shortage of today Is nothinz like the theater shortage of those days.' Why, .we yere on the road for 10 weeks waiting for a chance to come into New York. ' I loved Rebecca, fche was so genuine, so wholesome, so delightful that one couldn t help , loving her. That's why the play was such a success. Some of my other plays have been 'Under Cover.' Under Fire.' and there was one other 'Undes,' but I can't recall it at this moment lhen there were 'The Naughty Wife.' and 'The Love Drive,' and, oh, yes, I was with George Arliss in Dis raeli.' Last season I appeared in 'Three Faces East, nd In in',it now In fact, I'm going up to Bos ton for a short run in the play." At Forty-third street and Broad way traffic became hopelessly con gested and she watched, with faci nation, while big Babe McDonald expertly undid the -snarl. Envies Policewoman. 'Do you know what I'd like to be for one day? No, not a queen, but a a traffic policewoman! That's right. I don't think I'd like it for more than one day, but for one day I would like to boss a congested corner. 1 would like to siana an oy myself in the middle of the street and tell the drivers 'what's it.' Wouldn't it be great fun?" The interviewer was on the point of saying: "It would with you," but, afraid of being misunderstood he wisely kept silent. From Broadway to Vanderbilt avenue four blocks Miss Heming mentioned "The Cost" six times. She is so enthusiastic about her first Paramount-Artcraft starring production thajt she just bubbles over, and one cannot help but ab sorb some of that enthusiasm.' The taxi reached the station. Through the waiting room with the interviewer tagging along at her side, raced Miss Heming for her train. The question was appropriate. "Do you like walking?'' she wis asked. i ii "I most certainly do, but one of my ambitions is to go mountain climbing. I did a little of it when I was in Los Angeles working on 'Everywoman.' but not enough to satisfy me. Some day I hope to do some real climbing Mt. Hood or er Mt. McKinley." Gets What She Wants. And it's almost a safe bet that some day she'll do it, too, if she wants to badly enough, for Miss Heming is the sort of a young per son who usually gets what she goes after. She is enthusiasm itself en thusiastic about her work, enthu siastic about everything that holds her interest, and a great many things hold her interest "Mv createst trouble is that I haven't half the time I would like to have," she went on. Each day is too short by half. There are so many things I would like to do. But my work makes such heavy demands upon my time that I can do little else.".. ...... j Her Climb Up the Ladder. Cominer from Miss Heming, there is deep and genuine sincerity in what i she says. There isn't any doubt that she believes in herself and in her methods. One knows that that be lief is justified in the light of pres ent results. For it is strictly by her own efforts that she has gone up the theatrical ladder. She is extremely modest as regards her own success and recognizes that credit is due the men who have managed her. I ve been very fortunate m some ways, said Miss rieming. Al most always I have come under the direction of men who know the stage and who helped me across the rough spots. To them I am deeply indebted and grateful. But import ant as stage direction is to the Stage it is even -more important to the mo tion picture, and I want to say right here and now that Mr. Melford de serves the greatest credit for the wonderful production he made out of 'Everywoman.' Mr. Melford worked very hard and without his guiding hand I do not know what might have become of 'Everywoman.' Lovea the Movies. "Oh7I love motion pictures. I love the work itself, the atmosphere, the studio, the people in it. Ilovc it because 'it reaches so many peo ple; its scope is so much greater than the theatef's. At first one ex periences quite an eerie feeling when one sees one's self moving about on the screen. They tell me that in time that feeling wears off, hjjt I'm still young at the movies and there are so many things about it that seem odd to me. It isn;t like the stage. On the stage you have, to recreate your character at every per formance before every new audience. In the films you create the character once and no more. And the man in New York sees precisely the same performance that the man in Middle boro, Mass., does and vice versa. There's 'a great deal to that Of course I love the theater. It is my first love." - , . Upon her return from her tour in "Three Faces East" Miss Heming expects to commence work upon her second Paramount-Artcraft star ring production, which will be "The Princess of New York," from the story of TTosmo Hamilton. Her great ambition, however whisper it I is to write a play. Like David Belasco, she believes in the necessity of orooer -stace lisrhtinar and she has made a thorough study. ot the subject. Mow she has an idea for a play. "I haven't done much with it late ly because my motion picture work has kepf me so absorbed, but in the near future I hope to be able to give it proper attention and see if 1 can't persuade a manager to give it a production on Broadway. You see" The train started to move. The interviewer dashed for the door, fol lowed by Miss Heming. He made the platform in safety. The train gathered momentum. He raced with it to catch what Miss Meming was saying. ' y - "Please let me know what you think of "The Cost" when you see it I" . ; . But the train was too far away to catch the rest above the noise and roar in the train shed, and any way the interviewer was all out of breath." . " . ' . ' j , ee Wi Edwards says: i ' , - " . v . r . 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