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January 11, 1938
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Ernest Truex, veteran stage actor, commits to Hollywood by leasing a home for two years, reflecting on his sporadic film career since the nickelodeon era and past returns to the stage.
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ERNEST TRUEX IN HOLLYWOOD IS TO REMAIN
Clever Actor, Better Known on Stage than Screen, Is Getting Set
By KURDIN COONS
HOLLYWOOD Jan. 11 - Ernest Truex came in from a golf game for lunch, and across the table opined that golf was a great game for worriers.
This five feet three inches of dapper stage fame didn't say he was worried, not in so many words.
He just brought out the fact that in several cans of celluloid at three different studios his image is awaiting preview. Moreover, with a new movie contract, he has done an unprecedented thing for him - leased a home for two years, meaning he'll stay, come what may, in Hollywood.
He's Better Known on Stage
"The last time," he explained, "I think I didn't stay long enough. Made 'Whistling in the Dark' and 'The Warrior's Husband' and skipped within a week, figuring that was time for someone to speak if there were any great demand that I stay."
went back to the stage. At 47, although he's of the stage and scarcely known in pictures-he's a walking encyclopedia of movie history, knew pictures in their rockbottom nickelodeon days.
It was 25 years ago he played the boy lead at 22-in David Belasco's "Good Little Devil."
"We made another picture," he recalls, "and I thought it was a great idea--but then Jack Pickford came along doing the same type of parts I was doing . . .
Wants to Stay This Time
Back on the stage a while, then I got in with George Fitzmaurice George Seitz and Ouida Bergere on our own film company. We ran out of money after three reels, so we produced a three-reeler . . .
More stage, then Vitagraph Shirley Mason, Louise Huff. Norma Talmadge . . . And then no more pictures until 'Whistling in the Dark' , . . I'd always sidestep or just miss accepting offers . .
Once I went to England, stayed for four years . . The stage was always so certain, pictures seemed otherwise ..
"But this time-well, I want to stay. I like it. If I go over half as well as some of my friends insist I will, I'll be set."
Clever Actor, Better Known on Stage than Screen, Is Getting Set
By KURDIN COONS
HOLLYWOOD Jan. 11 - Ernest Truex came in from a golf game for lunch, and across the table opined that golf was a great game for worriers.
This five feet three inches of dapper stage fame didn't say he was worried, not in so many words.
He just brought out the fact that in several cans of celluloid at three different studios his image is awaiting preview. Moreover, with a new movie contract, he has done an unprecedented thing for him - leased a home for two years, meaning he'll stay, come what may, in Hollywood.
He's Better Known on Stage
"The last time," he explained, "I think I didn't stay long enough. Made 'Whistling in the Dark' and 'The Warrior's Husband' and skipped within a week, figuring that was time for someone to speak if there were any great demand that I stay."
went back to the stage. At 47, although he's of the stage and scarcely known in pictures-he's a walking encyclopedia of movie history, knew pictures in their rockbottom nickelodeon days.
It was 25 years ago he played the boy lead at 22-in David Belasco's "Good Little Devil."
"We made another picture," he recalls, "and I thought it was a great idea--but then Jack Pickford came along doing the same type of parts I was doing . . .
Wants to Stay This Time
Back on the stage a while, then I got in with George Fitzmaurice George Seitz and Ouida Bergere on our own film company. We ran out of money after three reels, so we produced a three-reeler . . .
More stage, then Vitagraph Shirley Mason, Louise Huff. Norma Talmadge . . . And then no more pictures until 'Whistling in the Dark' , . . I'd always sidestep or just miss accepting offers . .
Once I went to England, stayed for four years . . The stage was always so certain, pictures seemed otherwise ..
"But this time-well, I want to stay. I like it. If I go over half as well as some of my friends insist I will, I'll be set."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Ernest Truex
Hollywood
Stage Actor
Movie Career
Biographical Sketch
What entities or persons were involved?
Ernest Truex
Where did it happen?
Hollywood
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Ernest Truex
Location
Hollywood
Event Date
Jan. 11
Story Details
Ernest Truex, a 47-year-old stage actor better known on stage than screen, decides to stay in Hollywood by leasing a home for two years despite past short stints in films. He reflects on his early movie experiences from nickelodeon days, including roles in 'Good Little Devil' and work with various studios, but always returned to the stage due to its certainty.