How Stars Are Made

19161916
20m

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Raymond Griffith in How Stars Are Made (1916)

She was just a poor, but honest girl, out looking for a job, when she happened to see the L-KO Film Company offices, and dropped in to secure a job. They did not think much of her work in a ... Read allShe was just a poor, but honest girl, out looking for a job, when she happened to see the L-KO Film Company offices, and dropped in to secure a job. They did not think much of her work in a tryout as an actress, but when she told them of the number of little mouths she had to fee... Read allShe was just a poor, but honest girl, out looking for a job, when she happened to see the L-KO Film Company offices, and dropped in to secure a job. They did not think much of her work in a tryout as an actress, but when she told them of the number of little mouths she had to feed the manager took pity on her and gave her a job as janitress. Her ambitions were far abo... Read all

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Alice Howell

Lillian Russell

Raymond Griffith

The Janitor

Richard Smith

The Devil
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Fatty Voss

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Alice Takes The Lead

Alice Howell auditions for the L-KO Film Company. "I'll play leading roles or be a janitor!" she offers, so they hand her a broom. She becomes friendly with fellow janitor Raymond Griffith -- in a top hat and wearing a mustache! -- who is happy with his lot in life.

Only the second half of this two-reeler is known to survive and it appears on the newly issued THE ALICE HOWELL COLLECTION, but it offers a complete story in itself. Miss Howell has been promoted from supporting comedienne to lead, and her husband, Dick Smith appears -- a bit of lagniappe. However, when director John Blystone tries to humanize the monsters that appeared in earlier L-KOs, they become dull, with little interesting comedy. It all ends in a chase with dynamite, of course. Fans of old Warner Brothers cartoons may wonder where they got all the dynamite and anvils they kept dropping on their 'toons. Acme bought them up from L-KO.

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