PLAYS IN GERMAN FILMS. The first picture she made in Berlin was "The House Of Glass" which has now arrived in
this country and every effort is being made by people of St. Cloud to arrange for its showing here at some future date.
Her second Berlin work will never be shown in this country. It is a German picture entitled "Through the
Brandenburger Thor" and will be played only in Europe.
The selection of Miss Marlowe by Universal as the star of these two pictures has placed her in a position where she is now at
the peak of her career. Previously she has played in Warner Brothers pictures such as with Rin Tin Tin, the famous police
dog. Her European contract was a result of the popularity of this work. Now upon her return from this foreign
invasion, movie fans all over the country are looking forward to her future pictures.
SURPRISED AT ST. CLOUD. When asked what was her first impression of St. Cloud upon her arrival here yesterday, Miss
Marlowe said it was one of surprise. "It is so long since I have been here," she said, "that I did not
really know what to expect. I did not realize that a city could grow so fast as St. Cloud has. The streets are
different, and as for finding places I used to know, I had to be shown where St. Mary's grade school was." Miss
Marlowe attended St. Mary's and afterwards was a student at Technical high school.
She was asked many questions about her impressions of the European stage and screen. According to her, the actors in
Germany are not even acquainted with the stars in this country. "I asked an actor over there," she explained,
"what he thought of John Barrymore and he had never heard of him. But then, it is the same way in this country."
Up to the present time, Europe has not taken up Vitaphone. They are afraid of it over there due to the heavy expense of
production. Miss Marlowe explained that pictures there are not very often shown far from the country, and they would lose
money on them. However, Warner Brothers are about to produce a two-reel "talkie" in Berlin.
In Germany it costs $2.00 to attend a moving picture. They are shown in performance like plays in America, and no one is
allowed to come in late. The stories in the pictures are entirely different. "It seems like they all have
unhappy endings," said Miss Marlowe. "But then," she continued, "perhaps that is more true to life
than our pictures in this country. Life is not all happiness."
SEES VIEWPOINT DIFFERENCE. Miss Marlowe stated that the capabilities of European actors could not justly be compared with
those in the United States because of the difference in customs and life. "In Germany," she continued, "the
people would starve for art or music. All during the winter season there is an opera, a fancy ball, or some such
event."
Yet she gave the idea that in many respects Berlin was like America. She said that at the restaurants the waiters talked
English to her as soon as they noticed her accent. However, Miss Marlowe speaks fluent German. She says that over
there they think ice cream is a joke, like all-day suckers over here.
While in Europe, accompanied by her mother, she visited every country on the continent. And they included not only the
glamorous places like Berlin, but also the quiet, simple places of country life like Prague, where se dined with King Boris of
Bulgaria at the Esplanade hotel.
In her travels was included a visit to her mother's birthplace, a beautiful 200-room castle near the Danube.
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