ADVICE TO SCREEN ASPIRANTS.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 483, 25 October 1923, Page 3

ADVICE TO SCREEN ASPIRANTS.

HOPE HAMPTON'S SUCCESS. Hope Hampton was born in Houston, Texas, in 1902, and equipped with all the freshness and vicinity that conies from a healthy life in the out-of-door, she determined upou graduation from high schools to embark on a dramatic career. Right here it is well to state that Miss Hampton.will tell you that the best way to success is not to sit around and wait for opportunity, but rather to get out and find opportunity. Hei mind made up, Miss Hampton went to New York with her mother and be came a student of the Sargent oi Dramatic Scliool. But first permit * few personal remarks concerning hel to be given. To quote from the description of an authority: Hops Hampton's hair is the colour of sunret in contrast with her eyes, which arc the shade of a day-time sky. In ether words her hair is red, her eyes arc blue. Her skin is of the peaehbiown variety, soft, velvety, and of j;ood texture. Her woigth is about one hundred and twenty pounds, and her height is live feet five Inches. Instructors in Hie Sargeut dramatic school quiukly realised that they had a "find," not only in appearance, but with the mnLition of success. They allowed Miss Hampton to play a leading ro.c in one of the schools annual plays, and ,j her work was favourably commented -upon by a distinguished audience. She recclvod various offers to play on the stage and in motion pictures, and chose the. latter. She has mnde five pictures. Miss Hampton's forthcoming special production will b<s "Lawful Larceny" by Allan Dwaii Tor. tho famous Lasky Film corporation. She is not married. In her home she devotes herself to her hob hies: music and dogs; she also lov.jb to travol. She has, had many tripa abroad and is planning a trip around the world when her time permits.