Carlo Schipa — Another Recruit for Romance (1925) 🇺🇸

He wanted to make a reputation of his own, and so Carlo Schipa went into pictures.

His brother is the golden-voiced tenor. Tito Schipa, whose song records are included in nearly every phonograph library. But Carlo has decided that his career will unfold entirely in the silvery silence. He has played in Douglas MacLean features, Never Say Die, and “Sky High,” and now he has his first real part as Sascha, the gypsy violinist, in Colleen Moore’s production of “Sally.”

Originally, Carlo Schipa was destined for a career as a musician. He was born in Italy, and was educated as a violinist. He acted on the stage abroad for two years in Rome, and then, following the war, came to America. For a time he stayed in New York. He did some extra work in pictures and a bit in The Bright Shawl. At last, he decided to try Hollywood. At first he didn’t get enough work to pay his room rent, let alone his board. So, to help out, he copied music for a publishing house. So far, he has had to be content with doing small-time sheiks, gendarmes, spaghetti salesmen, or the like, but his rôle in Sally is turning out to be a real one.

He has such a deadly earnestness that the doorkeepers have a hard time keeping him from getting to a director when he sets out to do so. Often he has gotten into a casting director’s office when other candidates have had to wait.

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Photo by: Nelson Evans

Collection: Picture Play Magazine, March 1925