The Expressions of Ann Forrest (1920) 🇬🇧

A beautiful Danish star who intends building a dream house.

Ann Forrest is one of the beautiful screen actresses who is rapidly climbing the ladder that leads to fame. Only a few years ago, though Ann was then a tiny tot, she left her native land of Denmark, and, with her parents, went to seek fame and fortune in America. Ann has found it in filmland.

The True Mark of the Danish Girl.

She is a dainty little maid with beautiful flaxen hair — the true mark of a Danish girl — and she is very accomplished. Added to this, she is absolutely without fear. She volunteered for any part which required daring horsemanship, swimming, or daring high dives, or any scene where a particularly thrilling incident was to be taken and someone who was not afraid of risking her neck was wanted for the part.

In “Riders of the Purple Sage.”

After a number of small parts, Ann was chosen to play opposite William Farnum in that particularly thrilling Fox photoplay, “Riders of the Purple Sage,” a film version of Zane Grey’s famous novel. As Jane Withersteen she won universal praise, and established herself so firmly in the hearts of the cinema-loving public that she was offered an important role in Allan Dwan’s production, A Splendid Hazard.

A Star in a Night.

Now, her wonderful acting in a coming photoplay, entitled Dangerous Days, is said to have gained her the coveted heights of stardom. The part was not thought very much of when it was offered to Ann, being one of the so-called minor parts, but Ann loves her work, and meant making the very best of it. She worked and worked by day, and rehearsed and rehearsed by night, with the result that she acted the part with so much realism that both director and author declared that it was one of the most remarkable bits of acting they had ever witnessed. This is saying something when we remember some of the wonderful pieces of character acting we have seen on the screen.

So this delightful little actress has made, her name, and I prophesy it will be a big one.

She Read Their Hands.

Among the many accomplishments of this little star is a real gift for palmistry, which the other players in the studios and her friends arc not slow to take advantage of.

There is not much spare time between scenes for Ann, for one or other of the stars will ask Ann to study her hand, and try to tell what Fate has in store for her.

The belief that Ann is gifted is also shared by the men folk. Only the other day Frank Lloyd, who is directing Pauline Frederick at the Goldwyn Studios, caught Ann looking at Miss Frederick’s hand. He insisted on her scrutinising his palm, and was caught by the camera-man. You will remember this photograph appeared in The Picture Show a few weeks ago.

Her Dream House.

Like all real patriots, Ann has never forgotten her own land, though it is many years since she has seen it. And her greatest ambition is to build a house that at present is only to be seen in her dreams. It is the house in which she was born, its memory kept green by a photograph that is one of her most cherished possessions. For it was to this house that her father took her much-loved mother when a blushing bride, and where they lived happily before and after Ann came to be their much-spoiled darling.

Green Gables and Triangular Windows.

An architect is now preparing the plans of this house, which is to be set in the foothills near Los Angeles. From Ann’s description, it sounds particularly attractive. It is to have green gables, big oak beams in the side, and the most delightful windows shaped in triangles. Then, again, it is to have a thatched roof, which, though we have many over here, is something of an innovation in dwellings in the United States. Thus Ann’s dream is to come true.

Other Photo-Plays.

Other photo-plays we are shortly to see her in are A Splendid Hazard, with Norman Kerry; “The Great Accident,” with Tom Moore. In Dangerous Days she plays opposite Roland Lee [Rowland V. Lee].

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Special to “The Picture Show.”

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Photo Captions:

• Her gentle smile.
• Winsome.
• Wistful.
• Amazement.
• Tears.

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Where to Write to Her:

Ann Forrest,
Goldwyn Studios,
Culver City,
California.

When writing to stars, if a reply is wanted, please mention “The Picture Show.”

Collection: Picture Show Magazine, May 1920