Ruth Miller — What’s in a Name? (1925) 🇺🇸

Shakespeare’s adage concerning the nothingness of a name has been disproved again.

Ruth Miller, whose picture is on the opposite page, studied dancing as a child to gain strength after a long illness. She recovered her health and became so skillful that her parents withdrew their objections to a theatrical career and permitted her to dance in a Seattle vaudeville.

There Wallace Reid saw her and arranged a movie engagement for her with Paramount. But she was a meek, frightened little girl in those days, and got nowhere at all. There was another Ruth Miller — now known as Patsy Ruth [Patsy Ruth Miller] — so Ruth No. 1 dropped from sight for a time, returning as Diana Miller, a self-assured young person. It was the change of name, she claims, which rid her of her humility complex, and brought out her real personality. She has, of late, played leads in seven Fox productions.

She is quite pretty, with lovely titian hair, and a newly vibrant personality. Also, for those who are interested in romance, she is engaged to George Melford, the director, whose advice may have been instrumental in the blossoming of the new Diana from the meek little Ruth of yesterday.

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Collection: Picture Play Magazine, June 1925

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see also Diana Miller