Does genius run in families?
Peggy Cartwright, eleven years old, has with her brother, Richard, aged twelve, just returned home to Vancouver after a most successful season at Hollywood where Peggy appeared with Harold Lloyd in "From Hand to Mouth," with Louise Glaum in "Love," and in Frank Mayo's "Afraid to Fight." She made perhaps her biggest hit in "A Lady of Quality" in which she took the part of Clorinda youthful while Virginia Valli took the part of Clorinda grown up.
With her brother Dick, she played in all the leading studios of California, and in addition they danced at many of the leading hotels and played on the junior Orpheum circuit.
Peggy has three silver cups for horsemanship, which she won in California contests.
The two, who are the children of Dr. C. Cartwright and Mrs. Cartwright of Vancouver and grandchildren of the late Sir Richard Cartwright, K.C.M.G., the great parliamentarian, made their debut into the film world largely by accident. When their mother was taken seriously ill, she was ordered to California for her health and took the children with her. There they became proficient rapidly in dancing, horseback riding, swimming and diving, and it was to be expected that they would eventually break into some of the films at Hollywood.
These juvenile Canadians who made such a success have now returned to Vancouver to resume their studies, but will in the meanwhile maintain their proficiency in all the arts which they learned in the south with a view of taking up a professional career later.
Both children have a decided bent for literature and it may be that Dick may decide on a career other than that of the screen.
Sidenote: According to her obituary, both Peggy and her mother came down with scarlet fever, prompting the move to California.