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CLO$E-UPS of the
By IIENKY
Were a Temperamental Lot, Wc Movie Fans
WE I1AVB always made a lot of fun of the temperamental stars of the stage
and screen. Whenever they did things that ordinary ncoplo nro not sup
posed to do, wc put It down to temperament and let It go nt that.
"And now I'm beginning to wonder If we ordinary people aren't just about
at temperamental as the stars. It's like the story of the old husband who snld,
"The whole world's queer except thee and inc, and sometimes I think thee 1 a
little queer."
For several weeks past wc have been cnrrylng on quite a serious high-brow
dtecusslon in this column as to why we were all staying away from the movies.
X first gavo scorat possible explanations, one of which was the abnormalspcll
of hot weather we had during the bummer.
In a dozen letters from readers tho problem was discussed from various
angles, and several thoughtful analyses of the movie situation were made. Hut
very one agreed that the weather had nothing to do with it.
Nope, the trouble lay deeper than that. It was that plays arc poorer or the
star system is bad, or prices are too high, or the law of supply and demand in
Tlmbuctoo and Saghallcn was operating unfavorably or something.
But It wasn't the weather. No, sir; weather had nothing to do with It.
Wo were all mad about something and we didn't Intend to go to tho movies again
until that something was corrected, weather or no weather.
AND then came the recent cooler spell and tee oil tiartcd together to
crowd into the nearest movie house and sit lack in the darkness
to enjoy our favorite form of amusement again.
DO YOU know that this sudden resumption of movie-going It so marked and
so totally unexpected that there are about a dozen houses In this city
unable to reopen and take advantage of It?
The managers took us at our former word, and thinking that we were going
to etay away until there was an entire readjustment of Industrial affairs, closed
their houses and started to renovate the interiors.
They were taking their tlmo to it, suto that they would not reopen until
well Into September. And here, suddenly, with the seats all torn up nnd the
heating systems dlraantlcd and the painters' scaffolds skeletoning tho whole
place, you and I come knocking nt the door nnd yell: "Hoy! What's tho idea?
Why In so-and-so don't you open up and let us In?"
You haven't any idea how widespread this new condition really Is. It isn't
local. New York has been hit ns hard as Philadelphia, and the New York offices
of the big producing companies have bien swamped by letters and telegrams from
the Middle West, all crying, "Tho fans are coming back. For heaven's sake,
end us somo good stuff 1"
And for the benefit of thoso who have written to this department com
plaining of the quality of recent pictures, let me say that there Is plenty of really
first-class material ready for the market. Hut it has been held back this sum
mer. It wouldn't have paid to send It out.
These productions cost a lot of money to make. The producer, in order to
get his money back and stay in business, must charge a good price when be rents
the film to the owner of tho movie Iioubc. And the owner of the movie house,
whose business demands that he keep his price of admission about the same all
the time, cannot afford to tuke these big productions unless he knows that you
and I will flock to see them In sufficient numbers to allow him to pay for the
film nnd make a decent living besides.
We weren't flocking, were we? No; wo spent tho hot spell sitting on the
front steps in our shirt sleeves with a fan, or taking n trolley to the country,
or out In the pnrk, or Jumping Into our flivver for a spin before bedtime.
And, If we had n few minutes to spare, wo sat down and wrote to this page,
telling the wide world how Jow the movies had fallen and how we have dcter
, mined not to go to them again until they get better.
Then one cool evening, when the wlff has finished the dinner dishes and you
are looking over your paper, you say casually :
"I see that Ann Sophia Brlghteyes nnd Cyril Doorknob are playing in 'The
Perils of a Peanut Vender' nt the Dlamondstudded Theatre."
And the wlff says, "Oh, I just love Cyril Doorknob; let's go see them."
And as you yourself have n sneaking admiration for tho neat curves of Ann
Sophia, you put on your coat and away you go.
' You enjoy It. It's like old times. Afterward you go home, and on the parlor
table you sec the half-finished letter you had started to send to this page. You
throw it In the waste basket, put tho cat out and douse the lights. And you
go to bed.
I
. "VES; we're a temperamental lot tee movie fans. We're the big
human pendulum and tee're always swinging. But note that tce've
K started to swing back in the rieht direction, let's swing regularly so
f that the clock can keep good time once more. What do you say,
"?' Oeraldinet
Daily Tabloid Talks to Fans
on Breaking Into the Movies
By JOHN EMERSON and ANITA LOOS
You Should Find Out What
The authors of this series are the
famous Emerson and Loos, who have
written some of the most successful
photoplays. They now have full
charge of all scenarios for Constance
Talmadge.
MUCH to blame for the general mix
up in the films are the beginners
themselves. In the majorltv of rasps
they state in loud, penetrating accents
that they desire to break into motion
pictures, here and now; but when
questioned as to tho exact capacity In
which they desire to accomplish this
ambition, they nppear to be a bit hazy.
Anything with a large salarv nnd
short hours will do. they say. The or
ganization of the business, and sordid
details connected with the various
highly specialized jobs in the studios,
concern them not nt all.
They let It go with un unqualified Perhaps you have an ambition to plnn
statement that they want to 'break in I scenerv, and Instead find that your
In the worst way and generally forte liis in the business office.
they do. jren wno started ns cameramen arc
Now making motion pictures is not i now directors. Men who sturted as
child's play. It is a profession or directors have ended ns highly success
rather a combination of professions ful advertising munagors.
which takes time and thought and 5" there jou nie. You psiv jour
study. i nionej and if you nro wise you take
arue, mere are fortunes to bo made '
for those who will seriously enter this
field and study their work as they would
study for any other profession. But I
unfortunately, most of those who head
toward the cinema studios do not take
FOR YOUR SCRAPBOOK OF STARS
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MOVIE GAME
51. NEEL.Y
Job You Are Fitted For
time to lenrn tho farts about the in
dustry. They do not look over the
multitude of different highly specialized
positions which the motion pirtures offer
and ask themselves for which ono they
are best suited. They just plunge in,
so intent upon making money nt the
moment that they give no thought at
nil of the future.
THEREFORE, in writing these nr
tlclcN, we shnll start with nn old
saw a warning to amateurs to look
before they leap. No industry in the
world presents so many angles, varying
from technical work in the studio to
the complexities of high finance.
If you really wish to break into
motion pictures, eo to the studios and
see for jourself whnt you are fitted for.
Perhups jou think you are an actor.
and are reallv a first -rate scennrlst.
jour choice.
(These "Tabloid Talks" are con.
drnsril from the material for a book
In Mr. Emerson and Miss Loos to be
published by the James .1. McCann
Company, Xew York.)
PICTURESQUE
ttuimi'iiiii piuuii'i. me unlit ill stum ituml. It is liss ex pensive to tiling pannes to plujcrs than to trnnspoit
players to palaces. Thcso places cannot bo dlstlngiiishc d from the real thing. They were constructed from
photographic models
The
LOVE STORY
MOVIECSTAR
This Is How the Story Begins:
MELL.l MOUELASn, most famous
of sciecn stars, hears that a
young girt, Annette ll'iA-i'm. has
fallen in love with Roland Welles,
an idol of the screen. Miss Morcland,
to save Annette, writes the story of
her own tragic love affair with
Welles, intending to send it to
Annette so she may know the kind
of man he is.
She tells how, while a pianist in
a movie theatre in a Western Penn
sylvania town, she met Wellis when
he made a "personal itppcarance"
thcie, how he invited her to iodic to
A'cic 1'orfc nml said he would place
her in the movies, how she came and
the chilly reception which he Rave
her in the studio. Then, becoming
tnlercsted in her, he gets htr a job,
makes loir to her, proposes and she
is diliriously happy until another
woman reveals Welles' perfidy. Then
she quits him and the company.
Later, when she has achieved fame,
Welles teappears and tries to renew
his love-making, but she knows he
wants her for her value as a film
favorite m his pictures, and she
repulses him. Desperate, she writes
a photoplay full af dantjirous
"stunts," and she and 11 , her
director, who has stood by her m
all her troubles, prcnarc to film it.
Here the Story Continues
TDl'T wht-n I began, there were few
people In the work who were nt all
Interesting to know. Even now, most ot
them fall into the habit of just plnv
ing to the screen," nnd get to be like
plavlng-caids nil face and no line k ! I
deplore this lack of mental life in our
playeis of today !
In fact, our players are, ns a rule,
divided into two classes; one. the
middle-ngrd whoso nmbitlon is burned
out; who, more or less, hae been in
duced to follow this new brunch of
their cnlling, lured by tho thought of
the regulnr snlnry, nnd the prospect of
hflne able to live with some show of
inmfort and regularity. Tiny bring to
their new work their long experience
and their hnbit of obedience Hut tliej
take no real Interesn in It, and the
quickly fall into u rut
The seci nd class Is mnde up largely i
of the joung and inexperienced nctor
He is usually a' hare-brained joting
person, out for a lnrk; If not, lie U a
self-satisfied "pusher," lacking all the
qualities which go to make up the true
artist. No nmount of training will ever
equip him to take first rank uinong '
urtlhU woithy of the name. i
Ah, if only they could renllzo how
much could be given, and with what '
rich returns! If they could only lenin
the lesson that they could not reap
without sowing, and could nut sow
without renplng! I, that give all
that gUe myself In everything I do,
have reaped wonderful returns !
For example, when, as I told you. 1
went down to that large photoplay
theatre and saw ono of my own pic
tuif'H inn off. I was feeling very bliu
Hut, ns the picture ended, and I looked
n round me nt that pneked audience,
none of whom had the least suspicion
that the woman whose pictured face
they hud been watching with nbsoibed
interest, and the womnn sitting quietly
among them, wete one and tho same,
I felt that my life hod not been alto
gether thrown away. Some of them
were crying, touched by the sorrows of
that most unhappy of queens, whoso
fatal gift, whether It wan beauty, or
charm, or what not, seems to have
made tier tb,o target for every arrow of
outrageous fortune. And at the end of
PALACES PRODUCED FOR
each picture, I could hear that sound
which is almost dearer to the uctor's
heart than applause; that inhalation of
the breuth which betokens an absorbing
iuterest.
"Pull yourself together, Xelln," I
whispered to mjself, "forget the sorrow
that consumes jou. After nil, jour
petty little troubles are of no impor
tance in the great scheme of things.
But since jou can help others, if by
only giving them nn liour's pleasure
and enjojnient by taking their minds!
off their tioublos. that is worth while!" I
And it Is. If I could only free mjself I
of the constant ache in my heait, that1
acho which gnaws like a rat gnawing I
at a beam! And bow unginteful I
am, when one thinks of nil I hac to be
thankful for.
Yes, H was right. I fear I am
writing a tragedy. But he was wiong
to say that it might be like I.ndj Mac
beth. She was great anil terrible; but
she was not sad, nnd I am sometimes
snd to the verge of madness! Four
whole, months have gone bj since I be
gan writing tills. And what have I
guined V
Yes, it is four months nnd more
since I first met you, Annette. Met
jou nt the dawn of my yient new
happiness which you, all unconsciouslj,
destrojed. bringing back to me, ns jou
did. the sting and ache, the forlorn
feeling of forsakenness that belongs to
tho past which I had hoped wus buried
forever. And during nil these months.
I have beeu struggling to put it all
cleuily on paper for -ou to see, perhaps.
And, perhnps, by so doing, I have hoped
to cleanso myself, as it were, "of that
perilous stuff that weighs upon the
heart!"
For, from the day that I made that
reckless diw:, nnd gave H mj
pioinise never to attempt anything so
foolish again, I have been wonderfully
nt pence with mjself. I hud the fi cl
ing of having awakened from some
nightmare. A feeling that in that final,
terrible moment when I realized that
death was near, I had come to mjself.
II lint iimde life possible, even llv-
ublo ngain. I could not honestly s.iy
thnt I loved him, lu the same si nie
that I had nine known loe. But it
was sweet to feel that he loved me:
pieUously sweet to hnvo him for a
friend ; to feel him near nie ; to tell him
my little troubles. And it was sweet
ANOTHER KIND OF
These women examine tho film after
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PHOTOPLAYS
THE CONFESSIONS
OF A STAR
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Who could have written this
searching, intimate record of tho
inner life of a motlon-plcturo star?
Who but A STAR WHO HAS
LIVED THIS LIFE HERSELF?
Loc, jealousy, ambition, tho
sordid contrustlug with the spiritual
and Ideal, vice rubbing elbows with
clear, clean living in the studios all
these combine to make the story
The Most Gripping Novel
You Have Read in Years
It begins on this page next Tues
daj. ? ? WHO WHOTE IT ? ?
to receive his ready encouingcment in
nil my work. For now we nlwnys
worked together. All his own ideas
and plans he confided to inc.
But most of nil, I wus grateful to
him for never speaking of his love. He
knew thnt I knew thnt he loved me.
He wns content to wait until tho
time should coinn when I would be
ready to hear him. He respected my
reticence. Ho was too unselfish to push
liis own claims. Indcid, he is more sen
sitive to the quick fluctuations of a
woman's heart nnd mind than any man
I have eicr known. He secnis, by u
sure intuition, to understand what Is
going on in me, nnd he adapts himself
to my changing moods.
I remember now particularly happy I
was with him in Washington Inst
spiing. Washington was a pel feet gar
den city at that sensnn, with its beau
tiful acnucs of tiees, and the starrv
scattering of parlis, all trembling with
delicate new green.
Wo tore mound the citv happily In a
perfect fleet of uutnniobiles, as is our
custom, pausing only to take pictures
hue and there in sonic histoiic or Im
portant spot.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
MOVIE POSITION
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LARRY SEMON USES
AL KAUFMAN IN
HIS NEW PICTURE
By CONSTANCE PALMER
Hollywood, Calif,
LITTLE Jackie Coogan Is just out of
tho hospital after having his tonsils
nnd adenoids removed. IIo nlso lost
two more teeth. "Oh, dear," he sigh
ed, "with my adenoids an' tonsils an
teeth gono, there Isn't much left of me,
la.thcro?"
A change has been made in his di
rectors Victor Schcrtzlnger has been
replaced by Victor Herman, who di
rected Owen Mooro licretoforo. John
Blackwood, formerly a Universal writer,
Is doing tho script for the picture, which
will bo tho lad's first five-reel Inde
pendent production.
Elliott Dexter Is back from Now
York. Ho will take a few days' vaca
tion before starting a new picture. One
of his ways of resting will bo joining
Wnlllo Held nnd Jack Holt in n polo
match, In which they hope to defeat the
Chcmawa Park Club team nt River
side. After Trixio Frlganza's Orpheum
contract Is up sho is to enter films,
nutting Elmer Harris' "Poor Mama"
into celluloid. She has n ten-by-four
plot of ground hero thnt rtio rondly
calls her 7,ranch," and a little house in
which she lives with a sister nnd brother-in-law.
CB. DE MILLE is off on his yacht,
tho Ceo Bco, swordfishlng with
Theodore Kosloff, tho Russian dancer,
who docs bo many things in Mr. De
Mille's productions. Ho dances him
self, designs sets nnd costumes for other
dances In which his pupils appear (ho
has n school, tooO, acts, nnd Is gen
erally handy. What must he bo nt
swordfishlng.!
I was called down a little while ago
for boing tmrcastlc not rampantly so,
but just nnsty. Can you Imagine that?
And mo just n nice girl, trying to get
along 1
Larry Semon Is at work on a new
comedy called. I think. "Tho Bell
Hop." Ho not only acts, but ho directs
all the scenes In whldi he docs not
appear.
I watched him doing the latter on a
big set yesterday. Droves of hotel
guests were surging through a lobby.
When they hnd nil passed a very tat
tered and dazed pollccmnn arose from
the floor, and In n sort of dream, kept
blowing his traffic whistle and going
through tho motions. He looked like a
huky creature, so It must liave been
n terrible battle. I found out later ho
was Al Kaufman, nn ex-prle fighter.
Mr. Semon bus n new lending woman,
very pretty. Her namo Is Norma Nich
ols. She appears ns n musical comedy
sort of maid, in a satin uniform nnd
a lncy apron. She replaces Lucilc Car
lisle, who for n long time was Larry's
lending womnn.
MAY MncAVOY, Rcolarfs new star,
is a sweet child. She is at work
on a new picture, called "The Happy
Ending." She is ngnin under the direc
tion of Frnnk O'Connor, nnd nlo keeps
many members of her old cnt. Ouy
Oliver appears this time as a New Eng
land fnrmer, instead of ns a moonshiner,
his part In "A Vlrglnln Courtship,"
Miss MncAvoy's last picture. Chnries
Ogle is also n farmer, nnd all of them
were having a regulnr old-fashioned New
Englnud boiled dinner tho dny I saw
them. They'd been enting corned beef
nnd cnbbnge tho entire dny, which was
sweltering, and they were weakening u
little.
Elmer Rice, who, under nnother
nnme, wrote tho stngo success "On
Trial," Is now sccnnriolzlng for Renlnrt.
He also writes very clever titles for
their pictures, which helps Immensely.
He titled Tom Melghnn's "White nnd
Unmarried" and Mary Miles Mlnter's
"Moonlight and Honeysuckle." Ho's
very nice nnd quiet and rather shy
wholly likeable.
Start Charles Ray's New Production
Charles Ray hns started work on his
tenth production, "Gus, Oil and
Water," from tho story by Rlchnid
Andre. Charles van Derocf, casting
director nt the Ray studloi, and Mr,
Ray hnvo choen the following artists
for Important parts in "Gas, Oil nnd
Wuter": Charlotte Pierce. Otto Hoff
man, Robert Grav, William Carroll,
Bert Offord and Richard Sutherland.
"Gas, Oil and Water" will be a comedy-melodrama
of tho Mexican border,
in wnicn automobiles anil motorcycles
and the ndventuies of their riders will
play a prominent part, Al Ray, cousin
of Charles Ray, will assist in the di
rection of the original story Into con
tinuity torm.
riiiiTori.AYs
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APOLLO
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MATINEB DAILT
I'dl.V NKOHI In
"GYPSY BLOOD"
ARCADIA AW.! ,5-,'i M
c os.mopoi.it n rnonrcTioN
"THE WILD GOOSE"
ACTriD FHANKMN ft OIIIARU AVE.
rt31Ur iTTNFr: pait.y
WILLIAM RUSSELL
In "COLOR IH I'LUCK"
BALTIMORE )A W?l?N'
TOLA N'(ill! inil RriTIT. CAST 111
"GYPSY BLOOD"
DCMM U4TII AVD WOODLAND AVE.
IJli.lsls MTivi'r rAir.Y
ELSIE FERGUSON
In "SACRKII AND l'ROlWNK LOVE"
151 T ICRIRr nrrwil ft 8umufhnn
IJLiVJl.IJHl-' rnntin"" 2 until 11
WALLACE REID
In "TOO Ml'CII SI'KKD"
PA PITH! "2 MARKET ST.
vrtrllUL in A V tn 11:15 P.M.
ALICE BRADY
In "LITTI.i: ITALY"
rsfI OMIAI ain MninoxJ Avet.
S-VJUi ii u .j an
7 ni n I'. M.
TIIOMXH II. INCI
:-s ritoni'CTioN
"THE BRONZE BELL"
DARBY THEATRE
Ramitll Hlnnnn nml llrlrnr ClmiluItU In
"GODLESS MEN"
EMPRESS
MAIN PT.. MANAYUNK
MATIN-HE DAILY
SYDNEY CHAPLIN
In "KINO. OL'KKN AND JOKKK"
PAMII Y TIIBATHE-13I1 Market St.
r-lVllL.l ha M TO MIDNIOHT
JANK NOVAK AND N1MCCIM, CART In
"THE GOLDEN TRAIL"
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Jum " 1 WAT'NRI! DAII.r
BI'KCIM, CXST In TIIIH. . INCH'S
"MOTHER O MINE"
FRANKFORD 17,B AU.AS)UD
HOBART BOSWORTH
In "1MB OWN LAW"
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CONSTANCE TALMADGE
In "DANGEROUS IIUS1NKHK"
P.RANT V2 OIRARD AVE.
t iim. . MATINTCR DAILT
i miA sitWAKT-
, IB "4 KJENTUCfW
Talks About Herself.
EILEEN SEDGWICK
Ansivcrs to Questions
From Movie Fans
Joselnh Gloria Swanson's lntest pic
ture Is "The Great Moment." "The
Green Goddess" has not yet been filmed.
I do not know whether or not It will bo,
although two of the famous Arllss plays
have been adapted for the screen. "The
Devil" was the first. "Disraeli" Is to
be finished soon.
L'Orliran Conwnv nnd Noel Tcarle
nro brothers. Kenneth Harlan is mar
ried. He has been plnylng opposite both
Constance and Norma Talmndgo In their
recent pictures.
Luoetta You ask if Nntnlio Tal
mndgo will appear In a plcturo with
her husband. They both bay "No" to
that question, so I think we shall hnve
to tnko their word for It.
Kipling Admirer Sinco tho plcturi
zatlon of "Without Benefit of Clergy"
Kipling fans have clamored for more.
So yoif see you are not unique In your
admiration. "The Gate of n Thousand
Sorrows" and "Tho Junglo Book" are
both to bo filmed.
Frivol Your favorito actress, Poln
Negri, will soon be seen In "Ono Arn
blnn Night." I do not know when she
is coming to America, but she Is surely
coming some time, as she has signed a
contract with a producing company,
which will bring her hero ns soon ns
her contract with her present producers
hns expired.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OBTAINED INDOORS
The scene shows nn exterior set which was erected In a studio. It rep
resents night nnd the light is coming through the windows
riMTOI'J.AlN
The following theatres obtain their pictures through the
STANLEY Company of America, which is a guarantee of
early showing of the finest productions. Ask for the theatre
in your locality obtaining pictures through the Stanley
Company of America.
GREAT NORTHERN sWSi'
MARY MILES MINTER
In "MQOM.M.HT AMI HOXKYbUCKI.l!"
IMPFRIA1 fl0T 4 WALNUT ST3.
"Y" l-ll-Ii M,itl, 2 30, i:vg. 7 & 0
CHARLES RAY
n "Till: OLD hWIMMIN1 IIOT.K"
Lelllfll Pnlnr Germantown A Rnd
Till, sUT.Il.li;CI.I, Htoni't'TION
"DECEPTION"
OVERBROOK 03D UAUD
thk &iti:r.mi:ci il ntonrcTioN
"DECEPTION"
PAI APP 12M MARKET STREET
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ROSCOE (Fatty) ARBUCKLE
In "CRAZY TO .MARRY"
PRINCF 10,a MARKET STREET
I linML.JJ S SO A M to 1113 P. jr.
ETHEL CLAYTON
In "HIIAM"
RFC F NT MARKET ST Holow 17TH
IM-AJLUN I 4r, A M ,., ,, j, u
DOUGLAS MacLEAN
In "ONE A MINUTK"
RIALTO OriRMANTOWN AVENUE
.r. SUi '''"'KS M. IIAIIItllVH
"SENTIMENTAL TOMMY"
RUBY "ARKET 8T RELOW 7TH
,,4!'MTA" CART In
"COINCIDENCES"
SAVOY ,2U MARKET STREET
t-ir VWI 8 A. M TO SflDNIC
THOMAS MEIGHAN
In "WHITE AND VNMARRIKD"
SHERWOOD fiV,hAT "suA:b
ETHEL CLAYTON
In "SH )Vj
STANLEY MARKET AT 1IITI!"-"
J1-VML.UI 11 A. M to 111,1 p St.
"Don't Ncslect Your W!fV
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"THE TEN-DOLLAR RAISE"
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EILEEN SEDGWtCK
TELLS WHAT SHE
THINKS OF HERSELF
By EILEEN SEDGWimr
TT'S hardly fair for mo to tell ,
- what I think about myself unj,!
you tell me your opinion. '"tv.!r
last," tho Kids call It. I know '
of my friends think I'm more or 1,
crazy to take the chances I do In film
ing serials, but I get more fun nnd Mil
thrills out of ono episode than I wouii
in doing half a dozen flve-rcel joci.tr -dramas.
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When I started plnylng with Hon,
and tigers, all my friends n.
"Bnrnum wbb right; the birth rate It
still sixty per hour," but I kent
and, with one exception, never had in
accident. u "
I llko children ami for thh reason
I enjoy mnking -serials, because child
are the most ardent serial "fans " t
muko a point of not having anythln. i
thcso chnptered melodramas whU
might ho objectionnble or set a bad
ample to children. The children of'to
day nre the audiences of tomorrow
therefore I try to glvo them wntv'
while pictures that will ediic" tc tw
up to nn appreciation of superior dE.
tures when they aro grown-ups.
I m not a reformer, goodness knows.
If there's anything I hate worse thaoY
profess bnn reformer, It's a couple of
professional reformers. I (0 feel how
ever, that pictures are the best medium
wo have for reaching hundreds of thou
sands and It is up to us to show thaa
tho moral lesson In the triumph of woS
over evil. Serials do this better thin
any other form of motion picture. But
that's what I think of reformers and
scrlnls nnd things, but not whnt I think
about me.
I think I've been fortunate In briar
able to appear In ho mnny serials
every day some new risk to be taken
some new dnngcr to undergo. And"
then there's the satisfaction of keeping
In perfect physical trim all tho time
Another phase of serials which ap
peals to me is tho frequent change o!
locale; one travels more in "shooting"
on location for a serial than in any
other form of picture.
I think the public should have mor
to do with making pictures ; make sug
gestions ns to plots, submit scenario
etc. '
Rlckson's Half-Breed Indian Rolii
Joseph Rickson. nn adept nt half
breed Indian parts, appears In many
scenes with Henry Walthall nnd Pan
line Starke In "Flower of the North,"
the James Oliver Curwood specinl which
David Smith Is directing for Vitngrapu.
Tho company has gono North to film
some special exteriors described by Mr.
Curwood in the book from which thlt
picture is being adapted.
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