Show n rr v Crane I Il S uPil e 1411 PJ Jt 1 I r ll f 11 H HOW T 1 ow can an I get t Into the movies movies ovie So many any have asked me that question and they invariably followed it with the stat statement ment I It know I could d do it It looks so easy All youve you've got ot to do is act If natural As A. if acting cU natural were wee not no the be mo most difficult art rt i i- i in inthe n f rrt vl I Ithe l' l the world How few ew realize that t to act i is not to ac act l If I were to advise these ambitious ones ones nes from my own experience I J would say At the age of 14 ld you m must st begin as a super on the legitimate legit stage receiving the princely salary princely salary of 50 SO cents a night You Z must serve an apprenticeship on the ata stage e lasting ten long loni weary weary years gradually working your way upward upward upward-if if you are lucky You must suffer all sorts sorta of hard knocks and bitter di disappointments and when you have served your ten years year and are considered to o be he a thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- experienced actor or actress you must then let them try you Wh out for the pictures W If you are allotted a leading part in your first picture it m may y be h required of you not only to know how to act but hut also know how to lib ride swim box hox fence ence and do a dozen other things thing not to to mention a afew few ew raising hair stunts in the doing of which you will will risk your life Wh limb and reputation That's how I 1 got into the movies I went at it I seriously with my whole heart and soul fixed on the one idea of making good I WIt I had the benefit of ten years' years stage experience and that gave me mer i r th the start star that sent sent me to the top so quickly o Of course there are many Iw successful oriel oneS ones in the pictures who have had no stage experience r But they most assuredly had some special gift to recommend them or they would never have su succeeded I went into the movies not by hy accident nor through any romantic chain of incidents As much as F r loved the th stage stalle I 1 felt that th the pictures w were r o going t t. t to supersede ft rj 4 it in loved the th stage stalle I 1 felt that th the pictures w were r o going t t. t to supersede ft rj 4 it in inthe inthe Wt the affections of the public and I knew that was the business for or me ma mato lilt 1 t to be he in My first part was the leading role in a picture called A Western Memory The Pathe Company produced I it t and they paid me 5 S a day It for each each day I 1 worked The money was nothing it was wu the chance I was Iwas wa after and I made good I I II When the picture was finished I went to work for or them at a salary i u IO iii a bank hank cashier casbier would be he glad to get zet and I got it two fifty l Ill m ar weeks weeks web a Y year On o. the b stage I J received salary 1 sometimes forty weeks h f sometimes thirty sometimes less p f some III 44 i I am proud of my profession and take it most s seriously If you l I want wn to 0 become bom a I J would advise you to 0 take k it i. seriously O too Start as an extra in some good studio If you have the talent they'll find you quick enough If at the end of six months month you are under a regular salary well salary well and good struggle good struggle on on But i if you you are still an extra quit extra quit it by hy all means I ll If CRANE WILB WILBUR R. R ill 4 Ibi 1 |