| Show 1 ITow To A l 1 I come ie 5 3 Ia ar r J eR Aft lg 1 ce L l jJ JF Ob t ac t e Y rr jl 51 11 r r Il Il o t r rl rr Act dl J l I l W Wo by Hard r W Work Wiit Il Many It li 71 lira H O lUlf f Of But B e 0 d 6 e f ail 8 Rich l us Is t the e 4 l z i That the 9 s r r Often Aids Ad O 7 W o lIi I- I Il IlI w 1 I JI 1 i 2 I s' s ACING 1 the camera is as sI w we sa said d last week weel m FACING the acme acme of ot your studio duo career m 1 rh career It is the cli dl- climax t rl mar max of ot your ambitions an anthe and the center toward l which all lines gravitate You enter the arena of ot y your jour hope with beating he heart rt and heightened color sure that if you overcome that hat strange fear of the camera success will follow closely upon the heels of ot your roux opportunity k We have hae already discussed the directors director's r first in- in i j i rl J l to you i Do not look i in n the camera You t fJ l will feed feel e awkward wt 1 and andA nl at r and nd run aw away away from from the curious l eyes of ot your fellow fellow- x actors They They- are curious only in to your own ima imagInation Imag imag- I for for each pla player er Is so Int intent nt on p perfecting r n his own work that you you mean nothing to him 1 After you o have have graduated from th the extra class classI I a and been g to real rest roles your four support for forthe forthe 1 the star star whether It be bc adequate te o or r r ins insufficient is the thing that will concern content your director and fellow fellow- I th player the most T To convey an impression impressio is w what at your l presence on on the studio t di fi floor r mea means f I B By means of ot a mechanical i teal ical Icar machine caned called called the camera you ron are arc going to present present-a 1 a rol role to o hundreds undre of or people You must forget org t the camera Forget FOl et you U are acting Where Versatility Rules You are that thug with thieving thieving who 1 lise lines lines' off other othe people you yon are that club member i f that popular man about bout town who dresses In faultless faultless fault fault- v less taste tast and style You are the doctor who not n t nt I only looks like a physician ician but ut utho who ho knows how to WA prop properly use his B stethoscope tb scope or of thermometer you ou are area a l farmer fanner who wears high boots and overalls and aud t you j have a rural up make Y You u are a 11 cowboy with chaps and revolver revolver- you revolver you ou ouma ma may mac be one of ot a thousand char char- You Xou m may y be white black brown or yellow e You may be be- bea a professional man roan a person of royal roya I m lIneage a laborer an officer In ill the army or the n navy ivy a criminal or an outcast of French English or German nationality If It you are an an actress you can can be e a a society woman not only be beautifully gowned and coifed but cultured an and refined d. d You are are a gypsy maid with J an Innate love lo laveo the of or woo woods s a wild carefree thing both In clothes clothes' and actions you f-you you may maYbe be a nurse e emaid a Jl 1 maid or a stenographer r or 01 any other of or women women's T You must types have r both proper costuming all and 1 the correct workmanship of your out trade I have bae known known actors torA t to h haunt libraries libraries b book bookstores Ik stores and Joca localities It es to ge get proper atmosphere re locale C and characteristics I remember r one Ine time when Bryant Wasl Washburn b ln of the Bryant Company cast castIn castIn castin In the role role-of role of 8 a vicious dope pe fiend fiend He II He was vas to app appear ap ap- p t. t pear helpless helpless- s in fn n his Js craving crating for the he drug drug- and hadA badWI had bad r i WI J I A i. i I 4 f fa a 3 47 4 I rf if S S v r A id j xia ye 4 x q i sa ati i hs w u 4 u s t. t t T t Q iu r r r rY Y a r v r wd fr aAr'S x 22 Sr r. r at t tr u 0 a yoS t h i r E iF 1 p ii d 25 L t t. t sai Qi ft v T. 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J Y r f k f sY rr v r s 1 e. e ee 11 i fi rY y jf 1 5 S ni 11 i c i Beverly e Bayne the Chicago Schoolgirl Whose fa Parents Di Did N Not ot Know Her Ambition Ambi i n Until Told She Wasa L Leadin g Lady to to d depict the terrible agony of ot a p. man d deprived ed of hb his 0 Snow Mr Washburn armed with a huge lingo medical medical book studied case every symptom of ot the dopes dope's case cas Tb Then u he went into the district where dens deus w were re s laid ald lil to and made an inexhaustible search earch to find a n thus afflicted The result The result result was a p perfect rf c f characterization l Mr Washburn received hundreds hundreds 1 of letters fro from l r pe people who had bad seen his impersonation on an and w. w so impressed they were unable to get the subject c o oyt out f for of or their minds lie Ire also had th the satisfaction of or of 4 r receiving recel a letter at-letter from a doctor r saying th that t the plc- plc ture t ture r had had s' s started ted a confirmed dope dolie fiend on o on the road I. I to reformation It was to Mr 1 Washburn the e most difficult Ch characterization he be has has' ever presented He He put so much much of of ot himself into conveying r the c character l r that for das days daj's s-he s Jie lie was unable to sleep a aThe The screen l has as great possibilities for fog d doing ing good It has bas converted number numberless ss men and women and acid planted 1 planted d food for thought In the breast of ina many y others When WIlen you ou are arc standing before the camera ready leady lead to give your our portrayal of ot of a a Ii character re re re- re member that you ou ma may be doing so some some ue one a great kindness that your ha hard Id I'd work is is not only assisting as- as as assisting you to the p paths of fame but it may be helping somo some one who vho has erred and strayed from frow the paths of righteousness We ha have e alrea already discus discussed ed the smallness o of the working live line This will not discommode the new style picture player who ho Js s taught from the beginning begInning begin begIn- ning that true tru art consists in quietly conveying ones one's emotions In the first filSt da days s 's of ot pictures when the actor realized that his bis gesticulation was the only 1111 Won on Stars Star's Position in in a Day ay ayT T SEEMS to me that every one e know knows justI just ju I IT how I came into th the movies movie the story has haa been told so 0 o many many many times time I 1 ras was as going to chool school in Chicago and I 1 used to read rend every bit Mt of theatrical news new I could find My I 4 chum Grace Taylor and myself were movie more d fans Can One day the bright idea came to us u to togo t go to the Enan y Film Company and apply for positions My family di didn't nt know our ur I secret ecret We went over early in In the morning l I II I and Harry McRae Webster who was wa a di director di It I h 1 rector in the he company at that time used u us u. 1 rf j as extra girls Irla r rI I went home burning with my secret ecret but butI I 1 was afraid to tell teU my mother who considered consid conid ered eyed me just a child Imagine my surprise to receive letter few later a a days asking aking me meto meto meto to report at the studio In great excitement e I 1 dressed and went again to o the studio Wh Mr Webster cast cut me in the lead in in The Loan Shark He liked work my and I 1 was W offered a salary alary at so 0 much less leu than I re rece receive re- re s r ce ve now that you would smile mile if I were to tell you It seemed a fortune to me and I 7 I In went home homeI I and told n my parents ab about ut my ml wonderful luck If h. I have hav been in pictures picture for four years year now and my best beat work has been done with Francis Fran cis cI X Bushman who has been my kind friend and faithful teacher That is one reason realon I Iam Iam JJ am so 0 happy to be with the Metro Company l Of course coure times have changed and the unknown un known girl does not have Ilave so 1 much opportunity opportunity opportunity to get into the game as a. formerly but if you have talent and feel that you can act go 20 ahead and may good luck attend your ef ef- forts lob Sincerely BEVERLY BAYNE i way ay he had of ot e expressing p essing h himself he be was was apt to fling his arms and legs about in such a manner maimer that fa he invariably stepped out of the picture r This is more true perhaps of ot the actor who has II received his training on the stage He Ile will act in a ll 1 j r II f frantic e effort ort to make woke up for the the loss loss of his hi voice 4 JJ I remember remember a w woman Oman star whom I 1 was amused In 11 1 J l watching a director coach She was w on n time old-time lull l' l land trouper and aud had all tricks of the trade She t II JI t 4 was most d dramatic but would do as the director commanded at rehearsal The director would say s say ay All 11 right pull it which In the st studio parlance take means the scene The actress would immediately e 19 lose h her r head and t walk right out of ot the picture Three times the rl f i 1 Ik camera man stopped grinding to shout at th the excited ex ex- f l d i 1 il cited player You are out of ot the thea picture and anti rl III lj 1 f A Jl 1 s r r. r wr w K Y ir e e times i sY I f s 's saw v the e dif Ka a a rage rage g throw r w a I q jj chair across the floor I left left before before the picture n was as finished L In fact the floor was ordered clear to give I 1 the perspiring tired director more latitude to coach his difficult pupil l l That is jone one reason many picture m Juay the girl l j 1111 1 q I with no stage training has a better bette chance She j. j ill I Ill t has leas not so much to unlearn Her fir first t lessons are 4 nIJ planted on OD virgin soil solI and she accepts accept J them With a f 0 r 57 firm belief in her director The l legitimate gl actress 1 tir i Oulu tiN s fill J has already been on the stage and d he be Is more apt sir II to weigh her instructions and amI ponder pon er over Ofer their r fU truth This Is not true of all legitimate pla players ers for man many of our most noted most noted screen stars graduated from the he stage into pictures The Secret of Character P Portrayal Francis X l. Bushman Kathleen Williams King Baggott a and ami l a score of other famous film folk tame came into pictures directly t from om the stage After Atter all allones allone's ones one's aptitude for learning depends largely upon oneself If It you want to absorb studio studio- knowledge I l land 1 and are willing ming to concentrate every ery on one of ot your orf r o f faculties upon gah gaining that knowledge whether whether- r you u uha ha have have e been bee on the stage or are coming coining directly Into pictures from the schoolroom matters not t Cah Cat every worry every ery ounce of self self- consciousness and everything e else that takes your mind from your our work Give yourself entirely to the therole The player who wins role y you you u are are po laurels is the one who lives lives in his work Make your our work register Give m up yourself to its accomplish went ment m nt If you really want to become one of or the bright lights in the illuminating crown o of picture fame let your work be your Jour hobby Worship at its feet and put aside ever every other thought This means of course when you Jou are actually engage engaged on the thc studio floor Outside of your work it is a n good plan to forget It and seek s some m other diversion But while actually eng engaged ged in e conveying In-conveying lug your role Into the wa watchful ey eye eye- of ot if the camera forget everything else but your dir director and the new character you are portraying Copyrights Copyright 1915 by J. 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