Show F- F c T fj 1 now III 0 0 A vie JV 5 Ja I our 0 coa iov ar r Demand for far Comedians ns' ns IV Never ever Greater S' S Today Today-Suc e sf ul al Funny M Mel L I Are Serious Serious f Minded Siber-Minded t e wl ors Off Stage r W TS TSa for a s XV fr i Or Laugh I M Making aking I s an rt That Requires Requires' Earnest arnest Study S 'S no easy Job to be a comedian S says ys ysIa Mack Ia k epnett the creator of many famous come come come- es for a really funny screen actor is a f. f It tt was wa Mack S Sennett who discovered Cha hap lian Jfhn in and helped him develop his feet and his his' ked ed mile It was Mack Sennett who's Jn in ins in's e s 's deep dark eyes a chance to c con con- n m mirth rth to the screen Ford Sterling Fred Mace l et rm the other famous comedians started In lathe the t schooL Right Bight now out in Los Angeles Mack has collected a score of stage tage humorists Weber and Fields Eddie Foy and Ua Ray Kay cock all there waiting to tra transfer s r their h n into the immor immortal al celluloid So it lr is ism is-im- in v II read what Mr Sennet Sennett t thinks of f the r l' unities for screen comedians n ome people take it for granted ed that the h come- come ra Of ft the film is a headed giddy headed lackadaisical having baying a reckless s disregard for the conven- conven p o society and thriving only by the o a kind Providence uch j Is not the ca case e. e On the contrary the men w omen ep whose lot in life i e is to amuse others fo form m ious ions working hard-working class having ha ing little time for forand and much less less' time for for those reckless em Mf often often attrib ted to t them l t. t Film Actors a Happy Cr Crew w. w fhe e players ayers in the great empire de film are a aThis hearted class This is fis due to a healthy norA nor- nor A Induced b by association tion with ith a a p pleasant and Sal rat occupation 1 t n reply PlY to many ny q questions on the subject t I 1 state tate here with emphasis that the that film comedian ifO L off the st stage as as he sometimes ape apo ap ap- o 0 fe e on My most serious are some l t comedians who are arc known to the world of t the to Interpreters e laugh but to me as asas as- as Tided American meric n citizens men of exemplary i 1 nd lid d high standing in the community in 1 h 11 y live e he e 6 men have hae gone into the film b business S ness not notIS IS Ie if f the glory glory attached to It but because they Ina C e. e more mone money making people laugh than Sg ring Jg In any other otner p Pursuit Many of them oil oile e graduates some have had excellent tech- tech Ige tra ning but despite these perquisites they theyo r o o smile and keep the world at ease rather wrestle wrestle with the bulls and bears of i ithe the business Why High Salaries Ru Rule e else can you ou 1 find na a vocation in which b ness calculation does not Business figure figur in the caE ca- ca if 1 E EHe he player and which which p offers equal aquai material i ement You cannot find any There is no r business iness pursuit In which young oung meu men anti and n have ve forged to the front so quickly WI with h ordinary financial returns as motion pictures can afford to pay the high salaries salaries' I I la ito to his players Payers because the present demand m comedies stands without precedent and still mes fues to grow consequently the players are earning weekly Into the hundreds hundreds' for work worl that that'll is fly congenial ii but Is mere play l y compared with world of ot business this meteoric rise to success and and emolument mth birth to a class of ot reckless young people whose lm im in life is t to to- spend the their r easily gotten earn earn- n nEa a may devil-may-care way ways I 1 have heard this this' ed lin gain again and again but I 1 wish wish to enter entera ent ra a any such statements in so gO far as they he ren ren re re- re reC i C n he hc Important players at the studios r her berg berg- bergis is s riff riff-raff in any business and motion cs are iare no exception There are are dozens of 11 s 's who who rho rise rise- rise and and fall tall In film glory with the sun J f TV ii T 4 1 I X vIl V-vIl Y a Y FH F. F f J f A r v I ij l 1 I rv 6 i J k R 2 p r rT T i St Y It 0 CAM b 4 4 R k 4 v t i. il jt L' L S t l C r Nay p f N i w 4 I r s M v v a t. t t tb Gs s l J Y a 7 t I 4 5 Sf 4 4 1 t I V. V S I e MA ABEL B E EL L N NOR NORMAND 0 R iF f MAND beautiful C girl 0 who won success I. I in in n f 41 K comedies am edles and now enss ens's en- en en en- encourages i ss s's 5 i co rl other am ambi ambi- b. b II I- I I r to lOUS 0 to fo girls seek r S f fame ame J r f 1 H v f r S P 8 and fortune r t une in In Fil realm 1 r rea J 5 I h m. m 4 r r Il who nev never r will make good They are for the business and a d energies s Bho should ld be be diverted elsewhere o r But also there thero are players associated with pic pic- I ture-m ture ture malting whose very very souis souls ar are wrapped up up up in ln their work w who talk lk think and and dream pictures an and who are steadfast te in i their purpose to tore reach ch the top topmost most rung of the ladder or die in the attempt These form the backbone of ot the film indu industry tr and it Is to th their excellent w work rk unselfish unselfish- sacrifices sacrifices cs that th t lave have verc h high sta standard d d o of today today Yd J I Come Comedian Ji n Looks Like Prof Professor l' l 1 One Ono of my foremost comedians a man an create it a a I laugh a any any y time he pleases is minded when away from the studios that if his face were were not so well Town known own he would by his his conversa conversa- tion tion be taken betaken taken for a a student of philosophy hy or a college professor Ills His greatest hobbles hobbies are driving n s small car of well known n vintage and taking a a plunge in IIi of a morning One of my m- best known women stars lives with her mother in ill a very modest fashion She has bas but buto butone butone o one e longing and tb that t is to Jo shop shop Any afternoon on after after working hours she may be bo seen downtown n going from store to store with her arms full of ot r Mabell N ands imd's ry of f Success WAS originally a Griffith girl In Inthe In I the old days when David Griffith produced pro pro- pr pro produced pictures s I was in inthe the z comedy company Working for Bi Bio Bid graph at the same time was Lillian and nd Dorothy Gish Florence La Badie Mae Marsh and Mary fary Pickford They were 1 all doing sob stuff so I was delighted i ito to be the comedienne of the crowd Mack Sennett coaxed me into Keystone and there I have remained In the evo evo evolution I lution lotion I a am indirectly again in Griffiths Griffith's company company though all of my work is done sunder t the e direction of Mr Sen Sen- nett I cannot cannot advise advise any girl to come come a into unless she is willing to accept ac bumps with the glory We who jump into rain barrels and hang by our eyebrows to o ten-story ten b buildings are bound to get hurt sooner or later I Iam r am just recovering from a severe ill illness illness ill nI ness caused by concussion of th the brain T I received it doing a stunt in a Keystone Key stone comedy Its It's all a part of f tb the game and if you would shine in the comedy limelight put behind fear for gameness is is' your your middle name comic pictures s. s t Here is good luck to all the amm ambi- tidus ones ones may you realize your dreams dreams' and n never v. v r get a a bump either in your t p ride or r your head Both hurt equally MABEL NORMAND b bundles A Aside de from this she Is an outdoor fan tan and loves loves' 10 es' es to drive an automobile and visit the near near near-by r 1 beaches for a swim In the surf pIr Mr Sennett does doe oes n t name this woman star but just between us I Ifancy Ifancy fanc fancy it is Mabel Normand Accidents are bound to happen In the best regulated business To secure a laugh is sometimes t ta a Ii painful ordeal for tor the players Recently when one well-known well player was ushered inhered Into the presen presence presence pres pres- c en ence e of the king he was supposed to stumble over overa a pillow at the fO t. t of the monarch and obviously sly a angered to kick tb the s1- s1 said d pillow well wen Into th the royal royal al features It happened that the star was once a afoot foot football all play player r on an American college te team and when It came to the kicking question he imagined it was up to him to make a perfect goal goat g fie Te let h fly hit hitting ng his kingship square in the face and 1 breaking the royal spectacles Th The glass severely cut ut his face and nd the king was hors de combat fox for several days days' 1 If iU If producing laugh in the film world erious C business just take a player into your confidence ence and he will vill soon set you right right concerning concerning the inner Inne 1 workings of ot comedy production I 1 have given you Mr 11 Sennetts Sennett's letter in full because be he- cause I 1 believe your entrance into the film world worl Iii i-i iia S Sa sa a business proposition and should be treated as t such You are desirous of being associated with witha a a. motion picture studio that you may have a n me means ns 1 of livelihood h i It is a sincere wish and should be treated with serious c consideration N Comedy Parts Not All Al Fun a If you ou have haven a picture e face race and picture talent do donot donot not be a quitter and let the man or woman standing outside discourage you You have bave heard the best e known directors In the tho business comment on your opportunity opportunity and if f they believe for the ambitious ti and talented young person there is a place keep on trying Do not lose your hope until unU you are arc re fat def finitely told that you rou do not photograph well or that you ou are arc not a good screen subject Its It's a II business proposition with you Underneath the and the tinsel and paint a good l living living living-Is is s waiting for you If it you can make good Who wouldn't 1 rather strive to get a salary In three figures than to work for money that one figure covers I tarn tain that no girl should should give up a ft stenographic hIe position or that no boy should give up a permanent position for an uncertainty but I do do wish to ems em emphasize em emphasize the fact that that if you get a chance embrace It Do yo your r best to to- tomake make good Article after article has been penned about the exaggeration of the salaries received by the pI player player You have Mack Sennetts Sennett's word that the big stars 1 get salaries in the hundreds per week and the people peo plc pIc less Jess famous receive pay envelopes with with more mor F I than enough to keep the gaunt wolf from staring II r them in the face I Copyright 1015 1915 b by J. 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