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Show Screen Drama Equals Grand Opera Prima Donna, Is Convinced of New Art's Standing With the Stage After n Hying trip across tho continent con-tinent Gernldlno Karrar reached New-York New-York from tho studios ot tho Jcsso L. La sit y Featuro Play Company at Hollywood, California, where bIio has been acting beforo tho enmera all summer in plcturizatlons ot Carmen, Maria Hosa, nnd n now plot based on her own Hfo entitled, Tho Temptation. Temp-tation. Carmen will bo tho first of these shown throughout the United States on November 1, released thru tho Paramount Pictures Corporation. Tho prima donna's appearance was In comploto contradiction to her statement that sho hnd never worked work-ed so hard In her Hfo. Sho had been nt tho studios of the Lasky Company slnco tho mlddlo of June, nnd her acting in tho sovcrnl plays In which she appeared demanded, sho snld, acting act-ing ns strenuous as a circus performer's. perform-er's. She looked very attructlvo as sho stepped from tho ferry at West Twenty-third street, wearing a white traveling costume nnd a white summer sum-mer hat trimmed with a big green feather. i "Although I never had any misgivings mis-givings ns to my success as n photoplay photo-play actress," said Miss Farrar in an interview with newspaper men who went to Easton, Pa., and made tho trip back to New York in her private car, "tho results obtained, I nm sure overyono in tho country will ngfee with me, wero moro bcnutlful thou I even had anticipated in my enthusiasm. Frankly, I nm Bntlslled that tho now nrt of tho photoplay stnnds equal In Importance with grand opera or tho speaking stago. "Tho only problem I ever faced In J tho new venture was In selecting tho right studl03 in which to mako tho photoplays. Without reservation I wish to say that at tho Lasky stuldo they aro doing tho best things in tho world In photoplays. Well, if you do not believe It, see my pictures when they come out. "It did not take mo long to learn. Cecil D. DoMlllo, Director General of tho Lasky Company, Is a man of wldo experience on tho legltlmato stngo. He told mo precisely what could bo done and I was prnctlcally without restrictions ot any kind. "And thnt Is tho difference," continued con-tinued Miss Farrar. "between noting In grand opera and for tho photoplays. photo-plays. I always havo considered acting act-ing In grand opera to bo tho greater part of work In that profession greater great-er than singing. This was tho op-portunlty op-portunlty for which I had long awaited await-ed to act ns I felt, without tho limitation lim-itation of a vocal rolo. Carmen In pictures Is full ot Incidents I longed to provide in tho opcrntlc version, but was unablo to glvo to that work." Miss Farrar was asked If sho bo-Moved bo-Moved her appearance In motion pic-turo pic-turo theatres would lessen her popularity popu-larity as an operatic and concert favorite. fa-vorite. "On tho contrary," said sho, "I will make thousands of now friends through my screen work. In grand opora I sing a season In Now York; two weeks in Chicago; a week In Boston Bos-ton and a week in Atlanta. An nr-tlsto nr-tlsto cannot bear to havo her work so limited. In the photoplay I will bo seen by millions of persons whom I never could reach through grand opora, tho concert or tho talking ma-chlno. ma-chlno. In addition to tho gront Joy ot tho new work, I think I havo accomplished ac-complished something notable in art. because my medium that reaches bo many hundreds of thousands ot persons per-sons ovory wcok as tho photoplay Is a wonderful thing to bo mado a great agency for good work." |