Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-20
ACTORS BEFORE THE CAMERA.
Some Of Them OblisiEg and Some Of
Otherwise.

Some of Thorn ObligiEg and Some Of
Otherwise.
''John Mccullough, genial John, was one
OF the best of men to be photographed; he
was always obliging. He was the beau
ideal Of gentlemanly manhood We were
taking him in q large number Of costumes
one Sunday-oh, yes, that's the only day
we can get for these people-and had come
to SpartacuS We had chosen the position
and it was one where he held his arm high
above his head After John had placed it
there he said: How this reminds me Of the
time went with Forrest to have the same
thing done, and in this same position and
the tears came into his eyes l tell you,
John loved his master, Forrest, - few are
loved Charles r Thorne, Jr's, picture al
ways had an immense sale, particularly at
the time of the great run Of the Bankers
Daughter He went upon the principle
that he was a public servant, and owed that
much to it
Lester Wallack was . charming subject
We took him as Dazzle in London Assur-
ance, and he kept US in the best of humor
with his wit and brilliant conversation
John Gilbert on the other hand, was as
sedate and stately as he always Is He re-
garded it as an unpleasant duty, sort Of
rehearsal 'Sam1 of Posen' Curtis was .
peculiar one. He is great talker and Is
always wanting to tell you what be paid for
everything he has on. One Of the pleasant
est and most jovial actors that ever mot
was Sig Rossi, the Italian. He played q
great trick on our waiting maid, q darby,
by suddenly and Unexpectedly appearing in
costume before her and acting q bit for her
sole benefit. She was 20 scared that she
thought the great Rossi was crazy.
Edwin Booth is one Of the most difficult
subjects; he abominates such things and
refuses to sit under any circumstances
When he did for US he was unmanageable
and wanted his own way, which moro than
once resulted in poor picture. Mr. Bouci-
cault always assists an artist by his good
humor, and his wit is not kept for the stage
alone. He always gets q good picture Sig,
Salvini is also wonderfully amiable under
such circumstances He came in and we
took him in street costume once, and 20 our
thanks he said, not at all; II I had moro
time you should have mo in all my
Costumes William Warren ID another man
OF men; he is the soul of good humor,, and
never fails Of getting q good picture
Handsome George Rignold Of Henry VIII
fame was an erratic fellow; he said he had
rather so through whole performance than
sit for . picture; but his native vanity-you
remember he was . good-lo0king fellow-al-
ways brought him round, and we took some
fine photographs Of him. Another OF the
same style was Harry ontague-whoss
death, it was said, threw thirty-two New
York women into mourning. His pictures
and Reynolds had great sale, particularly
among the fair sex. Mr.. Irving IL the only
actor who ever ignored our request for =
sitting, but Miss Tsrry came and gave rs
sitting as Beatrice and proved . charming
subject: Nat Goodwin ID always too busy;
John T. Raymond is the liveliest Of the
lively, and when giving US a sitting as Col
Mulberry Sellers, kept up q running fire Of
pleasantrie4 Boston Timea