The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-17
MADE WEALTHY
BY THE MOVIES
Fortune of Broncho Billy estimat-
ed at HaIf-Million

q VI. Anderson. known by every
ratron of the movies" is one of the
veHthiest actors in the United States
and despite his fortune which Is es-
timated at more than half million,
ne will continue to perform for the
picturen. Among his holdings are u
1900 theater in san Francisco,
The Candy Shop" q musical comedy,
ana list Of city lots in a half dozen
cities I'm the west.
on a recent visit 10 Kansas City,
Vroncho Billy was Immediately recog-
uizel by crowd Of youngsters and
his greeting prompted the following
interview In the Kansas City Star:
Everywhere | go | find kids know
me- | don't mind the kids. but IL 10
tiresomc to have grown men come up
and try 10 talk 10 me. just because
they have seen me in the pictures. You
Know there are persons silly enough
20 believe that / am the sort Of person
] appear to be in photoplay. | mover
carried a gun in my life outside of in
films, and Id run out of my shoes II
there was any real shooting going on
At heart ! am as gentle as n kitten
get strangers think | am = bandit
rt least a reformed one.
rs n matter of fact, am just Ike
any other actor ! was in little
stock company eight years ago and J
got n chance to go into pictures, aud
tried producing them myself.
struck il lucky and so far have made
% success Of II. If hadn't had the
rrst chance Ia probably be walking
down broadway today. looking for an
engagement. and lying about my SAL
airy like the rest of them"
Cowboys Now Actors.
Broncho Billy saws the ranches are
almost depopulated, because all iha
cowboys want to be photoplay actors.
Give . cowboy pair of chaps and n
wide sCmbrero hat. and let him ride
rr 20 the eye of a camera, and he's
the happicst person on earth" Broa.
cho Billy says. They would leave the
ranch and work i'm the pictures for
nothing, IL we wouldn't pay them.
They al want 10 be leading men. Girls
don't Hct stage struck any more
they get picture struck Hundreds
OF them come to us and offer to work
Tor nothing, but we engage expert
cuced actors only.
The Property Men.
Our property men are tough. We
Lave enough articles OF our ranch at
Niles Cal, TO outfit a dozen homes
aud most of 1t was stolen by the prop
Crty men. They take anything they
get their hands on. The director tells
The property man to get a piano. and
prop prings il back. He rs like
cub reported on his first story.
You ought to see our 'squidge
The 'squidge is the diplomat, the fix
'r. the man who borrows the million
aires home for the kidnapping season
ours used to be a circus spielcr. We
need a mansion and grounds 'Squids
watches until the woman of tho house
d, out shopping and the man is down
town.
We want to take few pictures
mere he says 10 the house girls
We'll take picture OF YOU busting
ut the front porch and then the reg
ullr actors come on. Run off a few
Mike
Mike turns the camera rapidly and
The girl dusts off the porch. But the
pictures never appear on the screen
because run off a few Is the cue to
discouuect the machine before turn
ing the crank Then We run wild
through the house and over the
grounds and beat 1t away. The mill
luuairp hears about his house being
!u the pictures and raises Cain and
the house girls haunt the picture