The Washington times., 1914-11-04
THE BEST
Photopldy Department in
WASHINGTON
Photopldy Actresses
Noted for Their
Youth and
Beauty

The women patrons of the photo
play IN Washington learned a very
curious fact last week. At least
those did who attended the ball given
by the Washington exhibitors. and
had opportunity to see some of the
actors and actresses in flesh and
blood with whom they have been IA
miliar on the screen for so long a
time. The fact is the average motion
picture actress is much handsomer
of the screen than on! There is a
sort of tradition among the great
mass Of the people that the actress
is a very ordinary looking person
when seen in the broad light Of day.
ton for this belief years ago when
the only stage celebrities known
were men and women past middle
age. The musical comedies and mo-
ton pictures have brought out new
aggregation Of feminine beauty, and
the old belief is entirely upset The
motion picture actresses are not only
hsndsomer than they seem to be on
the screen, but they seem shorter in
stature!
Perhaps it is the seeming small
ness of the actresses that brings
about the only disillusionment when
they are seen In proper person. The
average patron of the film does not
expect that the actress will look AS
we'll of the screen as she does on.
but is entirely unprepared for the
fact that while they actually look
better, they do appear considerably
shorter And we have had several
inquiries as to why that should be.
The actual figure Of every person
seen on the screen is usually much
enlarged. Perhaps the average
patron never thought or this. Inc
figures that are projected from the
film are Of heroic size, sometimes
the mems figures being as mach al
ten feet high. They do not look tall,
OF course, because everything
around them is in proper proper
ton. Or it should be said. that
everything else Is enlarged by the
magnified projection in just the
same proportion.
rne TACT remains. however, that
In losing all color value except
black and white, the screen audi
ences lose a great deal. The pho
toplayers who were here saturday
evening to attend the exhibitors
ball were an unusually handsome ag-
gregation of women. They were also
unusually well dressed and. lastly,
they were practically all of them
very young women to have achieved
the great success that has come to
them. These three things caused
great surprise to those who saw
them. The delicate compilations OF
the average motion picture actress
are a natural product, too, not
work OF art. The fact that they are
mostly young women and are COM
PEELED to take very good care or
themselves to be in trim for the
perilous feats they are called upon
to perform tor the screen accounts
for their healthy, rosy compleXions.
Their youth Is due to the TACT that
the motion picture Is also a youth
among industries, and that when II
first came into prominence ii was
very q 'ticult to get people with
stage experience and sufficient apil-
ity to properly portray the charac-
ters. The result is that the ablest
OF the directors determined to train
their own artists and to get young
girls to train. Mary Pickford is
hardly out of her teens, and yet she
has been internationally famous as
an actress for more than five years.
Lillian Walker. Gertrude Mccoy,
Alice Joyce. Blanche Sweet, Lillian
Gish. Mae Marsh. Lottie Briscoe,
Beverly Bayne. Ruth Henness;,
Mary Fuller, Florence La Badie,
and many others are equally as
youthful. and yet they have earned
regulations as actresses that extend
around the world.
When the film artists are seen on
the screen these things are seldom
remembered and they are regarded
IN much the same light as other
professionals. The actress IN the
motion picture industry who is thirty
years of age Is a rarity. Few OF
them have reached twenty-five and
there are a number not yet twenty.
This. therefore, accounts for their
very youthful appearance and their
fresh beauty when they are met
face to face.
The men, curiously enough, do not
ook much different from what they
appear on the screen. except entirely
as regards coloring. Marc Mac
surprise TO those who saw him Sat
urday night. Very few Of his ad-
mirers recognized in the tall. sandy
haired man in the group of Edison
PLAYERS the popular favor'te or
''The Man Who Disappeared pic
lures. The others looked very much
as they do on the screen. The short
ness of stature was not so noticeable
In the men as in the women.
The bringing together of Jne pub
lie and the actors and actresses az
affairs such as the exhibitors ball
seems TO be very good thing In
many ways. 1t gives the patron
closer personal interest in the pc
tures and II permits the artists TO
get the views OF the people as to the
way they like 10 see them best.