The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-17
ACTING FOR
THE MOVIES
IS HARD JOB
L. X. Lincoln Also Says Many
Stage Stars Do NOT Make
Good before Camera

NEW YORK CITY, April 17-That
there is great difference between
the technique Of the speaking stage
and the motion picture studio never
becomes SO apparent as when Ie-
climate stars enter the realm OF
the photoplay, Is the opinion Of e x.
Lincoln, late star of the Vttagraph
OF THE LittIeL Rebel" produced by
the Photo Play Productions Com
lpany, whose Offices are in the Cand-
Ter building, go West Forty-secono
street.
The question on players going
from the speaking stage to msotton
pictures is one of great Importance
to all who are interested either
lin the stage or the photo-play. II
has been especially agitated OF late
when SO many stars have been re-
cruited to appear in single phOto-
Iplay. As a player who has been be-
lore the public through both medi-
INNS and who Is recognized as one OF
the coumtry's most Intelligent as well
as most popular leading men, an
actor who has studied the art anu
technique of notion pictures as nave
few others, Mr.. Lincoln is sngutariy
we'll qualified to speak upon this sub
ject.
s'Wiile do not wish to decry the
work of legitimate stars in any way,
said Mr.. Lincoln, their appearance
in motion pictures have impressed
on me the fact that often times q
very smart person may not under
OF the photo-play differs from that OF
the stage. Even making up is done
Nfferently for instance. Then the
working lines must be understood.
ptaying before the camera is far
different from playing before an au-
,dience. To get the best results one
must have experience and have
studied. -
no11cv ,of the photo Play Productions
Company. Frank A. Tfchenor, the
general manager and myself have
made an exhaustive study OF TINS
phase fthe producing end or the
motion picture industry. We WISH
our pictures to reach the public as
THE highest form of INSTALLATION OF
the plays from which they viii pc
adapted. Take our first producL1o,n n,
The Little Rebel. 1t has played IN
every hamlet from coast to coast,
and as play ranks among the most
nop11lar. Now we will present 1t IN
the best possible way. After study-
ing the work on the, screen OF pray
ers and of the players whose rep ma "a
tons have been gained by WoLk on
the speaking stage, we decided 90
make mo our cast of persons expert
enced Ia the silent drama.
Many Failures.
.tOur decision to compose the com
pany of screen players has been
reached because we know before
hand inst exastly what to expect
from their work. They understand
the technique Of the business. 1t IS
foolish, I believe, to expect to trans
plant a speaking actor or actress 70 2
AN entirely new atmosphere ana
method of procedur at one well
IswooD and expect him or her to get
the best results
This idea is ample born out By
the appalling nhnlber of failures tnat
have been made recently by Ieg1ti-
mate stars in expensive motion PFC
ture productions. I believe that e
would not be placing the average
too high to say that not one IN Ten
OF these great people of the spoken
drama have been satisfactory in
their work in pictures. In seVeTal
instances they fell down utterly
lsometimes it is the exaggerated
artistic temperament which prevent.ss
tina star from getting into the splrn
of the work, but as a general RUE
/, it is an absolute ISck OF kno"9ou5o
Of picture acting that causes the
trouble. with reasonable training
and some real hard study OF tne
basic requirements OF this brand
new art, the real actors of the leg1t-
innate stage mould most readily into
Efne picture actors, but usually they
are drafted at big salary to work
in one picture, and they have 'talien
Dawn and gone ont of the game be-
fore they have grasped even the ele-
nnentary details Of picture acting.
voice Counts on the Stage.
/ zone great difference between mo.
1+ion picture players and those OF
the the speaking stage is that the first
mTst be primarily actors or actresses
whiIe the latter are often readers Oh
lines. The speaking voice covers q
multitude of sins ON the speaaane
Stage. It cannot do SO in notion
pictures The player on the screens
have but two methods of conveytng
thoughts: expression and pantonnamle.
He learns these. He becomes mas
ter OF the art and enlarges upon M ms
Vehicles ttll they are sufficient. Inc
PLAYER on the speaking stage relies
ali foo often on a, quaver OF Ghs