Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-05
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Ethel Barrymore Is going in for the
movies. She said 50 herself in the course
of a lve-minute intervlcw-the first she
has granted this many day. First she
commented upon an article in theatrical
magazine in which II was alleged that
work in the hlm studios breeds immoral
ity, and that conditions there are we'll
nigh indescrIbable. She said
II do not believe that the films breed
more immortality than any other business
would. immortality cannot be found in
any of the first-class studios, for there
it is all hard work and strict business
I have been in the dramatic field all my
| life, and It is not the case there any
more than anywhere else. think 1t is
perfectly absurd TO say that manager
or director can make star. They may
get their particular favorlte before the
people for short time, say six months
or year. but what is heard of them
after that? No, it Is the public demand
that creates a star and II they want you
they will make you the star. irrespective
OF the manager OF course, cne must
have ability and be willing to work hard.
That mas been the trouble with many OF
the failures-they did not have enough
experience and were brought out far too
soon.
( "The public will go and see Mary Pick
ford now. no matter how poor her play
may be. It is only necessary TO put her
name in front of theatre and then the
public will respond. Playing for the
films Is splendid work, and after my sea-
son closes / will appear in two more
photoplays that | have contracted for.
hope they will be outdoor subjects, for
then the work is much healthier and in
teresting for I love the great outdoors.
Ny work in The Nightingale was done I'm
a hot. stuffy studio during August, and
you can imagine Just how one must
suffer"
The ORIGINAL STUDIO.
The first Edison studio, or rather
combination of office and studio, was
termed the "Black Maria" 1t was a
very crude affair as compared with the
many studios OF the present-day type. It |
was about 25 by 20 feet In size. movable, |
being arranged on pivots so that its posi-
tion could be changed to follow the sun. |
This studio was located al Orange n. ].
WOMEN AS CAMERA MEN.
Tho statement has been widely cir
culated that genuine war pictures are
impossible to get. that mobilization ma
neuvers and libraries furnish practically |
all of the war news in films That this
is contrary to the truth is proven every |
week In the Pathe projection room In |
Jersey City when the newly arrived |
negati are shown. Some of the battle
field Views are so horrible that 1t Is inn
possible to make use of them. Piles of |
unburied dead ready. 10 be cremated, long /
burial trenches filled with the mangled
remains of what once were men, and
tangled heaps of human fiotsam and Jet
sam Of the conflict are all shown, Such
realism is OF course, unadapted for public
showing.
War pictures are. ii is true, very din
cult TO get, but not SO much so as In the
early days Of the war, 1t Is interesting to
note that owing to the absence OF most
able-bodied Frenohmen on the firing line,
that Pathe has been driven to the neces-
sity OF using women as camera men. The
sight OF these Pathe camera women"
trudging along with camera and helper
has become a fairly common sight IN
Paris. IL Is reported that they have
proven themselves auick to learn, reliable
and competent. and certainly those who
Accompany the army for the Pathe News
have shown plenty of nerve as well. In
several Instances they have been able 10
get 10 places where camera men were not
allowed, which goes 10 show that human
nature Is the same everywhere, and that
a pretty feminine face and pleasant smile
have wonderful potency In overcoming
difficulties
AN ANCIENT RING.
Donald I. Buchanan. one Of the seem
arlo writers OF the Vitagraph Company
author OF "4ls'' ana "Fhe Juggeruaut.
is the possessor Of unique ring, repeated
10 be more than 400 years old, which he
bought for few dollars In a pawn shop
IN Buenos Aires. The ring. which weighs
nine ounces. Is Of beaten gold. 22 karats
ane beautifully carved with q large
central diamond surrounded By u smaller
ones IN a setting OF elaborate workman
ship, that rsvolves on d swivel The
from whom the ring was
purchased related story that gees back
q the 10Th century. In 1910. when Fran
cisco PiEarro conquered Peru. making
the last Feisning Inca, a pris-
oner he demanded a ransom equal 10
house fun Of gold. Among the treasure
fizaFTo received was the ring, which
be presented 10 one Of his captains. This
captain married an Indian maiden, 10
NhOm he gave q as a wedding present.
ana her aesccndants heQaeathad 4 % the N
elaest daughter 90 each succeeding gem
Grafton. n was believed ths ring exerted
- influence that Affected the finances of
.he owner AZ each para5n 10 Uham the
slz.s descended Iosg s poruon IS lie great