The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

sentiment at his forClble Incarceration
Mr.. Hester insists that half the lines
In the finished play were Miss Anglin's
inspirations.
Vincent Serrano, who is acting in
The Revolt" Is too young not to he in
the matinee idol class himself. but he
has already formulated his views on
that topic. He told them to a Sun re-
porter yesterday. He said:
There Is in every young man who
starts out or stage career an in
herent desire to become at some time
matinee idol. which of course, means
TO play dashing. gallant roles which
Will display his face and figure and
ability for Posing to the best advantage.
even II the finer subtlcties in the art
OF acting are forgotten for the mo.
ment. But after few years Of this.
II he be an actor OF real worth, he
begins TO look around for roles less
ostentatious but o. finer and truer
merit
They are the character roles in
which he can express himself and re-
f1ect life as he has seen il, roles that
demand the very best that is in him to
p interpret, These are the mellow years
OF an actors life. when he has found
both in life and in his art a richer
fuller meaning. The matinee idol he's
no longer, but honored and respected
simply as an actor, which means n
hundred times more. As a character
actor he is able to put moro color. more
variety and more genuine emotion into
his acting. The matinee idol has not
been lost it has only become alb
sorbed in the artist"
Samuel Burbank, who plays the
part NJ partner Steele of the law firm
OF Flint q steele, whose Offices are on
tho stage Of the New Amsterdam
Theatre during the performance OF
Watch Your Step is a six feet high
refutation of the generally expressed
opinion that the dominating charac-
teristic OF the actors temperament is
superinduced by a desire for frequent
change. Seven years ago Burbank.
fresh from the University OF the
South, dropped his carpet bag in
the office OF Charles Dillingham;. He
was open for an engagement as a
chorus man. He got it and was as
signed to THE Hoyden" company.
which was then rehearsing Last week
Mr. Burbank celebrated the anniver-
sary of his professional debut and
called attention to the fact that his
whole stage career has been followed
under the management cf Mr.. Dilling-
ham. which fact is in itself a quite
unusual record.
Burbank spent two seasons in the
Chorus his engagement with The
Hoyden' company was followed b.
one with The Fair Coed In The
Slim Princess he was assigned TO a
character part which he handled in
such fashion that in THE Lady nj
the slipper" he played three distinc,
.uies, each Of them "a bit" ut repre-
sentinG in the aggregate an importan,
participation in the proceedings. Con-
sidered a Dillingham; veteran, from the
time he asked for his present role in
watch Your Step the part was re-
garded as filled
Charles Stevenson, who used to he
one OF the famous actors in The Two
Orphans" playing the ChcraIicr in
that work for years. Is now in "Ex-
perience" at the Casino He ever
dances few steps IN spite of his dig
MY as an actor. But he told the
reporter how he happened to do it.
AT first ! was inclined to feel tina,
INC dancing was bit undignited,
said Mr. Stevenson last week at the
Casino but after visiting a few O,
IN" restaurants and seeing som. of m,
m"s' intimate friends dancing the ono
s'"p and the tango, ! decided TO take
lessons myself, II has been man,
years since danced and in those dav,
IN" polka and the Old fashioned scho,