Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-05

HOW TO BECOME A FILM
ACTOR.

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+ don't be foolish and spend several hun
dred dollars On Correspondence
school for Moving Picture Acting, You
+ can become a very efficient Screen
+ Actor by rehearsing right here at
home. If it is your ambition 10 be q
hero, il is authentic that you he hand
some. IF you are not q d0II-faCed
youth, your success as a Movie Actor
VIII be hopeless. Brains or good Act
/ ing don't count. The giddy. romantic
maideus must see a handsome face On
/ the screen, otherwise ne IS rotten.
/ The next most important step is to
raise d large crop OF hair Be sure
that it hangs over your collar and
around your ears. Don't think that we
are kidding you. The next time you go
to a Moving Picture Show make it
your business TO observe that all the
+ Actors are badly In need Of d hair cut
i Moving Picture Actors are called
upon TO play all kinds of Acr0batlo
stunts We suggest that you sc out 10
Rock River and practice falling out Of
a row boat backwards. Don't mind
getting wet or cutting your scalp on
sharp edged rock The beginner has
ta do the rough work, SO prepare your
! self accordingly
To become an expert Mountain
/ Climber, there are several steep hills
about fifty feet ia height around the
/ Watch Tower Tie q rope around
+ telephone pole ana climb mp hand over
hand until you reach the top. do this
about twenty-five times. Now then at
tempt to DO it without the rope. The
/ chances are that you win dash down
/ the imaginary mountain and break a
/ leg or two. Don t let this discourage
i YOU just stop TO consider that thou
sands of people are Temarllug what
! hero you are, After Eou get out oE the
! hospital, make yourself pair of trick
wings. Tie one on each shoulder,
/ then climb TO The root OF your house.
and attempt To fly to the roof Of your
neighbours coal shed. This mag not
sound important 60 you. but YOU never
can tell when you viii be called upon
/ 10 play an Angel
( If you are thinking of being
! comedian we advise you not 10 initiate
( Charley Chaplin. Originate a style OF
comedy OF your own: Tor instance. try
walking GA q Trolley wire with hard
boiled egg balanced 0H your nose. In
the middle of the proceedings. stumble
and fan head 6rst 30 the ground and
( let an Automobile drag YOU two blocks.
/ This ought TO get en-. If there is any
thing an American audience likes. it is
( TO see q man break several bones and
/ scramble to his feet with mud all over
. his face.
/ II YOU have never had any expert
ence on q bucking Brenah0. IT is nee
essarv that You get some. All YOU
need 60. lis to take three round trips
on the roof of q Long View car. AS the
car dashes along Eighteenth avenue.
! Try to Iasso all the trees i'm that vlciu-
lity. After the three described trips-
You should be able to cross any ocean
without setting seasica.
Eescuiug women from dizzy heights.
such as from one mountain 90 another.
is very important III the work of
Movie Actor. A rope tied around tine
chimney of the Safety Building and
stretched over to the chimney Of the
Central Trust Building viii make a
very handy slack wire Walk across
this rope with a 280-p0uud woman on
each arm, Ii you Should happen To
fall about the time you reach the ceu-
ter, let yourself go. as the roof of q
Bridge car coming along Third avenue
viii make nice soft net for you to
spill yourself in.
You VIII probably have to figure ia
a
bicycle with step ladder on your
head, and being knocked to the ground
by an Automobile. For this rehearsal
we can suggest nothing better than for
you to attempt 10 pass Third avenue
and Twentieth street on q bicycle
There are plenty of Automobiles that
viii accommodate you free Of charge
We now reach the point where YOU
viii have to be a soldier in the nUmer-
Gus sham battles that take place in all
Moving Pictures. To get the Army at
mospHere, hang around the Recruiting
Officer ana the Army billboard IL
Spencer Square. OF course we are
wen aware of the fact that MIR
Spencer didn't Raise His Park to be a
Recruiting Station" But that is no at
fair OF yours. Ask a lot Of questions.
such as, how 10 charge up a mountain
with tent, cot, shot gun, and blank
cts on your back, Then go out to Long
View Park and rehearse it.
In closing our little course on How
TO become a Film Actor" we have one
other piece Of advice to give. Don't
forget that you must learn how to act
like an Indian. If you don't mind los
ing a little sleep. stay out some Satur-
day night until / o'clock and watch
the Indians coming out of our differ
ent Cafes. After one night of watch
ing these subjects. and you fnd that
you cannot play an Indian our only adj
vice to you is, to stay right here with
mother and her good old three square
meals day. MAURICE ELLIOTT.
Colonel R. II. Mackenzie. in an arti-
Gle in the CornhiIl Magazine. recalls
that Mr. Roebuck. the member for
Sheffield in the hfties. used to tell the
perfectly true story of his staying in
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