The Washington times., 1915-08-23
THE BEST
Photopldy r Department In
WASHINGTON
Pictures Speak With
Universal Tongue,
Asserts Hobart
Bosworth "

Il 10 interesting to the student or
motion picture history to learn from
the men who have bsen actively
engaged in the making Of II just
what they think Of It. Most people
who have followed the progress OF
pictures are aware that the men
who have made thsater history,
who were engaged in the business or
profession Of amusing the people,
were the very last persons to realise
the possibilities Of pictures. To act
IN pictures they regarded as be-
meath their dignity. There were ex-
ceptione-very few except1ons-to
this rule, but 1t was the general
feeling OF the theatrical procession.
been noted was Hobart Bos worth.
who appears at Crandall's tomorrow
and Wednesday. In The Scarlet
SIN" Dosworth wNS a well-known
Nnd highly regarded leading man OF
the stage when Ill health forced him
70 lye IN Los Angeles. He became
pertinent appeared with the seIis
Company in one or two photopiays.
He liked 1t 90 well that hc was Of
fered-and accepted q regular engage
nent Later he formed his own
company 10 put out HlNl versions Oh
Jack London's storieA. Within the
past few months he has becvme one
Of the leading men and directors OF
the Universal Company.
Bosworth was leading man with
late Augustin DAILY and In q number
Of very big theatrical productions
s sd + woiS xn1Tn Sroiouna ns ssudest es
q the drama He has become Just
as intensely interested IN pictures
and he believes In them implicitly.
Because of his standing as an actor
snd his unusual knowledse Of stage
and dramatic history he was invited
dental College at Pasadena. Cal. re-
Gently On the subject Of pictures.
His address was most interesting.
He believes the pictures have Of
fered a new feld Of vision for the
whole world.
.hrans, The -. motion ito , p,ctur. .pssk.:
said NJ. Boswerts. Ss nfn and ths an'vsrs ams i.
fast approaching when the most
wonderful surgical operations Will be
made, as plain to medical students
throughout the world by means OF
the motion picture screen az though
tho students had bsen actually pres
es.s ens where such operations had been
All history will be f,lmed. not by
directors. but BY professors. who
will put IT on so accurately that pu-
pills will find not the least difficulty
In its speedy absorption.
Have You ever stopped to realize
what the phonograph has done? 1t
has carried the voices Of the great
singers. the great orators, the great
orchestras into the most remote
parts Of the earth. Everywhere in
ones. travels the phonograph Ia
found. and 1t has proved a toy and
comfort everywhere upon the globe.
And 20 1t Is with the motion Pic
ture, which Is seen now In the small
est Of rural communities, where the
people are able to laugh with Charlie
Chaplin, cry with Mary Pickford
and throw brickbats at Hobart Bos-
worth.
; ,"sines-I went Anto tho business Of
making pictures, Its growth has been
overwhelming. 1t has advanced with
such a repidity that II has amazed
every man in the business. In six
years we have grown TO be the
largest single industry In the world.
We are finding new condirtons al
most overnight. and to meet these
new conditions requires eternal vigil
lance upon our part.
We learn only by our mistakes,
and motion picture concerns and tho
men who direct them make mistakes
like other institutions and other In.
dividuals. We grow ard grow, ana
sometimes we mako you groan ana
groan at what we turn out for you,
hut this latter product is finally put
away en- the shelf. and what re-
mains Is the survival Of the nttest.'