Evening star., 1915-05-26

to have some strong personal reason
other than their prejudice against the
movies. FRITZ Scheff, Leslie Carter. FL
| sic Janis. Bertha kalich. Lois Weber
and Edith Taliaferro are only a few
| of the women who have won honors
behind the footlights and are now
turning to what many of them find the
more difficult task of acting out a story.
before the camera. The male stars are
not behind il this movement. William
/! faversham has recently sigred a con
! tract for $4,000 for Il season with the
movies. William and Dustin F'arnum
Lionel Barrymore and Edmund Broese
are only few of the names that are
quite as prominent in most parts of the
country.
| Publicity is the life of the theatrical
| star. and the numbers that can be
reached from the stage are small in
deed as compared with those that pat
roniZe the movie screen. Motion pic
lures are seen by an average of 10000
| goo persons daily in this country. In
addition a film may be sent abroad
Little translation is required.
| The inspiration derived from the con-
| temptation of so great an audience is
| strong enough to induce many stars to
| work as hard to overcome the diff
culties which beset them before the
camera as they did to achieve their
| first successes upon the Stlge.
| Contrary 10 popular belief, the art
| of the movie star is quite eXaCting
! as that of the legitimate actor. In
| some respects it is more so. because
, emotions must all he depicted by ges
| lures. pose and facial expression The
regular stage permits the voice to tell
! the story. Most actors have manner
/ isrns which are more or less oDlec-
tionable when exaggerated by the mi
! croscopic lens of the camera. The in
| terest of the spoken word upon the
| regular stage frequently covers defects
| in the department, form or pose of the
| actor Phillip Smalley claims that the
average star is deeply disa ppoi'r ed by
| the appearance of his first film. IN
which the hands seem magnified four
diameters and the defective gestures
multiplied by fourteen" Dustin Far
/ mum tells that he was ashamed to look
| in the face of camera for a week
after seeing his first film produced.
| The care required for the movie pose
| keeps him from falling into the easy.
/ careless ways which pass muster upon
| the regular stage.
! A successful play in the regular the
ater Is likely to be promptly repro
| duccd in the
Successful Plays movies, and
/ the chances of
to Be Seen on Screen. it being filmed
!
| ing every week A few months ago
FRITZ Scheff was delighting New York
| under the title role of Pretty Mrs.
/ smith Now she is acting the same
! part before the camera with other
members of her company. William
| Faversham may he seen in The Right
of Way" Leslie Carter in The Heart
| of Maryland while Emily Stevens. a
niece of Mrs Fiske and the successful
star in To-day. is now preparing to
take the leading part in Cora" a
F'iske play which is being filmed in
| California.
| The tremendous enthusiasm with
which the moving picture has been
swept into popularity has created the
| belief that the profits of the manufac-
! turers fabulous. The public does
not take into account the tremendous
| expenses of producing a high grade
( film. While some of the fabulous sal
aries paid to stars sound like not es
from skillful press agent, many Of
| them are not exaggerated. The stars
| whose names have drawn well upon the
! legitimate stage reap rich rewards for
| adapting themselves to the require
ments of the movies. A thousand dol
| lars a week is not a salary to excite