The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-21
IN STUDIO LAND
Facts and fancies About the Folks
Who Make the Films


All the world is stage and all ]
the men and women merely PLAYERS. Z {,
And il s just as true today as it was
when the bard phrased it on the banks
of the Avon, nearly 800 years ago.
WAY down in the heart Of every human
being there lurkes a longing for the
footfghts or movies, desire to act
even if it's only at a church entertain7.
ment. The stage fever Is generally
most malignant between the ages OF IL
and 90, and no system may be said to
be entirely immune from it.
The lure of the stage is pmnlpresent::
its s5lories and fascination are eyer1
3cinin9nt.v The 'bess nsualfysar yes on
the scdite auriffs. tkid- tiays u; h llrivesl
and .fhrives in fhe old harm cr i;t any
rooniy place where the improvlsion of |
a stage is possible, and where curtains,
PuIioined from niotlnrss linen closet, |
may be. stretched. There, after manyt
l-rehearsals, your boy and girl playmatesl
are hidden, land for. an admission. price
| of two pins are allowed to witness
those blood curdling melo dramas
Desperate Dan and 5 'Daredevill
| Harry, the Bandit SCOUT -
| A few years later the shee buzzes
more insistently and you join the Home
Talent club, and are privileged to play
for the benefit of the local church affair
All, this is the vital period; you firmly
resolve to show them what you can do.
This is the time the sting OF the bee be-
| GENES venomous. Robert Mantell ap-
pears at the local 'opry house and
/ Doug. Fairbanks at 1he movie empori-
am and Your MANY admirers! say that
you have them both beat to fragile
and that you should not be wasting.
your time hut beat it for Broadway,
/ David Belasco and d. W. Griffith, where
a contract is surely waiting for you to.
sign. If you fall for this line of chat
ter you resign Your position as clerk.
and beat it for the bright lights, only.
/ 1iasl to find that about million snf-
ferers from the same disease have
beaten you TO it.
OF course IL YOU have talent coupled
with strong determination and an as
sertive will power, you may in time,
! long, long time-succeed III landing an.
:. engagement. But at the best it is n
! tough struggle, so before YOU seek pro.
4 fessional recognition look the theatri-
! cal and movie horizon over carefully
size mp the other sufferers from the
sting of the same hummer that has
bitten bit out OF. your temperamental
zone, and then, if You think that the
Il particular Honey bug that. deeoved
yon from your mercantile pursuits has
lsueeeeded in ineculatsng "a better
brand of Thespianie virus than he fRr-
, nished the other million who are clam.
, oring at the door of the drama-stick,
stick and wear out another pair of
, walk-overs and. the seat of another
! lpair Of unmentionables But just be-
fore the bankroll dwindles to the thin
ness of a Uneeda biscuit. yes, even be-
fore The Shuberts or Paramount have
sent for you-buy return ticket home.
Then if the Broadway producers don t
! come across with the golden contract,
I and your ambitions fail TO materialize,
> you can chee-ehao back TO the neigh
borhood of your. early triumphs, grab
your old job back. where; believe
! me. the chances of yonr acquiring
| three squares day are far more
I certain than holding out for a niche
: in the temple of. Thespis, already
overcrowded with misguided men and
| women who are firmly convinced that
I their mission in life is the promotion
: of art for art 5 sake. and the upliftirE
of drama and motion pictures, an ar
that is being daik strangled by the IN
consistency Of the amateur actor, &C
I tress or comedian.