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an enlightened understanding to many
thousands whose conception of oul
greatest paintings has heretofore beer
limited to inadequate reproductions.
Robert Aitken, another prominen
member of the advisory board, fount
an unusual degree of interest in The
emotions back OF the picture. He said
II found myself actually following
the intensely interesting story bach
of The Beggar Maid with degree
of attention ! did not believe possible
Naturally the artists of the country
are vitally concerned in any sincere
move to impart a tone of greater sta
bility to the motion picture screen
and we feel that the production of q
series of great paintings in this manner
will render an incalculable service tc
those who really would study art.
"'The method used in imparting &C
ton to the pictures included in this
series is truly remarkable. One fol
lows step by step the artists hopes
and ideals back OF his canvas.
The action suggested by the char
acters and finally the finished product
itself, constitute study of the very
fundamentals of art, rendered absorb
ingly interesting"
Edwin H. Blashfield, president OF
the National Academy of Design, is
another noted artist who finds this
movement of great interest to the world
of art. After witnessing the first pic
ture he says:
The Beggar Maid and King Co
phetua gave me very great pleasure.
II is so broadly and simply human as
to reach an almost universal audience,
while at the same time the good taste
with which it is staged makes it at
tract also more difficult and exacting
public. The continuity of its inter
est is another asset; there are no tire
some places; there is very little repe-
tition and there is beauty from begin
ming to end.
If the attention OF the worlds en-
ormous audiences of moving picture
theatres can be called to great master
pieces OF graphic art, a wonderful piece
of educational work will be done
Daniel c. French is equally posi-
tive in respect to the value of the mo-
ton picture as an adjunct to the study
of art as his following statement indi'
Gates:
81 saw the Beggar Maid and wish
to congratulate you most warmly on
the charm and originality as well as
the educational quality OF the produc-
ton. confess that when you told
ME what you were going to do, l
could not clearly see how it would
work out, but you have demonstrated
it most successfully.
The scenes are particularly beauti-
full and the people for your charac-
tiers were chosen with great apprecia-
ton of the requirements. Cophetua is
quite the thing, the invalid brother
seems made for the part and the Beg
gar maid is bewitchingly pretty and
all are such good actors.
When Vera Roger, ST. Petersburg
girl, the daughter of John Roger, OF
Ninth Avenue north, conceived the
idea of improving motion picures by
using the three arts,-painting, sculp-
ture and music, she perhaps did not
anticipate the great success which
would come to her, The Beggar
Maid, the first of the big pictures to
be produced from Miss Rogers idea
h ride a start which bids far to
revolutionize the general tone of sue
cessful pictures
Miss Rogers company is big one
her hackers are among the biggest
men in the country and she is on the
way to- fame and financial affluence
Just at present she is recovering from
a slight illness due to strain and over
work incident to getting her project
well launched and her friends have
written and wired her to come to her
old home for few weeks rest this
winter She may be down for briei
period.
Under the caption "A little Girl who
got a big idea a syndicated article
now appearing i'll the large city news
papers. follows.
When Vera Roger came up from
the South few years ago to study
art, she wasn't particularly interested
in movies. She liked to so to them al
anybody does, but she never was rab
id fan and she hadn't any idea of eve
getting mixed up in the business A
that time she didn't even want ;
chance in studio-can you imagine
girl not wanting chance in stu
do?
And today Vera is connected with
brand new idea in moving picture
and she has company which is pro
ducing for her. and the pictures hav
actually begun to make their appear
ance and to win praise from the crit
.ics.
8 Vera's story is unique among tn
romance OF this wonderful ney
business. 1t shows that a girl doesn'