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CHARACTER TYPES
There are, too, types of strong individuality and what is known as "character" types. The individual has original characteristics. The type conforms to convention. The individual may be either of fine or coarse fibre. He may be upright or unscrupulous. But he is always distinctive and offers much of dramatic possibility. Most leaders are individuals. But all individuals are not leaders. Disraeli — played on the screen by George Arliss — is an individual and a leader. Noah Vale, in "A Poor Relation" — played on the screen by Will Rogers — is an individual but not a leader.
Some of the individual characterizations done on the screen are: Charles Ray's "Coward," Hobart Bosworth's "Sea Wolf," Pauline Frederick's "Madame X," Mary Pickford's "Stella Maris," John Barrymore's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Gareth Hughes' "Sentimental Tommy," Charles Chaplin in "The Kid" and Lon Chaney in "The Penalty." Lillian Gish in "Way Down East," lifts the character of Anna Moore out of the "type" class and makes her an individual.
In pursuing his character study the student must picture the character's environment and note its shaping influence. Study in this way the characters in the bit of Coppee narrative. Try to develop the clown, the woman or the clarinet player into a character that shall be individual, with some distinctive features, different from his or her type.
Characters, to have any value, must be human beings of flesh and blood, not mere manikins dressed in clothes.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What have characterizations to do with drama?
2. Why are you interested in people?
3. What happens to a photodrama when the characters are weak?
4. What value has truth in relation to characterization?
5. What is character, and of what is it the result?
6. What racial characteristics have mankind in common?
7. What is environment, and how does it influence character?
8. What is the difference between a type and an individual?
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