Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1914-Jan 1915)

.64 MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE Plots Wanted : : FOR MOTION PICTURE PLAYS : : You can write them. We teach beginners in ten easy lessons. We have many successful graduates. Here are a few of their plays : "The Germ in the Kiss" . . Universal "The Lure of Vanity" . . Vitagraph "A Lively Affair" . . Vitagraph "The Amateur Playwright" . Kinemacolor "A Soldier's Sacrifice" . . Vitagraph "No Dogs Allowed" . . Vitagraph "Captain Bill" . . . Universal "Her Brother's Voice" . . Selig "The Little Stocking" . . Imp "A Motorcycle Elopement" . Biograph "Downfall of Mr. Snoop" . . Powers "The Red Trail" .... Biograph "Insanity" Lubin "The Little Music Teacher" . Majestic "Sally Ann's Strategy" . . Edison "Ma's Apron Strings" . . . Vitagraph "A Cadet's Honor" . . . Universal "Cupid's Victory" . . . Nestor "A Good Turn" . . . Lubin "His Tired Uncle" . . . Vitagraph "The Swellest Wedding" . . Essanay If you go into this work go into it right. You cannot learn the art of writing motion picture plays by a mere reading of textbooks. Your actual original work must be directed, criticised, analyzed and corrected. This is the only school that delivers such personal and individual service and the proof of the correctness of our methods lies in the success of our graduates. They are selling their plays. Demand increasing. Particulars free. Associated Motion Picture Schools 699 SHERIDAN ROAD, CHICAGO I Can Make You a Convincing Speaker says Grenville Kleiser, famous Speech Specialist. He rids you of timidity— gives you confidence in yourself— develops your power and personality. Give him fifteen minutes of your time daily— at home— and he will ..speedily teach you how to Sell Goods — Make Political Speeches— Address Board Meetings—Deliver After-Dinner Speeches— Propose Toasts— Converse and Tell Stories Entertainingly If you can't talk to the point, you can't carry conviction — you can't win! Don't you want to be a winner? Then write to-day. Let us tell you by mail all about this helpful Course and prove its value. FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Dept. 57 NEW YORK GREAT ARTIST CONTEST The Great Artist Contest has brought us thousands of letters, but, unfortunately, we cannot print them all. The following are selected at random, the first being a clever appreciation of Clara Young, who, by the way, is moving up in the contest by leaps and bounds and is now close on the heels of charming little Marguerite Clayton : In following, with deep interest, the progress of the Great Artist Contest, I have been somewhat disappointed in not noticing more comment upon, nor more votes for, Clara Kimball Young, of the Vitagraph Company. Without contradicting the opinions of many of your readers, I think that their judgment is sometimes biased by the parts that their favorites take rather than their ability to bring out all there is in the characterization of these parts. Clara Young has an ideal face for photoplay. It is well modeled, the perfect oval, but with delicate features that are sufficiently covered with flesh not to appear sharp on the screen. Her eyes are wonderfully expressive and can alone "speak their lines," without the aid of gestures or facial play. Her face is particularly adapted to registering emotion. It never distorts nor grows grotesque when subject to the heavy play of anger or other passions ; and it is particularly appealing when registering delicate shades of fancy, such as wistfulness, fond memories and the impish, hoydenish qualities that have made Mary Pickford world-famous. To realize how emphatically expressive her face is, she should be seen in contrast with a cast of heavierfeatured women. To the student, it will be noticed that the expression of many faces can be caught only from the context of the action, or that they will register only the simplest Of emotions. Her figure, poise, art of gesture and . stage knowledge, and, I have no doubt, her intelligence also, supplement the artistic qualities of her face. As discerning critics begin to appear in photoplay, I feel confident that she will gain more and more recognition. The laws of closerange pictures demand exquisite facial play and control ; otherwise, were it not for the appealing interest of the story, the artist's efforts would appear ridiculous. I will wager that Clara Kimball Young's face can be shown without context or story where many others could not survive this test. Richard M. Chase. I consider Crane Wilbur the best-gifted photoplayer of the age, because, not only When answering advertisements kindly mention MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE.