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MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE
I was "dray" to it, and oh! how glad I am that I was ! I am a homebody, and I wanted to be with my father and mother, instead of traveling ronnd with the opera company I was with. Not that I was not doing
nicely, for I was, and I can really say that I was a favorite, for I have found that out since, whenever I visit a town where I used to appear, and is it not nice to be remembered that way ? There was only one thing to do, and that was to try and get into Motion Pictures, but I own that I was very nervous about giving up my position, for I did not know whether I would make good or not. I did not have to wait long, for the studio I first went to wanted a leading woman of my type who could ride ; so I had little difficulty in landing the position, and I have not been idle since, and have worked for only three companies during the time I have been in pictures. I have got what I wanted and live at home and thoroly enjoy it and my profession, too. Edna Maison.
I entered the pictures as a sort of compromise. I had made several attempts to get away from the stage, and my last venture had been along the lines of mining, when the annoyingly persistent call of the stage came again, and, as I did not fancy the small and stuffy dressingrooms and the continual study, I came to the Coast and deliberately tried to get into the Motion Picture game. There was that about the Kay-Bee camp which appealed, being near the ocean and the delightful scenery, so I applied and got a position with that company and had a taste of the delights of acting in the open. From now on it's the movies for me, and isn't it curious that the companies I have worked with have been near the sea? At the Vitagraph, where I
played Captain Alvarez, in the thrilling photodrama of that name, and other parts, we were at Santa Monica, and now I am at Long Beach, directing and acting with the Balboa Company. So I can still get my ride, woo nature, with her ever-changing scenes, and go in for my swim and enjoy the strong sea air.
"William D. Taylor.