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HERBERT PRIOR, OF THE EDISON COMPANY
"OOME on, Herbert," said Mrs.
y^ Prior, who is known to the
public as Mabel Trunnelle,
"and tell the lady your whole sad
history.
Mr. Prior rose with a slow, pleased smile of greeting for the interviewer, and the grip he gave proved that he meant it when he said he was glad to
meet any one
from his favorite magazine.
He told me that he had been in Motion Pictures for five year s, first with the old Biograph, then with Edison, a year down at the Majestic and back to Edison, where he seems to be very comfortably and permanently settled. Before coming to photoplay, he was connected with the legitimate drama for fifteen years, and, of course, the companies with which he played are too numerous to mention.
"I was born in Oxford, England," he said, in his slow, pleasant drawl that makes him seem more of a Southerner than an Englishman. "I am English born, but American bred, and am proud of being an American citizen. My hobby ? Automobiling. I am very fond of reading. Shakespeare is my favorite above all other writers. He was a wonderful man and has left us some wonderful literature. I consider the Motion Pic
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ture Magazine a great thing, both for the public and for the player. It brings them in closer touch with each other, shows the player what the public wants and likes, and then helps the public to know the player. All parts of it are interesting, but I think the Answer Man is about the best writer and has about the most interesting department. Yes, I have written scenarios. About forty of them, I think ; both comedies and dramas. ' ' All this time Mrs. Prior was sitting opposite in a huge leather chair in the handsome reception-room of t h e Seminole Hotel, listening with wide, brown eyes and offering wise and w i 1 1 y comments. Mr. Prior disapproved of the "Is life worth living V question, and Mrs. Prior sat up in her chair. "Why, Herbert !" she cried reprovingly, "I think that's a perfectly beautiful question? Dont you find anything worth living about life?"
"Why, certainly," returned Mr. Prior; "I enjoy three meals a day and everything that goes with it, if that's what you mean. My highest ambition ? To have enough money to retire and yet to beat the income tax," promptly.
"The Government will get you yet, Herbert," chuckled his wife.