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HOW TO GET IN!
$5 a day. If I were a beginner and wanted to get in, I would apply at the different studios, and keep applying until I had gotten my chance to see the manager. I would ask him for a trial and would try and impress him with my earnestness and sincerity. So many of the girls who apply come fixed up like a chorus-girl, and, while waiting for the manager, giggle and flirt with the office boy or stenographer, and in that way hope to make a good impression. They will never get there if they start out in that fashion. Extras can advance themselves only by paying strict attention to the director and doing their best work, even if it is only in a mob scene. A smooth skin, a straight nose, a pretty smile and good teeth are absolutely necessary. About five feet four inches and weighing about 125 pounds seems to be the ideal height and weight.
By MARY FULLER
The Many-sided Star of the Universal Company
Altho the movies are besieged with people trying to "get in," I believe there is always a good chance for the applicant with the proper qualifications. The best study of the drama lor an actor is actual stage experience, and such stage experience is of great benefit to the movie player. This stage experience is not absolutely necessary, however, if one has a first-class director, but as there are comparatively few very good directors, and as stage training is an invaluable asset whether you have a good director or not, I think applicants with stage training stand a better chance for an engagement and for rapid promotion.
I do not believe in submitting descrip
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tions or pictures. Such a course is a waste of time for both applicant and manager. The best way is to have a personal interview with "the powers that be." I do advise starting as an extra, if you can get nothing better to start with. Starting as an extra, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. You can learn everything as you go along without too much being expected of you, and merited promotion is always gratifying along the lines of wholesome development. Beauty, or at least "screen beauty," is essential. Interesting personality, charm of manner, imag