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WE TAKE OFF OUR HATS TO
Crane Wilbur, becau.-^c he prefers to use his brains to getting by with his good looks; because all the while he was matinee idoling he was salting down his salary and preparing for a great attack on Broadway managers, because two years ago he quit working for some one else in pictures and rented a theater in Oakland. Cal.. organized a stock company, wrote plays, made money, and took another theater, then sent a man to peddle his plays on Broadway, and had seven or eight of them accepted; because he did very creditable work in "The Oui)a Board (Ruth Hammond is with him in the picture.) and in others of his plays, and because one time he appeared in a picture that our cook says made her want to be a good girl.
Harry Durant. because he is the father of two sons, and IS prouder of them than anything else; because he has been a successful writer for years; because he was managing editor of the old Biograph and other companies, and now manages the play department for Famous Players; because he is getting ready to respond to the call of "Author. Author on the opening nights of five separate and distinct New York stage playa next season
T. Hadley Waters, because when he came to New York and the theatrical managers would not let him in. he wrote a book about himself and sent it to them, and because when David Belasco fell for the book. Mr. Waters invited him to go to lunch, then had to rush out and borrow ten dollars; because he writes good publicity for Mrs. Sidney Drew; because he is to have two plays produced on Broadway this fall. AND because he has done all this in 23 years.
Luther RecJ. because he goes quietly and \\ ithout any noL^^e about doing the things he wants to do. and docs tbem; because he Steve Brodicd from a newspaper de.*k in Nc\^' \ ork to the prospects of a park bench in ho< Angeles when he thought that he could write scenarios: and because in such things as "Marys Ankle and "Behind the Door. " he proved he could: and because he always wanted to v^-ritc a play, and he did it. and now "Dear Me. which is having a run in Chicago, will appear soon in New York.