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The Ince Studios
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"But didn't you like 'Peggy'?" I persisted, determined to know what she thought of the play.
"Yes, indeed, I did ; more than I like to admit, for I feel that I shouldn't think too highly of my first effort in the new art," she replied frankly. "I hope the public will like it, too, for it is really a most out-of-the-ordinary play and one that will be a treat for the fans who aren't used to the high class of plays that Mr. Ince turns out."
Having seen Billie Burke and the Ince studios, I couldn't help but wonder how the public could ever fail to appreciate "Peggy," and, from what I have later learned, they have appreciated it and in a most cordial manner.
The thing that drew my attention after leaving Miss Burke was the extra people. They seemed to be in every nook and corner that I looked, waiting quietly to be called before the camera. And when they were called, the manner in which they responded showed that their whole heart was in their work. Each day in the life of these extra people is filled with romance and possibilities. Every small "bit" for which they are cast may mean that they will leave the "extra" class and become salaried players, with stardom before them. Many of the Ince players have worked themselves up from the extra
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ranks, and there is seldom a week passes but what some one of this class does not advance to small playing parts. Charles Ray, who recently won a place for himself in the ranks of the featured stars at the Ince studios, worked himself up through all the divisions of players, and the young men about Inceville and Culver City who are trying to follow in his footsteps are many. The girls have Enid Markey to pattern after, for she advanced from "extra" to minor parts and then to stardom. There is no director in the business quicker to see talent in an extra player and to develop it than Ince, and
'When East Meets West" — Chief Two Lance, in charge of the Indians at Inceville and H. B. Warner, noted Broadway dramatic star, now working in Ince pictures.