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Booming the Cheer Market
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Bill Farnum's vacations at his Maine home consist mainly of ivoi
routine, and that it would require no study and little work. I made a bad mistake ! It was work and study, and every bit as hard as playing on the legitimate stage. Any actor that goes into the "movies" to have a "good time" is going to be terribly fooled. In many respects it . takes a bigger and better man to put across some emotional stuff before the camera than it does on the stage. Remember, too, that you haven't got your lines to help you out — your actions are what count.
''The Spoilers" was staged out in the great, glorious -West, and we lived an outdoor life. I'll never forget the big scene of the picture. Tom Santchi, a husky six-foot-two giant, was playing the heavy lead, and a wonderful, "dyedin-the-wool" villain he made. The scene called for a fight between the two of us — not one of these "tap-vou-onthe-wrist-slap-you-in-the-face," but a real man-sized scrap. Tom and I got together before the scene was to be filmed,
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and talked matters over. We decided that we'd go at it hammer and tongs, and I've never heard any one claim that the fight was faked. We wanted this scene to stand out — it did ! So much so that we fought five minutes longer than necessary. When "The Spoilers" was flashed on the screen I was suffering from a case of stage fright for the first time in my life. I had been acting for a good many years, but that was the very first time I had ever seen myself perform.
The art of the silent drama appealed to me thereafter. Perhaps this was partly due to the fact that it taught me a great deal about my own work. I see every picture I appear in, and try to find out where I can improve. There was another attraction, too, to film acting, and that was the variety of parts, instead of the monotony of portraying the same role over and over again. I decided to remain with the screen rather than return to the stage.