Motion Picture Magazine, July 1914 (1914)

MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE 167 I dont think there ever was a more ver- satile actor than J. Warren Kerrigan. He can he the thug or the gentleman, the prince or the pauper—all with no effort. He is never "stagey"; every emotion is perfectly natural. I can mention no par- ticular picture in which he excels, for he is always at his best. Wat. H. Cobdjser, Jis. Miss Garner is to me the great artist. In "Vanity Fair" she was a fetching Becky Sharp—such a cold-blooded, fas- cinating little villain that it was hard on one's nerves to have her turn around and, lo! appear as Egyptian Cleopatra. Her versatility is wonderful. Thelma Wilcox. Jlariechen Pickford is a natural little actress, who appeals to me because she does not appear to be acting, as so many do on the films. You know they are act- ing. Miss Pickford is not afraid to turn her back on the furious camera. Her work in "Hearts Adrift" was excel- lent, with the material at hand. The fire- works were a little humorous, as the audi- ence testified by smiling audibly. The truth is that when a photoplay is made of another play, or with artificial nature, it is like trying to make two wrongs a right. B. P. strikes near the bull's-eye in the letter in June issue. But that's the way of the world. Mr. Williams, I believe, has been miscast a good deal, and is capable of better work in real life dramas. You can tell by what the spectators do. Lately, I saw "Memories That Haunt." Mr. Wil- liams places a photograph in a bunch of roses, etc. Now, the audience should not have laughed at that, hut it did. It was so unlifelike. If he had placed a rose before the photo, or sprinkled rose-leaves over it, it would have caught the old chord, which knows those old stunts. A Toiler on the Fringe. In looking over the schedule of votes for the great artists, am somewhat surprised to note that Henry King's name has not been placed thereon. 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