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KING BAGGOT
Several years ago Mary Pickford and Kunj i<aygi't made one-reel pietures for Carl Laemile. Now Mr. Baggot is directing for Lacmlle. Mary drove over to Universal City not so long ago and the three had a reunion.
[ANYof the original film favorites, who won the public over to the screen, have vanished with the onrushing years, much to the regret of the multitude of early admirers. But these pioneers never will be forgotten by those who "knew" them, for their shadowy forms still haunt that hall of fame, fond memory.
But quite a number of these same pioneers absolutely declined to leave the cinema, or allow themselves to become mere memories.
One of these familiars is King Baggot, the associate of many famous actors of stage and screen during his long career.
King Baggot was born in St. Louis, Mo., and received his education in the Christian Brothers' College in that city. After leaving school he entered the real estate business with his father, William Baggot. During this time he also played in semi-professional baseball.
Baggot early became interested in the stage and gained considerable experience as
a member of amateur theatrical clubs in St. Louis. Then at the age of twenty he decided to leave business and take up the stage as a profession.
He started his stage career with Lawrence Henley in a repertoire of Shakespeare. Following his first engagement he played under the management of Liebler and Company, at that time one of the foremost producing companies. He also played under the management of Frohman and the Shuberts and starred in "The Violation." Baggot left the stage for the cinema in the fall of 1909. He had just closed a successful engagement as leading man with Marguerite Clark in "The Wishing Ring," a comedy, under the management of the Shuberts. He was engaged by Harry Solter, then director for Carl Laemmle's Imp company, to play leads opposite Florence Lawrence. After a year with her he was starred by Mr. Laemmle in his own right. This company was the beginning of the Universal, and numbered among its players at different times, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, George Loane Tucker, Thomas H. Ince and others of lesser note.
During his long term with this company, Mr. Baggot played in more than three hundred pictures, ranging from one to five reels in length, and from comedy to tragedy in character.
He was the first American to make a picture in France, with the exception of Leah Baird, who played with him.
Mr. Baggot is six feet tall, weighs 185 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.
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