The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry (1914)

82 Cfte C^eatte directors. There is much to learn, however, as the art is vastly different from the stage, and a director should have knowledge of photography to obtain the best results. Opportunities like mine do not come to one every day, but big salaries will always be paid to directors, and that, too, fifty-two weeks in the year." I am tempted here to extemporize on the favorite expression of Mrs. General Gilfroy, in that delicious satire of other days, "The Mighty Dollar," viz., "Shades of 'Pop' Ince, look down upon us." Of Mary Fuller* there is little to be written at this time, for here we have the photoplayer whose personality and achievements are as familiar to the general public as to the writer. Perhaps the most interesting phase of her film career is the manner in which the Edison star has held aloof from all efforts to induce her appearance in the vaudeville theatres, despite that in one instance a contract was offered to her which called for a four-figure weekly honorarium. It is not in the province of the writer to attempt to review the many portrayals of a Mary Fuller or a Marc McDermott ; therefore, if less is written here anent their varied achievements than of other players less cele"brated, this is solely due to the fact that their fame has required magazine and newspaper writers to recite practically every phase of their artistic and personal careers. But of Mr. McDermott I cannot be certain that he has been fully credited with the part he has played in delving into the classics of literature and perpetuating on the screen the all-compelling genius of the world's greatest poets. I have sat in a playhouse more than once, when for • She leaves the Edison Company in July, 1914, to join the Universal.