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

128 Cl)g CSeatte in so many countries that were she tempted to convert her popularity into cash, her earnings would be on a par with that of the prima donnas of grand opera. But there is that something about the new art which holds the youthful idols of the people so fast that one rarely may observe the flitting about from one studio to another, so characteristic of stage business procedure. Undoubtedly Miss Stewart is a level-headed girl v/ho recognizes that she is what she is to-day greatly because cf the scientific factors that obtain in an environment to which she is passionately attached. Miss Stewart is the sister-in-law of Ralph Ince, and the latter is as a rule the director of the productions in which she appears. If Mr. Blackton and his artistic colleague, Mr. Smith, can formulate a policy of conduct of the Vitagraph's vast stock organization that will establish the permanency in the ranks of those youthful players who so quickly reveal adaptability to the motion picture art, they will have a school of acting fully as important in this era of the theatre as that of Augustin Daly, who developed the careers of a score or m.ore of players who became a vital part of stage history of the last half of the nineteenth century. At all of the Vitagraph Premieres a social atmosphere such as Commodore Blackton is wont to invest all Vitagraph gala nights with contributed a glamour to these affairs which so impressed Alan Dale, the critic of the "New York American," that he has become a veritable "fan" himself. Truly, the intimacy that is established at these inaugural gatherings is inspiring. It was a picturesque spectacle, indeed, when in a truly realistic manner some two score of the best known of the Vitagraph players faced the audience, bowing to the applause one after the other. So de