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

0 f ^ c i c n c e 135 served that as a photoplayer she is gradually being accorded a greater prominence, which fact must eventually bring about an opportunity such as has not been hers in many years. The Vitagraph's directors have at their call a truly great artiste, whose rendition of a score of prima-donna roles were not nearly as notable as were her portrayals of parts like Lady Macbeth, J^jtjet. Portia. Ophelia, and the like; and if the camera does not lie, there is not the slightest indication that the art of Louise Beaudet is less existent or less compelling at this time. Ruth Roland, of the Kalem Company, is one more of those youthful women whose unblemished physical charms lend particularly to screen work ; but Miss Roland is also an actress. Whether this unctuous comedienne owes her fame entirely to the camera man, I am unable to state; but hers is a face not easily forgotten, and I cannot recall the lady's appearance on the regular stage. But it is only a truth to state that in the photoplay field there is no more winsome personality. Like many of her colleagues. Miss Roland has been called upon repeatedly to embark in expeditions wherein almost every feat of daring imaginable has been indulged in ; but in this lady's instance the spectator is impressed at once by her athletic physical appearance, expert equestrienneship, and a tendency to feel at home in the water, whether it be an intrepid dive into the high seas or the manning of sea craft from stem to stern amidst precarious surroundings. Rosemary Theby, now with the Lubin Film Company, in a career of less than three years' duration, no part of which was spent on the stage, has illustrated once more how different are the conditions in the tv/o fields of entertainment. Miss Theby joined the Vita