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

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of Science 231^ plays and players alike. The desire to see the latter in the flesh is the greatest asset the play producer has ever had. David Warfield invested some of his tremendous earnings on the stage in moving pictures many years ago, but unlike Mr. Brady, he had faith and while not yet changing his environment artistically, has added to his fortune, so I am informed a sum total that can not be represented in less than six figures. That he w^as offered as much more to pose before the camera in "The Music Master" merely indicates that Warfield prefers to aw^ait the day vi^hen his appearance on the screen may be accomplished with grace and dignity; at least, he has expressed himself as believing that the production of photoplays will not reach the zenith point until the playwright is provided with incentive to put forth at least equal effort as that which has characterized his stage writings.