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

of Science 243 amazing possibilities which such simultaneous presentation of stories — fictionized and pictureized — indicate, and that his part in the future of the motion picture is not likely to be lessened from now on is shown in the manner in which "The Perils of Pauline" — a Pathe Eclectic production in serial form — is exploited. Besides the presentation of the illustrated chapters in the Hearst publications slightly in advance of the releases of film to the photoplay houses, no less than $25,000 in cash prizes is being awarded to the readers of these publications, the prizes being accorded by judges. In March, 1914, "The New York Herald" inaugurated a series of full-page illustrated articles in its Sunday Magazine Section, which has projected the photoplayers more intimately and quite seriously to the general public. One of these articles dealt with the "Heroes" of filmdom — that is, the idolized favorites, such as King Baggot, Maurice Costello, J. Warren Kerrigan, and Ben Wilson. Another article was entirely about the villains of the screen. It is plainly evident, too, that the "Herald's" writer in this instance is not inclined to hesitate to mete out to the photoplayer a fair measure of credit for what he has achieved. Such expressions as "A King by Name and a King by Nature" (referring to King Baggot) reveal but an inkling of the dignified yet wholly just appreciation of the art of these idols of the public, most of whom became world famous because their genius found first ample expression in the film studio. Nineteen-fourteen surely is the red-letter year of the camera man's conquest of the press. The "Evening Globe" (New York), not satisfied with being the first evening newspaper to establish a regular film page, began in March of that year to present daily film