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

376 Ct)e C&eattc son with Virginia Harned in New York, followed by an engagement with Charles Frohman, during which time he acted in "Mizpah" and "Just Out of College." He has also appeared with Kyrle Bellew and with S. Miller Kent in "RafHes," as well as with Dustin Farnum in "Cameo Kirby." Added to this Mr. Garwood had several stock engagements. His first appearance in pictures was a three-years' engagement with Thanhouser and the Majestic, during which time he lead in some of the best pictures produced by these companies and thereby became a universal favorite. William Garwood owns many acres in San Fernando Valley and has a prosperous onion farm there. He recently joined the American Company, with which he is being featured. It does not often happen that a man so well endowed with good looks chooses to obscure them in character make-ups as is Earl Metcalfe's preference; but the delineation of the unusual in human nature appeals strongly to the young Lubin actor, and it is in such roles that he has won his greatest spurs. Studious, ambitious, keenly observant, his talents are rapidly maturing at an age when most photoplayers are only feeling their way. People are his neverending study, and after them come the plays of Ibsen and the stories of Poe and Kipling. Subscriptions for every publication devoted to the photoplay keep him informed on every point before the film world. His interest is unflagging, his study unceasing, his modesty invariable. Earl Metcalfe's destiny can lead him nowhere but the heights. He can pronounce "Abgergevenny" just as readily as you and the rest of the world can't. That's