Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1916)

CONTENTS GALLERY OF POPULAR PLAYERS Page Anna Pavlowa 5 Mabel Normand 6 Wilfred Lucas 7 Margaret Gibson 7 Mary Anderson . 8 Claire McDowell 9 Enid Markey 10 Sally Crute 11 Ethel Teare 12 Marion Sunshine 28 Florenz Tempest 28 COVER DESIGN Scene from “The Heart of a Mermaid” (see page 29), painted by the celebrated artist, Edward Moran. Mr. Moran’s paintings are to be seen in nearly all notable collections of American art, including the Capitol and Corcoran Gallery at Washington. PHOTOPLAY STORIES The Black Crook Dorothy Donnell 13 A beautiful story, done in verse but set in prose. Chimmie Fadden Out West Kenneth McGaffey lo A humorous story of the famous “Chames,” recounting one of his amusing adventures. The Avenging Shot Gladys Hall 24 An unusually strong story, full of “heart interest.” The Heart of a Mermaid Norman Bruce 29 Did you ever fall in love with a mermaid? No? Well, the hero of this story did, and Mr. Bruce has made a fine yarn out of the incident. SPECIAL ARTICLES Page Love (What a Woman Wants)— Verses, Nellie Cravey Gillmore 4 The “Character Man” of the Movies. . .Albert Marple 33 Showing how they make-up and some of the difficulties they encounter. Illustrated by Henry Walthall and Murdock MacQuarrie. A Photoplayer’s Power of Song. .Allan Douglas Brodie 37 Saving the Animals Ernest A. Dench 42 A fine story of the film animals, illustrated by Edith Storey, Billie Burke, Henry Walthall, Lillian Gish and Anna Little. All Is Not Gold That Glitters Robert Grau 49 Showing that it is just as easy to lose money in the film business as it is in any other. As Blanche Ring Sees It Tarleton Winchester S3 And Thereby Hangs a Tale Lambdin Kay 54 Real Heroes of the Reels Grace Kingsley 55 Jimmie’s Dream — Drawing Gus Meins 68 How the Movies Aid the Police Ernest A. Dench 70 Adventures of a Scenario Cora Drew 72 DEPARTMENTS Penographs of Leading Players Pen and Ink Cartoons 36 Adventures of the Screenies Sam J. Schlappich 38 How I Became a Photoplayer 39 Big Moments from Great Plays 45 Answers to Inquiries The Answer Man 60 Greenroom Jottings 66 Letters to the Editor 69 Published by the M. P. PUBLISHING COMPANY. a New York Corporation, at 175 Duffield Street. Brooklyn. N. Y. J. STUART BLACKTON. President; E. V. Brewster. Sec.-Treas. Subscription, $1.75 a year, in advance, including postage in the U. S., Cuba, Mexico, and Philippines; in Canada, $2: in foreign countries, $2.50. Single copies, l5 cents, postage prepaid. One-cent stamps accepted. Subscribers must notify us at once of any change of address, giving both old and new address. MEMBER OF MOTION PICTURE ON\=p)/B07 ureL/ Vtra BOARD OF, TRADE PROGRESSION PROTECTION PROMOTION njp ^N’ericaL STAFF FOR THE CLASSIC: Eugene V. Brewster, Managing Editor. Edwin M. La Roche. J Gladys Hall, Robert J. Shores, F Associate Editors Dorothy Donnell, E. M. Heinemann, J Guy L. Harrington Sales Manager Frank Griswold Barry Advertising Manager Archer A. King, Western Advertising Representative, at Chicago.