Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1916)

CLASSIC How They Got In ( Continued from page 25) to appear before the camera in the daytime. I was greatly interested. The vigorous outdoor work appealed to me, and it was all very different from the stage. Instead of words, here always was action — I did not only act my part, I really lived it with nature’s own scenery for a background. The picture, when finished, was called ‘A Western Memory,’ and in its way was quite successful. I remained under the banner of the Pathe Company for four years, concluding at the termination of the famous ‘Perils of Pauline’ serial.” Earle Williams is considered by many to be the handsomest man on the screen, and his enormous popularity may have something to do with that fact. But apart from good looks, Mr. Williams has accomplished big things, and he deserves a prominent place in the front ranks of stardom. Mr. Williams, in very characteristic handwriting, says : “I had been on the stage for ten years. My last engagement was with George Beban in ‘The Sign of the Rose,’ in vaudeville. Not having had a very long season, I looked .around for something to do during the summer. I was introduced to Messrs. Smith and Blackton, the Yitagraph chiefs, and they immediately engaged me. “My first part was the lead in the picture called ‘The Thumb Print.’ Miss Helen Case played opposite me and Harry Morey played the heavy. It was interesting work from the start. It was very different from the stage, more different than most people could possibly imagine. The lights came from the top instead of the bottom. The make-up was entirely different, and the stage was about one-eighth the size, except when we played outdoors, and then it was much larger than the usual stage. “I must have made good in that picture, for they engaged me permanently, and I have been with the Vitagraph Company ever since that time, four years now, and I hope I will be with them for many years to come.” Thus it may be seen that even the greatest of picture players have had their trials and tribulations. Save in very few exceptions, all the screen people who are admired and starred now, were, just a little while ago, struggHng actors and actresses, learning their part in life in the hard, hard school of the “one-night stand” troupe. There appears to be no short-cut to fame ; once more can it be seen how difficult it is for the aspiring neophyte to step into the star’s dressing-room and public film favor overnight. 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