Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1920)

CLASSIC The Owner of the "Uncas" (Continued from page 21) family of three and his brother and sister — non-professional, both of them — have never taken the shghtest interest in the sport that interests him so greatly. He has a broad and characteristic philosophy; a behef that everything moves in cycles and that individuals, like events, return again and again, each time on a higher plane, until they reach perfection. He does not like detail. Perhaps the most noticeably characteristic thing about him is his love of dashing thru things ; his impatience of any restraint. He looks to be about twenty-seven years old. His stage and screen career is so young and so much has been said about it recently, that it does not need recounting here ; enough that it, too, has moved quickly. He began in amateur theatricals in Indiana. From that to professional work was just a step, and two years after he went on the stage he landed on Broadway, New York. He has been on the screen for two years, his first moving picture work being with World. Five o'clock came — "at last !" He drove me back to Los Angeles. His motor car is painted green. On the way, we talked of the Uncas, moving pictures, real estate, money and the Uncas again. "I wish I could be with the Wilson boys when they make that trip," he said. "Doc Wilson told me that they'll be sixty days on the way, stopping, of course, at all the interesting ports." He cut a corner sharply. "Do you know," he went on, "I'd like to have money enough to be absolutely free. Not rich, you understand, there is no freedom in that — ^but, say, an independent income of a hundred dollars a day. If I had such an income, I dont believe I'd work any more" — remember this was said at the close of a busy .\ugust day — "or, if I did work, I'd like to do something else. I think I'd like to be a recognized writer. Those chaps can go anywhere, any time they want to. I knew one, a writer of advertisements, who had his yacht next to mine in the Hudson. He was always going off .somewhere because that was his whim and there was nothing to stop him." By which you may see that the owner of the Uncas was homesick for a long cruise and, anyhow, it is characteristic of August that no matter where one is he sits down and wi.shes himself elsewhere. THE SILENT DRAMA By Clarence E. Flynn Out of the silence often comes » A voice that breaks the stillness deep, And with an eloquence unheard Calls hidden mem'ries from their sleep. It carries power unknown to speech ; It speaks directly to the heart, Grown thoughtful in the silences. Such is the screen's appealing art. It calls the strong to lost resolve. It thrills the weak to better things. It touches sleeping hopes to life And in the songless heart it sings. It opens scenes of loveliness For eyes long used to barren spot. This sacred silence that is heard Where thought is all and voice is not. 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Can I tJaln myself for any branch n# UiB bualiieesT If I havp Mio talent and ability to bocomo a picture mar, how con I RCt a siartT These are questions that have long remained unanswered. But they can be answered. There have been schools that pretend to teach Motion Picture acting, but they are generally frowned upon by the profession. Personality, charm, winsomeness and beauty are God-given gifts. They can be cultivated and improved, but not created. Acting is a natural talent, Some have it, others acquire jt, but most people who haven't it never will learn "it. Grace is natural to some, but most people can acquire it. There is no rule abo'-t beauty, grace, charm, etc.. and some may win without any one of the supposedly necessary requirements. If you want to try to win a place in the great Motion Picture Industry, send five cents in stamps for this booklet, "Who Can and Who Cannot Get Into the Pictures and Why?" Address it to The National Motion Picture Institute 173-175-177 Duffield St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ns in the Motion Picture hulustry. Here are h few very successful stars: Chaplin Pickford Fairbanks Hart Arbuckle Nazimova Keenan Drew How different they are! Not one of them it noted for grace or form, and hardly one for beauty, and dozens of others might be added to this list. And in the various other branches of the Motion Picture business startling deductions can be made. The Motion Picture Institute was organized to analyze the conditionu of the Motion Picture Industry, to inform the public of these conditions, and to show how and why some people can get in and why others cannot. A competent and experienced staff of experts have been secured to carry on this much needed work. THE NATIONAL MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE I73-I75-177 Duffleld StrMt. Brooklyn. N. Y. I'leasc «"iiil mi' a copy vt jour tiookIt=l, Cannot Get Into the licturee and Why!" In stamps for nniUtng. 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