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Nazimova a Motion Picture Enthusiast
By R. L. GIFFEN
"r-piHE history of the stage, within a very few years, will be written, not by the erudite historian, but by the Moving Picture mechanician, ' ' declares Nazimova, and she adds : "Instead of reading in books the impressions of some perhaps prejudiced or overly enthusiastic critic, the coming generation will see on the screen of the Moving Picture theater what the stage figures of the present really did, instead of reading about it. They will see, not hear; and seeing is believing."
Nazimova is the first dramatic star of the first magnitude who has seen the handwriting on the wall, or, at least, who, seeing, has had the courage openly to recognize and champion what has been so generally decried and, so to speak, looked down upon, by her associates in the foremost dramatic orbits.
"Mark me," says the great Russian, "in an incredibly short time every stage artist, no matter of what renown or position, will be appearing before the lens and shutter, for they will realize that only by so doing will they be able to make any enduring mark upon the artistic scrolls of their time.
"I am crazy to appear before the machines myself. I want to perpetuate Avhatever art I have; I want to be known to generations yet to come, as well as to this. Just think what it will mean !
"As the greatest operatic art of the world is now preserved for all time by the phonograph, so will the dramatic art be handed down by that marvellously potential little machine which spins thru its messages of entertainment and instruction.
"Oh, what a prospect it unfolds! What a
thing to dream of ! (Continued on page 166)
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