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Motion Picture Industry 13 of the world, as well as on Broadway and countless other "Main Streets," motion pictures have found their place. When you laugh at the antics of Charlie Chaplin, marvel at the forceful acting of such stars as Richard Barthelmess, Lillian Gish, Pauline Frederick, Ethel Clayton, Nazimova, Bert Lytell, or admire the breezy style of Wally Reid, Bebe Daniels, and Mae Murray, do you think that you alone in your little cushioned seat are finding entertainment and recreation with your favorites? Your favorites indeed are the favorites of millions of others in every civilized corner of the world. There again you have the Romance of the Screen. Drawn against a background of years of ceaseless effort is the success story of the motion picture. A grateful public will always pay homage to the names of David Wark Griff- ith, Thomas H. Ince, Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, Carl Laemmle, and probably a handful of others who, to this day, not only are still identified with the industry they helped make possible, but, as is their just reward, are leaders in it. In the earliest days of motion pictures, motion picture studios were indeed nothing more than small barnlike affairs, well hidden from public view. Exteriors were made amid the derision of passersby. When, some ten years ago, Al Christie took the first pictures ever made in Hollywood, that city received its introduction to the mysteries of the camera. What that introduction meant to the lower Cali- fornia metropolis is now history. Mr. Christie, more venturesome than his fellow pro- ducers, unconsciously played the role of filmdom's Co- lumbus. He was soon followed by many others, and the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, because it was invaded by motion picture producing companies of all kinds, soon became known as the capital of the film world. Soon after the invasion of Hollywood, the standard of motion picture productions ascended. Ideal climatic con- ditions made possible the filming of better pictures. Incor- porating the rugged scenes of California in the pictures also helped to attract attention to the screen, and little by