Opportunities in the motion picture industry : and how to qualify for positions in its many branches (1922)

Record Details:

Title:
Opportunities in the motion picture industry : and how to qualify for positions in its many branches
Date:
1922
Publisher:
Los Angeles : Photoplay Research Society
Volume:
Opportunities in the motion picture industry : and how to qualify for positions in its many branches
Leaf #:
00093
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry -- Vocational guidance, Motion pictures -- Production and direction Vocational guidance
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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78 Opportunities in the Grace Darling can write as well as act— she used to be a newspaper reporter. Lois Wilson taught school. June Elvidge sang in concert. Bruce McRae was an actor on the legitimate stage seventeen years before he thought of breaking into the movies. Bessie Love started her career as a humble extra. Harry Morey was an actor on the legitimate stage. Marguerite Clark was a well-known star on the legiti- mate stage. Marin Sais was an expert horsewoman ; she rode right into the movies. Alice Brady studied for grand opera, sang in musical comedy, had a few years' experience on the stage, and found she liked the photodrama. Pauline Starke and Wanda Hawley were extras. Bessie Barriscale learned to act in the legitimate drama. Theda Bara was a screen star from the first day she broke in. George Beban gained his first experience as a Negro minstrel. John and Lionel Barrymore were actors on the stage. Marjorie Daw had no experience at all ; she was given small parts at first and gradually rose to stardom.