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Photoplay Magazine
When working lie drinks vast quantities of water, and always has a big pitcher of it handy.
what was the biggest fight he ever had in real life.
He is not superstitious, and has worn a fine black opal ring for a long time, but the stone is cracked and he is going to discard it.
He has worked in the jewelry business, wholesale hardware and bicycles, usually as a salesman, but he never liked any of them.
Sacramento, California, his birthplace, served the same purpose for Mary Anderson, Sibyl Sanderson. Mabel Oilman, Bob Warwick and Eva Dennison.
He found his way into pictures through a letter of introduction to Fred Thompson of Vitagraph. from a theatrical agency, and has worked for Vitagraph ever since. Helen Case was his leading woman in his first picture. "The Thumb Print." That was six and a half years ago.
His favorite woman among actresses is "Mother" Maurice. His favorite actresses among actresses are Mary Pickford, Pauline Frederick and Anita Stewart.
In 1906 he played in "When Knighthood Was in Flower," other members of the company being Herbert Brenon, John Adolfi and Edward Dillon, all of whom are now directors of moving pictures.
He receives an average of two hundred letters a day, all of which are first opened by his secretary, who selects the most important and interesting ones for him to read.
His favorite actor is William S. Hart.
He is fond of the best literature, but doesn't get time to read any. He reads hundreds of scenarios every month.
He doesn't know how many suits of clothes he owns; his valet keeps track of them, however.
He regards "The Christian" as his best picture.
When he was telling me these things, he wore a silk shirt with red, green and black stripes. He has his shirts made to order.
He is never sick. The only time he was ever laid up was last summer, when his right foot was injured while he was working in a picture, and blood poisoning set in, keeping him away from the Vitagraph studio for two months.
He has never played anything but leading roles in pictures.
He has been impersonated in Chicago by a man who does not look in the least like him, but who had used his name in making love to an aged and wealthy widow. In Toronto a woman gained local fame by claiming to be his mother. His mother never has been in Toronto.
He lives in a bachelor apartment in Brooklyn, and is driven to the Vitagraph studio by his chauffeur. He does not drive his own car when he can help it.
He wears his watch in the upper left breast pocket of his vest, with a finely woven chain connecting to the opposite pocket, where he carries a gold knife, pencil and cigar cutter.
The most costly present ever sent to him by a stranger is a monogrammed cigarette case of hammered silver, gold lined. He seldom smokes cigarettes, except when his parts demand it. He has often used this cigarette case in his pictures.
He usually gets to sleep about 1 o'clock a. m. If he is in bed at that time and finds he cannot sleep, he reads William Dean Howells. ,
His parents wanted him to take a course at a Polytechnic College in California, but he obtained an engagement with a stock company in Xew Orleans instead.
His beard grows so fast he often has to shave twice a day when he is working.