The Photo-Play Journal (May 1916-Apr 1917)

DEC -2 1916 >CI.Ba7 0558 JURE 1916 || ANITA STEWART A STRAIGHT TIP FROM THE EDITOR MARY PICKFORD (Full page plate) CONTENTS (Illustrated) CORENE GRANT 3 WILLIAM S. HART (Full page plate) 4 CIVILIZATION'S CHILD (Story Illustrated) By STEVE TALBOT 5 MAE MARSH 8 EUROPEAN FILM PRODUCING IN WARTIME By ERNEST A. DENCH 9 PASQUALE (Story Illustrated) By IRENE PAGE SOLOMON 10 AN INTERVIEW WITH CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD By PETE SCHMID 15 LILLIAN WALKER — CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG — CLARA WILLIAMS— DOROTHY GISH— NORMA and CONSTANCE TALMADGE— MARIE DORO — MABEL TRUNELLE (Double page plate) 16-17 A DIFFERENT GIRL AND A DIFFERENT INTERVIEW (Illustrated) By E. A. DENCH HOW I BECAME A PHOTO-PLAYER By HENRY B. WALTHALL HOW I BECAME A PHOTO-PLAYER By BESSIE EYTON THE NEW DAVID HORSLEY STUDIO (Story Illustrated) By HARRY H. POPPE THE DEAD SOUL By WILFRED C. BARRETT THE REASON (Poem) By ALLADDIN ADEE HOW CARTOON COMEDIES ARE MADE WHICH, WHO, WHY, WHAT AND WHEN ? By THE "ANSWER-MAN " OLGA, DAUGHTER OF UNREST By STEVE TALBOT FAY TINCHER (Full page plate) IN ANSWER TO YOURS IN THE EDITORS MAIL THE LAST LAUGH 19 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 32 MISS ANITA STEWART (ON THE COVER) itNITA STEWART, of the Vitagraph Players, was torn in Brooklyn, New York, on February 17, 1895. /"^^ She attended Public School No 89, and graduated as tbe youngest member in her class. From tbere sbe went to Erasmus High School, and while there studied vocal music and piano under the direction or Mrs. Mary Gunning, mother and teacher of Louise Gunning, the operatic star. Under Mrs. Gunning, s direction. Miss Stewart appeared in several amateur operas, taking small parts with brilliant success. While attending High School, Miss Stewart s personal beauty was first utilized by several New York artists. She -was employed by them as a subject for calendars and high-class pictorial lithography. In private life Miss Stewart is the sister-in-law of Mr. Ralph Ince, the famous vitagraph director and actor. It was through him that she secured her first position with the Vitagraph Company. For the first six months she did little other than extra work, appearing as maids and in unimportant characters. I3ut she was learning the rudiments of the picture game from the ground up, under the able direction of her brother-m-law, 'who took a strong personal interest in her professional achievements. Her first part of any importance was the lead in The Wood Violet. Her performance made such a profound impression throughout the civilized world, that a second picture -with a somewhat similar character, was written especially for Miss Stewart. It was called ' The Lost Millionaire, and in it she again achieved wonderful results. Her first comedy picture -was " Why I am Here, in -which she played a slangy, gum-chewing stenographer. It was a character part in every sense of the word, and immediately stamped Miss Stewart as being a wonderfully versatile young lady. Her greatest professional accomplishment was in the lead in A Million 13id. Her exceptional performance in this five-reel picture made her a Broad-way star in one night, and when one considers that all this has been accomplished by a little lady just over twenty (20) years of age, who never spoke a line in her life on the dramatic stage, and -whose wonderful achievements in dramatic parts in pictures has made her an International favorite, it can be readily realized what a glorious career is in store for little Anita Stewart. She recently won world-wide fame in the Vitagraph serial * The Goddess." PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY MILLER PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ROBERT G. ERSKINE. President BUSINESS OFFICES: 2839 WEST GIRARD AVENUE CHARLES H. SCHREINER. Secretary and Treasurer GEO. M. DOWNS. JR.. Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Application for second class mail matter pending at the Post Office at Philadelphia Copyright, 1916, by MILLER PUBLISHING CO., Inc.