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NOVEMBER 1924
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job to find the right artist for every role, however small, for a good film director will brook no " ragged " performance from anyone in the cast, no matter how insignificant the role they may be playing.
Oft-times, the colossal Book of Record is of precious little use. The CD. wades through it. Ah ! here is the lady who might play the Rowergirl ! Right ! A hurried communication to the lady in question. Several days' delay. Then a reply to the effect that she has accepted an engagement with the So-and-So Company and won't be
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lems, and he'd lose his job if he didn't.
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the sen-en, dues it ever striki you that.
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those people have be< ' /' ' )ut
of the thousands of pcoplt who would be willing to play in film i there
are many who are not fitted, i
that relatively unimportant task. I
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Above : Otis Harlan as " Corliss" in " Captain Blood," a shining example of what a pleasantfaced man can make of himself with the assistance of his make-up box and a little perseverance (and spirit gum).
Above : Human Wrecks in " Thy Soul
Shall Bear Witness." The one on the
right is Victor Seastrom.
free for another six weeks. Try again ! The next attempt fails. The lady is down with influenza, and strictly forbidden to think of work for two months. Try again! The lady is willing to accept the part, but she .has just played a much more important role for the
Company. Will we increase the
remuneration? No, we won't. We can't. It wouldn't be fair. She's only asked to play a tiny part.. We are willing to pay for her services exactly what we think they are worth. She bridles. So do we. She's " off '' the list.
And so the jolly little problem goes on, until it works itself out ... or until the Casting Director works it out.
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This man, Anton Vaverde bears a striking physical resemblance to the late Franz Joseph of Austria, hence his assumption of that role in " Merry Go Round."
Elinor Glyn
(centre) with John Ailccn Pr ingle.