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PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY
Grand Opera House, in San Francisco before the fire. Later, she appeared in stock at the ^NlacDounagh Theater, in
Oakland, with the Nordant-Humphrey Company, playing ingenue roles, and then played Seattle — stock — with the same company. Following this, she led a company on the road for two seasons, playing in all the West and Middle West cities, and ending the season in Chicago, from where she came directly to Santa Barbara and joined the American in igi2.
"I am charmed with picture work, and like playing 'heavies' best, although I often play other roles, and have done some leads," is the modest but frank statement of Miss Burton.
Tom Mix. "p(JM ]\1IX, star in Selig Western pic* ture plays, whose daring acts of horsemanship have created amazement on the part of motion-picture-theater audiences, started to work in the silent drama as an extra. He was one of those hard-riding supernumeraries, who added the local color and extra excitement to the film dramas of the Western plains. He made a place for himself almost from the beginning, his daredevil feats astride a spirited horse frequently causing him to be engaged to "double" for some leading actor who did not possess the skill in equestrianism that came as second nature to Mix. Mr. Mix was formerly a cowboy, or
a "cow-puncher," in Wyoming, and there he received his training in horsemanship, while caring for the great herds of cattle that roamed the plains in that day. When motion pictures came into being and the service of skilled
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riders was required, he entered the \^'estern studios, and was given an engagement by the Selig Polyscope Company.
To-daj^ the hard-riding Tom !Mix is a motion-picture star in every way ; he
won promotion by conscientious work, feats of daring, and personal magnetism, and holds several gold medals won by his horsemanship. He is also a versatile director and writer of picture plays, and many of the boisterous Tom Mix comedies are from his pen.
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Jack Richardson,
JACK RICHARDSON, who plays heavy leads with the "Flying A" division of the American Company, made his first appearance on the legitimate stage in Chicago seven years ago in "The Royal Chef." Later, he played in the Far West in Metropolitan and Orpheum stock companies. In the year 1909 Mr. Richardson made his appearance in pictures. His initial work with the American Companjr was in the production of "Five Thousand Dollars Reward, Dead or Alive." Since that time he has been killed so many times that he often finds it hard to believe that he is really ali\e. Mr. Richardson is an expert horseman, having obtained his abilities in Culver >rilitary Academy,
and his favorite mount in pictures is "Mike," the most valuable horse in the corrals of the American Compau}-. His principal characteristic is his general good nature.
Duncan McRae, who is often cast for the heavy roles in Edison films, is a brother of Bruce McRae now playing with the Ethel Barrymore stage success, "The Shadow,"