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60 When the Movies were Young
Miss Lawrence left Biograph, Mary Pickford fell heir to the title.
Miss Lawrence's early releases show her versatility. Two every week for a time: " Betrayed by a Handprint," "The Girl and the Outlaw," "Behind the Scenes," "The Heart of Oyama," "Concealing a Burglar," "Romance of a Jewess," "The Planter's Wife," "The Vaquero's Vow," "The Call of the Wild," "The Zulu's Heart," "The Song of the Shirt," "Taming of the Shrew," "The Ingrate," "A Woman's Way."
Like Mary Pickford, Miss Lawrence was an awfully good sport about doing stunts. One day a scene was being filmed with Miss Lawrence thrown tummy-wise across a horse's saddled back. As the horse dashed down the roadway he came so close to the camera that we who were watching breathlessly, for one moment closed our eyes, for Miss Lawrence's blond head just missed the camera by a few inches.
Rainy August days forced us to work in the studio. Mr. Griffith had read a story by Jack London called "Just Meat." He changed the name to "For Love of Gold" and let it go at that. We had no fear of lawsuits from fractious authors those days.
The story was about two thieves, who returned home with the latest spoils, get suspicious of each other and each, unknown to the other, poisons the other's coffee and both die. The big scenes which were at the table when the men become distrustful of each other could be told only through facial expression. "Ah," puzzled Mr. Director, "how can I show what these two men are thinking? I must have the camera closer to the actors — that's what I