When the movies were young (1925)

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76 When the MoviES were Young Jars. So when 6 p.m. would arrive with yet another scene to be taken, the non-guaranty actors became very cheery. More money loomed, and more sandwiches, pie, coffee, or milk, on the company. Frequently those not on the guaranteed list made more than those on it, which peeved the favored ones. Along about now Mr. Herbert Yost contributed some artistic bits. Once he was Edgar Allan Poe and he wrote "The Raven" while his sick wife, poor little Virginia, died. We were a bit afraid of being too classic. The public might not understand — we must go slowly yet awhile, but not all our days. Mr. Yost was one actor who used a different name for his picture work. He called himself "Barry 0'Moore,, in the movies. Not that he felt the movies beneath him, but he was nervous about the future reaction. He showed good foresight. For as soon as the big theatrical producers got wind of the fact that their actors were working in moving picture studios, they decided to put a crimp in the idea. The Charles Frohman office issued an edict that any actor who worked in moving pictures could not work for them. But the edict was shortly revoked. Even so long ago had the power of the little motion picture begun to be felt.