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192 When the Movies were Young
even so, Mary's "Imp" pictures fell far short of her Biograph pictures, and she wasn't very happy and she didn't stay so very long.
As a member of the "Imp" Company, the silence and mystery that had surrounded her when with Biograph instantly vanished. She now received whole pages of advertising, for that was how the "Imp" would put the pictures over. One of her first Independent pictures was 'The Dream" of which a reviewer said: "The picture got over on account of Miss Pickford. Our feelings were somewhat sentimental when we saw 'Our Mary' as a wife arrayed in evening gown and dining with swells. In other words, we have always considered Mary a child. It never occurred to us she might grow up and be a woman some day."
Marion Leonard and Stanner E. V. Taylor had taken their departure. I believe it was Reliance-ward they went, as did Mr. Walthall, Mr. Kirkwood, and Arthur Johnson. Arthur had become not so dependable, and Mr. Griffith being unable to stand the worry of uncertain appearances, reluctantly parted with his most popular actor, and his first leading man. He never found any one to take his place exactly. For even so long ago, before he and Mr. Griffith parted, 'twas said of Arthur Johnson, "His face is better known than John Drew's."
Mary gone, Mr. Griffith located Blanche Sweet somewhere on the road and telegraphed an offer of forty dollars weekly to come with us to California, which Miss Sweet accepted. He was willing to take a chance on Blanche, being in need of a girl of her type. If she didn't work out right (he hardly expected her to set the world a-fire) the loss would be small, as he was getting her so cheaply.
Wilfred Lucas also received a telegram; but his tenderly