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Conceit Is as
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Jealousy, bolt
in the Movies
Actors May See
Themselves
as Otlheirs See
Them a Fact
That Often
Brings a -Realization
of
Their
Shortcomings
and a Desire to
Perfect Their
Oh, wad some ower the giftie gie us
To see ourseTs as others see us.
SO SANG Bobby Burns years before the mo
tion picture bad been conceived in the brain
of man. Now it would seem the power to see
ourselves externally at least has materialized.
It is certain that those who pose in the "movies"
can see themselves embalmed in celluloid with all
their characteristics, facial expressions and carriage,
with their individual action perpetuated by the
cruel cinema.
It is the shock of one's life to have a visionary
picture of oneself rudely shattered by the truthful
camera. This register of the human figure and
face presents it not as we would like but as It
really Is. A woman of my acquaintance who has a
portly figure had for years coaxed herself into the
belief that nhe still retained the graceful lines of her
youth. She had the shock of her life when she saw
herself just as others see her 200 pounds strong.
It's the queerest sensation in the world to view a
motion picture in which one has appeared. To
actually 6ee ourselves cavorting around on the
screen, conversing with the other actors and taking
a part in the picture. Many actors will tell you It
is a fascinating experience. That is what Ger
aldinc Farrar said when she completed "Carmen,"
a film epic that will live in picture literature for
many a day.
Camera Sometimes Disappoints.
Many studios make a test picture before they
engage, an actress. Others merely make the test
piece of those who have already won fame and name.
It's a known fact that some actresses who are a
huge Buccess before the footlights fall down miser
ably when compelled to meet the searching eye of
the camera. Others who have had little stage suc
cess stand out like a cameo on the screen. It's an
illusive something that makes the movie stars that
can never be defined in actual words.
After you have avoided looking at the camera
and obeyed implicitly your dim-tor's commands you
hear him shout, "Out." He does this at the conclu
sion of every scene. When the final "out"' is said
there is a tremor in your voice and a nervousness in
your soul, for your case is now resting with the
Jury; The jury is your director, who soans you in
the film with a practiced eye and 60011 discovers
whether or not you have made good.
After the negative is removed from the camera
it Is developed. While the camera man was grinding
it out he kept count of the number of feet used in
every scene. Then by reporting to the director an
attempt was made to keep the length of the film
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Clara Kimball Young, One of Filmland's Best-Known Stars, Began Her Training for Leading Roles in Childhood.
within the required number of feet If it Is a single
reel 1,000 feet. are required; a two-reel, 2,000 feet,
and so on, 1,000 feet for every reel. Few directors
ever keep their footage down to the right length.
They either have a shortage or else have utilized
too much film. The latter is generally, the case, and
cutting is the next thing on the program.
Piecing the negative together is the producer's
final touch to the film before it is made seeable. He
trims It, cuts all superfluous scenes and retakes any
badly photographed scene. Assembling the negative
is a delicate Job and one that requires expert atten
tion. After the director has put the negatire to
gether he sends It to the finishing-room, where the
pieces he has joined together with pins are spliced
"Just Grew" Into Movies
I JOINED the Vitagraph Company
when the demand for players was
great and the supply meager, but now,
dear me, how overwhelmingly great the
supply. Like the seveuteen-year-old
locust, the supply springs right out of
the ground here, there and every
where. I have had no difficulty with which
to contend. Just "got in on the ground
floor," as it were.
Many girls who wish to get into the
movies are actuated by a personal van
itywith me it was simply business.
You see, I Was on the stage when 3
months old, and as I grew up acted all
the children's parts Eva in "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" and in "Ten Nights in a
Barroom," and then outgrew them and
played older parts. I have been acting
all the time except when I was taken
off the stage and sent to St. Xavier's
Academy. I suppose you know I was
born in Chicago, although my mother's
family are French-Canadians and my
father a regular Johnny Bull. Am I
neutral? Well, I piiess NOT.
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG.
with cement. The film is also cleaned and made
ready to be put on the reel for the projection ma
chine. Then with his aids ho takes It to the proJccMon
room and has it unreeled on the screen. There he
sees your work. He discovers whether you have
registered and whether or not your picture icr
sonallty Is good. If you are a ravishing beauty, un
less that beauty comes out with cameo clearness it
u as useless to you as the fruit of the Dead Sea.
If jou have demonstrated that your smile Is
rippling, your histrionic ability beyond reproach and
your picture personality assured you, have won.
Beauty Is not all that is essential, mid a combination
of talent and personality must register1 along with
that pietty face and dimpled cheek.
If you haw been put down as good or excellent
the director will no doubt send for you again. Tf
be falls to remember you do not be bashful but find
out Just how you stand in his estimation. Io not
roah beck to the studio a day or a week after you
hare completed your first picture, but after a rea
sonable time has elapsed find out the verdict and
see how you are entered on the director's books.
How It Feels to See Yourself.
Ton wlU watch your picture flash on the screen
with beating heart and heightened color; you will
marvel and wonder if you are going to get across.
Tour own familiar figure, and yet half strange in
Its new background, will loom acroHS your vision as
a powerful image. You eagerly watch the expres
sion on your face, the way your gown hangs and
vrery little movement of your hands and feet
It ts an uncanny sensation to see yourself. Ton
watch that figure as if It were a weird spirit, then
gradually It becomes impersonal and you are ready
to criticise or applaud just as you feel you deserve.
It's an unusual situation to stand as self-critic, and
probably the only time such a condition has existed
for you or for anyone else.
But while that figure has assumed gigantic pro
portions to you other people have beeo watching the
story and other actors. Do not dwell on your own
importance. Remember you are only an Infinitesimal
bit to the rest of the audience.
Conceit Is as fatal as jealousy, and is the great
est curse that can befall a young actress. The
moment she assumes the position of a self-worshiper
of her face she takes a step downward. Conceit has
wrecked many a career. See to it that it plays no
part In your scheme of life. If you e.re Tlewing the
picture In a playhouse keep your remarks to your
self. Tour neighbor Li interested In the picture and
does not care to hear a description of bow this scene
or that one happened to be photographed.
Keep your self-respect, but eliminate conceit when
you cast out of your heart its twin sister, Jealousy.
Copyright. 1915, by J. KlyJ
Jitney Jim Gives Myrtle Masterful Dissertation on Beauties ot Silence
By GENE MORGAN.
DURING the rush period Just before
the second show, when our whole
neighborhood was trying to buy a
seat at once, there was Just one peaceful,
placid note in the foyer of the Flytlme
Movie Theater. Just one individual had
poise and calm. Just one person sported a
quiet demeanor.
Apd to show how things go in the
world. It must be told that Jitney Jim was
performing the still-life sketch. He stood
around on tiptoe and didn't yell "Hel-lo,
ked," to anyone, and didn't act aa if he
were the barker for the entertainment.
After the rush was over the lobby was left
alone to stillness and Jitney Jim.
"What's the meaning of that button
you're wearing, Mlstah Map?"
"That button," said Jitney Jim, eyeing
the same and trying to be unconscious of
its beauty as he rubbed It with his sleeve.
"That button, my dear," he began, you
mean that button of 18-carat celluloid?
Well, it shows I'm a club member. I've Just
joined the International Anti-Noise Society.
No, it's not a secret order. But its aims
are strictly on the quiet.
"I suppose because this button has the
capital letters S-H on it you think it stands
for Sons of nibernlans. Ah, but it do not t
It stands for 'Sh!' Just like that, 'Sh'.'
That's what teacher used to say when you
whispered in school. But we don't say
anything. When we get tired of harking
to the chin melody of a plain or fancy bull
tosser we Just shore forward the little
button. Sh !
"Grand scheme, ain't it?
"Lissen, my dear. The International
Anti-Noise is made up of quiet, Inoffensive
ginks like myself who are dead tired of
being lulled to sleep by fiat-wheeled street
cars and fish horns and peddler yodels and
cut-out mufflers.
"Not only that, but we're ready with
clubs and bricks for the Jovies who are
always talking about theirselvea. Tea, I
mean the guys who boost thelrselves In all
the keys of a megaphone quartet on a sink
ing raft
"It's for these vanity fans and pool
room humming birds that we wear the lit
tle button what says 'Sh!'
"This little design Is a great thing in its
way, Myrtle. It's going to put the silent
drama Into real life. It saves us the trou
ble of asking the noisy nobodies' to kindly
can the cackle, chop the chatter, subside,
fade away, press the soft pedal, dim the
dipthongs, banish he bray "
Here Jitney Jim took a long breath and
continued :
"Yes, to ask them to vamoose the vivac
ity, hush, choke, gag, gasp out chain the
articulation, fan the phonetics, lassoo the
Jaw, get poisoned "
"I guess he'd understand by that time,"
Interrupted Myrtle. , c
"Say, I ain't even " finished the over
ture," said Jitney Jim. "However, I don't
want to keep you tip all night But unless
all signs fall this Is going to be the stillest
city outsidg? of Stillwell, Kan., Inside of a
few weeks. Our Anti-Noise Society Is
going to do it. Just leave it to the shush
bund. "We figured it all out at lodge meeting
the other night It was a great meeting.
The chairman called it to order rapping a
ball of cotton yam on a rubber doormat
And at our meetings, when the chairman
raps the gavel, utter silence wraps the
room.
"It was decided at this meeting that a
good many reforms would have to be
brought about hf fore our ear drums could
be saved. We made up a list of things
which would have to be made noiseless.
"I wrote down some of the best ideas,
and 111 Just read 'em off to you. For in
stance, through-modern science and action
of law we ought to be able to get :
"Crowless roosters.?
"Whlpless whippoorwflls.
"Painless -auto horn.
"Voiceless sopranos.
Tapless typewriters.
"Armless trap drummers.
"Rlngless alarm clocks.
"Tuneless soup spoons.
"Bawless baseball fans.
"Wireless piano-players.
"Boomless boom towns.
"Barkless meat bounds.
"Gunless crook drammers.
"Laughless lawfter.
"Snoreleas sleeping cars. !
"I'm very sorry, Myrtle, for your sake,
but that's as far as I got with the list.
But there's one addition that I wish to
make before it's submitted to the House of
Representatives.
"And that's friendless ford stories."
Myrtle agreed with him heartily. With
this slight encouragement he started again :
"Of course, you understand that what
is one man's noise is another man's music
We can't make bard and fast rules. But
the Anti-Noise Society la consistent. It
hasn't converted the Jewel of consistency
into a phony prop. The peace societies are
fighting like wildcats to abolish war. But
that's no reason why the Antl-Noisers
should go after bedlam with a bed slat
"Still, lfa pretty hard to rubber-heel It
down the pike and not get shouting mad
on occasion. You can't snub a cornet
player into silence. Not when he opens
the window at 6 a. m. and contaminates
the morning air with musical brass poison
ing. "No, you've got to raise a boiler. You
dont need to make a noise, understand,
but you can burst into his den of torture
in a quiet way. And then, without waking
np the whole block, you can lam him over
the sconce wth the infernal cornet right
where It buttons down the back."
By this time Jitney Jim was speaking
Ms mind. The manager of the Flytlme
Theater came ever and asked him to give
that noise a little air outside,'' and If he
m trying to break up the show, oXivkjUl
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