Portrait of the ideal motion picture star and pay
The article argues emotion and sincerity form the foundation for top actors in cinema. It notes star performers can earn five thousand dollars weekly or more due to drawing power, with motion picture actors reaching hundreds of theaters nightly. It cites Charles Chaplin’s claim of performing in two hundred theaters per night and emphasizes rarity of such talent.
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America
Charles Chaplin
United Artists
Portraits of a Studio Visionary and His Stars
Film pioneer David Wark Griffith recalls discoveries from Robert Harron Mae Marsh and Mary Pickford to Lillian and Dorothy Gish. He details casting by camera tests speeches on stage value and the virtues needed for lasting success amidst temptations in the moving picture industry.
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Robert Harron
New York
East Side
Mae Marsh
Hollywood
Marguerite
Arthur Johnson
Actors
Biograph
Mary Pickford
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
David Belasco
Henry Walthall
Danton
Robespierre
Monte Blue
Sidney Herbert
Augustin Daly
Herbert
Henry Irving
Blanche Sweet
Miriam Cooper
Bard Dempster
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David Wark Griffith
David
Warr
Snob
Pricanerenia Record
Mars
FORD
Lilliak