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The Matinee Idol of Yesteryear in the Movie Era
The piece rails at the shift from stage idols to film stars. It recalls Bob Hilliard defending screen avoidance while detailing such figures as William Farnum Robert Edeson Dustin Farnum Jack Barry and Maurice Barrymore who fled stage glory for cinema riches. It notes John Drew Maude Adams and James Young, among others, chasing film contracts and huge salaries.
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Adonis
Yesteryear
Bob Hilliard
William
Dustin Farnum
Robert Edeson
William Elliott
Jack” Barrymore
Robert Warwick
Mr. Hilliard
Los Angeles
Thomas H. Ince
Hilliard
Ince
John Drew
Charles Frohman
Drew
Daniel Frohman
DeWolf
Hopper
California
Billie Burke
Maude Adams
James Young
Brown
Harvard
J. Warren Kerrigan
Carlyle Blackwell
Maurice Barrymore
Barrymore
Hee
Jack
Barrymores
Lionel
Halcyon
Old Wallack
George Rignold
Rignold
Marie Wainwright
Francis X. Bushman
Bushman
Faversham
Robert B. Mantell
Fanny Davenport
Mantell