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William Gillette, actor: "The ancient legend that actors are kindhearted, especially to one another, came to light again last week when I charged a play broker with grand larceny because he kept $1,000 which I had instructed him to give to Clare Kummer, actress and playwright. In 1925, Miss Kummer was in financial straits, when the opening of one of her plays was delayed. I wanted to assist her with $1,000, but I did not wish her to know it, so I used an intermediary...
...further this question of color. The wise man will only look more devilish and confine his remarks to the cleverness, good looks, and ability of said Wilson, who is even better this year than in the past two years, which is as much as can be said for any actor. Arnie Horween was heard to mutter that if he only had a quarterback on Soldiers' Field that looked as good as Wilson does on the Pudding Stage, Yale would concede next November's game right now. He shows new clever steps, the same good acting, and he is better than...
...work of the rest of the cast is marked by the same finish, and also by a remarkable fitness for the various' parts. Each actor and actress is adapted to the peculiar role he or she plays, not only physically, but even, it would seem, in natural temperament. Edward Fielding as the colonel, has the impressive bearing, the stubborn will, and the military self-righteousness of the typical Prussian officer as if he had spent his entire life in the Kaiser's army. The realism of this old gentleman's character may be somewhat difficult for the American of today...
...best training for the screen, including all facilities now in use, is the travelling stock company. Actors and actresses presenting their show in a different town every two or three nights, must deliver, or they will soon find themselves without engagements. Travelling actors live a hard life, and in every way, this prepares them for the strenuous life of the moving picture actor...
Dispelling the thought that Hollywood is immoral and vice-stricken, Mr. Lyon said. "If an actor in Hollywood gets inebriated every paper in the country prints it in large headlines. How ever, here in Boston, where drunks are seen every night on the street, no one seems to hear of it. The papers delight in disparaging Hollywood...