Vintage Movie Resources

Movie pioneers behind the camera: 3 cinematographers and 1 lab technician

Just what possessed Violet Mersereau’s to invite me to interview her at such an unreasonable hour was more than my fertile mind could fathom.

How Leslie Elton carries a comedy company to the studio in his vest pocket and turns out film farces with no other aid than a camera

My debut in motion pictures was the result of my seeking a way out of a dilemma.

I have just completed my seventeenth film production. Allowing three “takes” to each scene, this would make approximately 225,000 feet of celluloid, or nearly forty-five miles, in the two years in which I have been in the photoplay.

I have been asked by The Photo-Play Journal to write a short story on “How I Became a Photoplayer,” and accordingly will endeavor to present facts which, however, I am afraid will disclose nothing particularly startling.

In my early days I was literally hampered by dramatic instinct, human sympathy and emotional feeling. At first I overacted, rather, over-felt.