“I never get fatigued making pictures. I love to work them out. That’s why I’m a film player.” — Marguerite Clayton Source: Dr. A. L. Roat (1915) “My folks are in Utah, and my father is a retired mining engineer, and none of them was ever connected with the stage in any form.” — […]
Of course, I was on the stage for twenty-four years and have been in pictures only a year, so perhaps I’m not in position to state a preference. But I will say that Moving Pictures acting is one of the most interesting things that I ever attempted, and I like it immensely.” — William Farnum […]
“The way to write a good moving picture comedy is first to get your idea; you’ll find that either in sex or crime. Those two fields are the great feeding grounds of funny ideas. Having found your hub idea, you build out the spokes; those are the natural developments that your imagination will suggest. Then […]
A racing team advertising Puente Gas pose next to their Peugeot in 1914. Ed Berman appears to be the man on the right. In November of 1914, Berman’s Peugeot competed in the Corona Road Race in Southern California. His driving partner, Eddie Rickenbacker (not pictured), later became the United States’ leading WWI fighter ace. Berman did not […]