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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, February 10, 1913, Image 32

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part of the picture which he
makes of the happy-go-lucky, go-as-you-please
wild west days.
To study the indescribable
something which seems to tinge
his whole make-4jp is one thipg.
To be able to imitate it correctly
is quite another.
Edwin August, the star of the
Powers' moving picture players,
has caught this subtle western
spirit perfectly, and reproduced
the native character in almost
faultless detail, although he is a
New York actor whose sojourn
in the west may still be counted
by the months. Look at him in
his cowboy attire and judge for
yourself.
This is the way he appears in
"On the Burning Sands," a new
Powers' western picture produc
ed in California. It is a two-reel
play which he wrote. He told me
it is to be the first of a series of
cowboy pictures in which he will
play the chief role.
"This life is pictures, pictures,
pictures, morning, noon and
night," he said when Iaccidental
ly ran into him on the steps of
the Hollywood studio' of the
Universal Film company, near
Los Angeles. "The life of a mov
ing picture actor is all work and
no glory, believe me!"
"Yes?" I answered with a ris
ing inflection, as I took a bird's
eye view of his dapper appear
ance and noted the well-cut suit,
patent shoes and jaunty hat upon
him. "It may be all work' I
said, "but I guess it's some
money, too."
August laughed good natured-
ly, and then almost upset my
mental equilibrium by announc
ing that "cowboy parts" were his
favorite.
"But. you came from New York,
Mr. August. And you have only
been out west a little while. And
I always understood cowboy
parts, "in which there is the real
western flavor, were played by
the genuine cowboy hired for that
purpose?"
"We-1-1," drawled my friend,
flicking a dust speck off his coat
sleeve, "that's true in part. It's
a fact that many 'dyed-in-the-wool'
cowboys are employed for
the western pictures. But when
a producer finds a real actor who
can get the spirit and look the
part, down to the smallest detail,
he is glad to have the actor and
the cowboy combined in one, you
see."
August had spent days riding
and talking and living with the
cowboys. He got 'em down pat,
to the tiniest detail, even to the
deft rolling of a cigaret. And
that's a real test.
Bobby was saying his prayers,
and, his tone being very low, his
mother said: "I can't hear you,
dear." "I wasn't talking to you!"
replied Bobby.
WEATHER FORECAST
Snow or rain tonight and Tues
day for Chicago and vicinity;
warmer tonight, with lowest tem
perature near the freezing point;
brisk southerly winds tonight,
shifting to northwest by Tuesday
night.

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