Points to Consider Regarding Breaking Into the Movies
a tremendous gamble wherein the men who had staked their fortunes on a single photoplay walked about in fear of their very shadows desiring new ideas, yet afraid to risk testing them, calling for new artists yet fearing to give them the opportunity to break in.
The very nature of the industry was responsible for this situation and, to a large extent, it is a condition which still prevails in a majority of the smaller studios.
The greatest obstacle which every beginner must surmount is the one which first confronts him the privilege of doing his first picture the first chance. The larger companies, however, in the last year or so have awakened to the fact that by excluding beginners they have themselves raised the cost of motion picture production many times.
They have found themselves with a very limited number of stars
