I never met him but I knew persons who acted for his film company, and more to point of truth, the persons I knew were hired locals. Lubin used the sons and daughters of local important families. It took a short time for this to dawn on me. In the village places he filmed he used family members of local pillar families to aid in being permitted to film locally. I think it was insurance and was not a foist on him. Minor roles seemed big to those included. I speak of his work pre 1910 done in Delaware ounty, Pa.
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