instance_of billy's love making
Billy ' s Love Making is a 1915 American silent romantic drama directed by and starring William Garwood and Violet Mersereau . An actor ( or actress for females ; see ___MASK43___ ) is a ___MASK40___ who portrays a ___MASK20___ in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as ___MASK70___ , radio , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real ___MASK40___ or fictional ___MASK20___ . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a ___MASK20___ in performance . William Davis Garwood , Jr . ( ___MASK88___ 28 , 1884  ___MASK25___ 28 , 1950 ) was an American stage and ___MASK70___ actor and director of the early silent ___MASK70___ era in the 1910s . A silent ___MASK70___ is a ___MASK70___ with no synchronized recorded sound , especially with no spoken dialogue . The silent ___MASK70___ era lasted from 1895 to 1936 . In silent films for entertainment , the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures , mime and title cards which contain a written indication of the plot or key dialogue . The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as ___MASK70___ itself , but because of the technical challenges involved , synchronized dialogue was only made practical in the late 1920s with the perfection of the Audion amplifier tube and the introduction of the Vitaphone system . During silent films , a pianist , theatre organist , or , in large cities , even a small orchestra would often play music to accompany the films . Pianists and organists would either play from sheet music or improvise ; an orchestra would play from sheet music . Violet Mersereau ( ___MASK59___ 2 , 1892  November 12 , ___MASK73___ ) was an American ___MASK51___ and ___MASK70___ actress . Over the course of her screen career , Mersereau appeared in over 100 short and silent ___MASK70___ features .