Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1928-Jan 1929)

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I. L. W. — Anna Q. Nilsson is five feet seven inches tall. Esther Ralston, five feet five. Greta Garbo, five feet seven. Joan Crawford, five four. You sure have a lot of favorites. Charles Rogers born August 13, 1904; Gary Cooper. May 7, 1901; William Haines, January 1, 1901; Charles Farrell, August 9, 1905; Ramon Novarro, February 6, 1899. Richard Arlen, twenty-nine. You're right, in the human race most flappers win by a neck. The "throw" of a projection machine? In trade parlance, the throw is the distance from the front of the projector lens in a straight line to the center of the screen. JINGLES. — And you're from the "Lindy" City. Have you seen him? Nils Asther was the good-looking chap in "The Blue Danube." His latest release is "Her Cardboard Lover," starring Marion Davies. I can supply you with photos of Charles Farrell and Nils. Gwen Lee is five feet seven inches tall, weighs 131 pounds, blonde hair and blue eyes. LOUD SPEAKER.— Don't broadcast it. You refer to John Patrick who played in "Love Hungry," write him at the Fox Studios, 1401 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Josephine Dunn is the blonde who plays opposite William Haines in "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Can be reached at the Metro-Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, Cal. WAITING BILLIE— It won't be long now. Write David Rollins at Fox Studios, 1401 No. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. William Boyd was born in Cambridge, Ohio, June 5, 1898; married to Elinor Fair. Thomas Meighan's latest is "The Mating I'll answer as many letters in MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE as space permits and reply by mail to the others. Write your name and address and enclose stamps or addressed envelope. The Answer Man, Motion Picture Magazine, Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway, New York City. SBk* 1W** Dolores del Rio occupies the place of honor this month. If my mail is any indication of Dolores' popularity, she's one of Hollywood's most popular girls Call," Caddo Productions, Metropolitan Studios, 1040 Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Cal. I. M. PATIENT.— That's fine; we all need a lot of it. Write Evelyn Brent, George Bancroft, William Powell and Clara Bow, Paramount Studios, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood, Cal.; Phyllis Haver, George Duryea and Sue Carol, De Mille Studios, Culver City, Cal.; George K. Arthur, Metro-Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, Cal. Joan Crawford born in Texas March 23, 1906. Her latest picture is "Four Walls." CHILEAN BOY.— Glad to hear from you again. Josephine Dunn was born in New York City, in 1910. Has blonde hair and blue eyes. Playing in William Haines' latest picture, "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Address your letter to her at the Metro-Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, Cal. Richard Dix is " Moran of the Marines." Paramount Studios, 5451 Marathon St., Hollywood, Cal. LENORA— My, what a lot of favorites. Vilma Banky was born Jan. 9, 1902. Her latest picture is "The Awakening." Clara Bow, Aug. 8, 1905, five feet two and a half inches tall, weighs 120 pounds. Louise Brooks is twenty-three, five feet six and a half, has black hair. Write her, Paramount Studios, 5451 Marathon St., Hollywood,' Cal. Olive Borden, July 14, 1907, five feet, weighs 105 pounds. Drop in again. COWBOY TEX.— So you're a cowboy from New Zealand, and how. Betty Compson and Ricardo Cortez had the leads in "The Pony Express." Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, "The Four Horsemen." Ruth Clifford, "Don Mike." Lillian Rich, "Braveheart." Mary Brian and Alice Joyce, "Beau Geste." Claire Adams, "The Night Hawk." Stella Essex was Eileen in "Tumbling River." Clara Bow, Janet Gaynor, Mary Astor, Myrna Loy, Sally Phipps, (Continued on page 108) Gilbert Roland is second. Inquiries about him only ran a few hundred less than Miss del Rio's Ralph Forbes is third. I was flooded with letters about him when "The Actress" was released Fourth is beautiful Dolores Costello. Have you noticed that both the female leaders are named Dolores Handsome Nils Asther is also gaining in popularity. They write and tell me he was handsome in " The Cossacks ' ' 80