Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb-Jul 1912)

, POPULAR PLAYER CONTEST 135 O is for Olcott, a Photoplay actor, In that industry he has become quite a factor; No relation to Chauncey, that I surely know, His first* name is Sidney — he just acts, dont you know. P stands for Miss Phillips and Gwendolyn Pates, Of their clever work I dont have to relate, Miss Pickford and Panzer are next on the* list, And on pictures with them in the public insist. Q A hard one to rhyme, but I'm not going to shirk, So let's give three cheers for clean-cut Billy Quirk, In "The Hoodoo" he gave us some pictures you bet, Why, he's even got some of the folks laughing yet. R stands for Randall, he acts with Path6, Also for Ruth Roland with her pleasing way ; Not forgetting George Rheems, people like him immense, When Lubin took him on he showed some good sense. S To mention all S's I indeed would do well, But first I start in with our friend Bill Sorelle, Then there's Stuart, Fred Santly, Edith Storey and Shay, One of the best character men in the business today. T Miss Turner, you should have a page by yourself, , Tho years you've been posing, you're not on the shelf. Will we ever forget that Vitagraph smile? As an actress you've most of 'em beat by a mile. U Mr. Urelle is playing small parts with Gaumont, And slowly but surely will come to the front; He's the only one now whose name starts with a U, So here's the last line — with the letter I'm thru. V stands for Vignola, as Bob we all hail him, That good-looking actor who poses for Kalem. In Italian parts He sure is the candy, And with any company he would come handy. W for Walthour, Henry is his first name, To the title of actor he can surely lay claim ; Then there's Miss Kathryne Williams along with the rest, In plays of the jungle she's seen at her best. X Are left at the bottom, Y We'll lay them aside, but they'll not be forgotten ; Z If there's an actor of pictures who can call one his own, Just let him step up and we'll finish this poem. Miss Margaret Billman, of Shelbyville, Ind., does not know for whom to vote, and she tells why in verse: The world has had some great heroes, I smile when I see John Bunny, Who fought in the wars long ago, For he fills me with laughter and glee; But those that thrill me with ecstasy And Carlyle Blackwell, in the pictures, Now are found in the Photoshow. Is fine as an actor could be. I confess my love for Costello ; And now, dear Editor, I'm so worried F. X. Bushman I really adore; (As perhaps by this you will note), G. M. Anderson is great in the Western, For they're all so fine in their line, And Johnson is solid gold ore. That I dont know how I should vote. F. A. Wilske, of Champaign, 111., says: "Please hurry up. with the next issue of the magazine so I can vote for Miss Turner some more." Fred. W. Smith, of Brooklyn, writes : "My appreciation of the work of Mr. Carlyle Blackwell cannot be told in words. In my estimation he is the greatest and most attractive photoplayer of the present date — bar none." Mrs. Iris Irwin, of Mitchell, Ind., wishes she could give a million votes to MissMarian Leonard because she is so beautiful and sweet. Ruth Lupton Mills writes : "I take great pleasure in casting my votes where my heart has long been — at the feet of Miss Florence Lawrence. Not having seen her for several weeks, I am positively lonely for a sight of her again." "Oklahoma City is for Alice Joyce every time, and we cant see her enough," writes J. B. Sanford from that city.