Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

140 Photoplay Magazine D. W., Delta, O. — We have no record of Jane Fearnley since September, 1915, nor of the play you mention. We quite agree that "The Firing Line" would make a good photoplay. Universal City. Any time you just can't wait, send a two-cent stamp and you'll get a reply by mail. L. R., St. Louis. — Norma Talmadge does not make a practice of answering letters. She gets too many of them, she says. Think letters to the others will bring results. M. E., Lancaster, Pa. — Douglas Fairbanks is married and glad of it. Mary Pickford's hair is not boughten. Yes, she was christened Smith. No, she has no children. No trouble. Come again. F. M. H., Tampa, Fla. — Vernon Steele played opposite Marguerite Clark in "Silks and Satins." _ You must obtain permission from the author before scenarioizing it. Mabel, New Glasgow, N. S. — Sorry, but we haven't received the late measurements of the stars you are curious about. Miss Minter is about five feet, Marjorie Daw a little taller and Billie Burke about five feet four inches. Both Olga Petrova and Pearl White have green eyes. Always glad to hear from Nova Scotia. G. M., Erie, Pa. — Now listen, girlie ; we can't tell from a mere description whether or not you could ever become a movie actress, and besides, there's a rule against us giving any advice regarding employment. You don't really know you can act, you just think so, as does every nine out of ten persons. Better try to content yourself in some other vocation. M. R., Grant's Pass, Ore. — Can't tell you definitely what Jack Kerrigan's plans are. One day we are informed that he is to go into vaudeville and the next day he is forming his own movie company, a la Clara Kimball Young, et al. Forrest Stanley is still with Morosco-Pallas. He is not married at present. Theda Bara is single. Glad you think we're the best of all. That makes it unanimous. THE ANSWER MAN INTERVIEWS HIMSELF To interview myself I sallied out to where they keep insane, And as I gripped my hand I said : "What ! Are you here again ?" "Yes, yes," I cried in accents wild, "But only for the night." "How odd !" I said and calmed me down, "Just lately you were right." "I know," was my reply to me, "but pause, and you shall hear Of what it was, and who it was that crooly sent me here." "It was," I said, "the movie-nuts who dote on Wallie Reed, A form, a class I can't define, sans reason, love or creed ; From Mohawk, Maine, to Timbuctoo they take their pens in hand, And muss up all my waking hours by asking, 'Ain't he grand ?' And 'yes' I wrote a million times. Ah, stranger, do not scoff, A million times ! — it's true — and then — Ah then they took me off!" "But man," I said, "was there nought else to drive you where you are?" And feeling sorry for myself I proffered a cigar. "Ah, yes," I said, and took it then — "the Marguerite, la Clark ! Because she lives, I turn and toss unsleeping in the dark. A million plus have written in to ask me, 'is she wed?' My 'NOS' mean nought — they still write in. I wish that I were dead!" I poured myself a drink of rum and passed it in my cell, Then listened for mvself to start the story that I'd tell. "And Kerrigan," I soon resumed, "they ask me if he's tied. Two million times I've written 'No' — and still they think I lied. House Peters is the other cause, they ask me 'ain't he dear?' And coming eighty times a day — that's why, old man, I'm here !" I jottt'd down my own strange notes, then bid myself good-bye, But ere I'd gone a dozen feet I caught my eagle eye. "Say this for me," I said to me, and shook my fevered palm, "That if the fans will not restrain from breaking up my calm By questions such as these above and others I could tell, I'll never be mvself acrain — -T NEVER WILL GET WELL!" H. W., Decatur, III. — So you thought that because she was a diva that we ought to print some beach pictures of Geraldine Farrar. Well, we were willing, but the pictures never came. A. B., Minneapolis. — Alice Taafe is at Cuiver City, Cal., with the Ince company. Stanley, York, Pa. — Charley Chaplin is not married. Don't think he is even contemplating matrimony, while the cost of living is so high. Sorry, but we can't settle your argument about Fox and Metro pictures. Both make good pictures — sometimes. Muriel ML, Victoria, Australia. — If we were giving prizes for the best letter received each month, you would be this month's winner. Wonder why it is that some of our best letters come from Australia ; can you enlighten us? Every line of it was thoroughly enjoyed. You have our most sincere wishes for a successful career. No, the Lind and Wayne girls are not related and when the picture was taken they were with Keystone. Ben Wilson spends most of his time directing Universal films. He was on the stage ten years ; is nearly six feet tall, weighs 180 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes. We have no other data concerning him. Wish we had more space for you. Peggy, Glens Falls, X. Y. — Bessie Love was born in Texas about seventeen years ago. Pearl White is of Italian and Irish descent. Alice Joyce will appear next in Yitagraph's "The Battle Cry of War." Sweet Sixteen, Marion. III. — Herbert Rawlinson will be 31 this month and is a native of England. He is 6 feet high and weighs 175 in his stocking feet. Can't say about the mayoralty of Miss Movie M a p. Berkeley, Cal. — So you thing Photoplay gives more real information than all of the other magazines put together ? Well, that's nice of you, and we must admit the truth of your remark. Think Florence Dagmar is still with Lasky. She is not related to Ernest Joy. Anita King was married to an auto race driver who died. Glad you like Bessie Barriscale and Pauline Frederick. The former is 26 and was born in New York City. (continued on page 14S) M