Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1920)

65 B. D., New York. — Yes, sir, I saw Mae Murray in ' On With the Dance." I never saw so much of her. She's Mrs. Robert Leonard. He is her director. When both were with Universal she was his star; she went with Paramount for the Fitzmaurice productions and he with International to direct Marion Davies. Now they are toiiethcr again, having formed their own company, called The Invincible. Mae will be on the August cover. L^estions and Answers ( CotUuiHcd) — costumes and Mary Pickford's age and does Constance Talmadge answer her own mail? Kathleen. — You want to know if Dick Barthelmess likes jazz music. I don't know, but he likes to dance, so it only follows that he must approve of those St. Vitus tunes. I'll give you his address and you can write and ask him if he shimmies. He wouldn't hit a lady. Niles Welch with \ itagraph in "The Courage of Marge O'Doone." Lila Lee with Lasky. Judge Bee, Ottowa. — Morning, Judge. When I think of the many things I've told you — But enough. You want to know where Mr. Sennett makes his comedies. In Hollywood, Cal. Marie Prevost is still with the Sennett company; her latest is "Down on the Farm." You may reach her, Louiie Fazenda, Harriett Hammond and Phyllis Haver at the Sennett studios. You're welcome. I know just how you feel. tell you how old that actress is because tliafs her business and I wouldn't mind it for anything. Bryant Washburn has two sons: Sonny (or Bryant Junior) and Dwight Ludlow. The latter is a comparatively recent re'lease. Mrs. Washburn was Mabel Forrest. Lloyd Hughes is with Ince, Culver City. Frances, Berkeley, Cal. — Xow how could / have my hair bobbed? If I were a long-haired poet I wouldn't and if I were a woman I wouldn't. I think the screen ladies who have taken this great tonsorial step forward look very well with clipped locks. Let's see if we can name them all; this seems to be such an attractive topic lately. Irene Castie is entitled to first place, for she started things; Viola Dana; Constance Talmadge and Natalie ; Anita Loos; Shirley Mason; Corinne Griffith ; Dagmar Godowsky. Pauline Frederick has long hair; she only wore a bobbed and deceptive wig in one picture. Dorothy Gish's real hair is not bobbed but she wears a wig also, in all her films. I could not forward your letter as I do not keep addresses; so had it sent back to you. Come again, you bobbed-bangedbaby. Betsy Jane, Red Oak, Iowa.— I don't think it's a tribute to my personal pulchritude that I get so many letters from ladies. I admit my rare fascination, but decline to be complimented on my curly locks. Beauty of the soul is my fatal attraction. Cullen Landis has a wife and child. Don't vamp him, even on paper. Or I miuht say particularly; I always advi.^c caution. We don't give personal addresses. "I'm sorry, but I guess you'll live through it. Write to me again. Nurse, Cincinnati. — Can't understand why you have not been getting AUce Joyce and Clara Kimball Young pictures. Both stars have been working right along. Miss Young's late ones have been "The Eyes of Youth," "The Forbidden Woman," "For the Soul of Rafael" and "Mid Channel." The last two are in production now. Miss Joyce has been seen in "The Sporting Duchess," "Dollars and the Woman," and "Prey."' Miss Young is divorced from James Young. Alice Joyce is now Mrs. James Regan. Peggy Hyland has left Fox and gone abroad for an English producer, Samuelson. Anita Stewart's new ones are "The Fighting Shepherdess" and "The Yellow Typhoon." It's your exhibitor's fault if you never see these stars' latest releases. Kick ! Patent Not Applied For FOR. the movie patron wlio wishes to slip inconspicuously and without annoyance into the middle of a row. Mr. Hay believes theater managers could make themselves more popular with fans who like to see a performance from the beginning, if they installed the automatic, drop-acoin-in-the-slot, self-rising scat. This invention would eliminate the need of ushers and would eliminate those nasty moments when, if the members of the audience were at a foot ball game, they would shout, "Down in front! The theater auditorium would be built over a subterranean area in which one would find the untaken scats. Any one planting himself in a chair, depositing his admission price in the little coin box at the back, and pulling the lever would find himself quietly shooting upward through the floor without the usual fuss. The artist has not applied for a patent. E. S., V.\NCOVVER, B. C. — I'm afraid Irving Cummings won't pay much attention to a leap year proposal. You see, he happens to be married. His wife is Ruth Sinclair. There's an Irving Cummings. Junior. V. B., England. — \'er>glad to hear from you. A good many of our stars are going abroad. Mar>and Douglas Fairbanks, the Talmadge girls, John and Anita Loos Emerson. Frances Marion, Peggy Hyland — who comes from your country — and Pearl White. Many are making pictures in England. Wallace Reid is still with Lasky, in Hollywood. His stage appearances did not interfere with his regular film work. M. F. OS., B. C— This magazine is not holding a scenario contest nor is one contemplated at this writing. However, why don't you compete for the worth while prizes we are offering for the best answers on various subjects? Watch PiiororLAv for announcements from time to time. Didn't you sec "What the Motion Pictures Mean to Mc"? I know what they mean to me. They mean Eueene O'Brien's crooked smile and Dick Barthelmess' eyes; Mac Murray's — cr M. M., NE.WARK. — I'm sorr> I cannot make an exception in your case, but when we have the star's business address we never give the personal address. A letter to Ruth Roland, care Pathe, will positively reach ber. She may read it herself and she may have a secretary who does that for her; but I think she will answer you in any event. Mrs. a. Laper.vl, Manila.— Thanks for your very kind letter. I am glad to have such a loyal reader and take more than the usual interest in answering your questions. Tell me sometime about your theaters down there, won't you? Fred Goodwins, now directing pictures in London, England, played Mildred Harris Chaplin's husband in "For Hu«bands Only." the picture in which Lew Cody earned his reputation as a male v.impire. I'll let you know when Mar>' Pickford's autobiography is published. None of the actresses you name divulges her birthdate. loLA B., Concord, Cal. — Yours was not a harmonious letter. I can't tell you how old I am because that's nobody's business but my own — besides, I've forgotten. I can't E. E., Carltnville. — You're the origin.al "bobbed,'' aren't you ? Yours is the easiest question T have had to answer in a long time. Gloria Swanson has longer hair than Shirley Mason because Shirley's is bobbed (Continued on page oi )