Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1925)

64 Pictures and Pict\jreOuer Percy Marmont in " The Shooting of Dan McGrew. TO BETTY BALFOUR. (With apologies). My heart leaps up when I behold My idol's image nigh, So was it when I saw her first, And still to see her do I thirst, So be it when I shall grow old Or let me die. The star in this case makes the film, And I could wish my days to be In perfect bljss spent, watching thee. H. C. M. (Scotland). CAN ANYONE REMEMBER? Can anyone remember When movies were a myth, When Fairbanks was a boy, And Mary, Gladys Smith? When on a toy piano, Little Ivor used to play, When Rudy lived in Italy, E'er " Sheiks " had come to stay. Before Tom Mix and Tony Were known the wide world o'er, Before the first film kiss was " shot " On the first studio floor. When Bathing Beauties were nan est When Buster sometimes smiled, Before we knew what slapstick meant — When Charlie was a child. When Mae was dressed in pinneys, And Gloria wore short frocks, When Owen had no hair to wave, And Ramon wore pink socks? Can anyone remember Those days so long ago? Mary (Nottingham). LOIS. I pay my homage to one star. The movies' purest pearl, All others she outshines by far, " The Covered Wagon " girl f E. M. F. (Letchworth). SHADOWS. Shadows upon a screen are you, yet we Watch your adventures keenly, breathlessly, Believing in their tense reality. Men of our dreams, grave, gallant, valiant, true, Knights of old days and knights of this age too, Within our hearts romance and hope renew. Passions that we may never hope to know, Across your lives swiftly come and swiftly go, Hatred and vengeance, laughter, love and woe. Shadows upon a screen are you, yet we, Cheered by your laughter, touched by tragedy, Give thanks to you for your gay pageantry. M. A. (Eastbourne). TRUE TO TWO. In all the carols I have read The writers all are true To one fair star who holds their hearts They never run to tivo ! I fear I'm not content with one : I love a lady fair With sweet grey eyes, a tender mouth And softly waving hair. The other lady I adore Has eyes of deepest brown, And dark curls clustered o'er her head And gaily tumbling down. I'm loving Norma Talmadge and I'm loving Agnes Ayres, Long may they reign in happiness .^nd long be free from cares! Marjorie (London). JANUARY 1925 PULLING PICTURES TO PIECES [This is your department of Picturegoer In it we deal each month with ridiculous incidents in current film releases. Entries must be made on postcards, and each reader must have his or her attempt xt.'itnessed by two other readers. 2/0 will be awarded to the sender of each " Fault " published in the Picttregoer. Address : " Faults," the Pictlregoer, 93, Long Acre, IV.C.2]. Did They Follow Him Round? Warwick Ward, in Southern Love is sketching by the side of a pond. He sees " Dolores " (Betty Blythe) dancing on the other side, and walks round to her. After a lew minutes' conversation, he persuades her to pose for him while he sketches her. His sketching materials are ready to his hand, and yet he had plainly walked round to " Dolores " empty-handed. Did they swim across the pond to him, or walk round? M. K. (Salisbury). Speeding Things Up. In one of the new series of Dr. Fu Manchu entitled The Green Mist, " Dr. Fu Manchu's " messenger takes a parcel to " Nayland Smith " in broad daylight, but when he gets indoors the Minds are down and the lights on. Surely it didn't get dark while he was crossing the threshold. M. C. H. (St. Neots). Open Sesame. In The Fighting Blade, when Richard Barthelmess is thrown into a dungeon, the doors and the iron gate without, are all securely locked. Yet when Charles appears, he merely pushes the gate with his hand and it opens. M. H. (Brighton). Daylight Saving. When the escape leaves the station for Dr. Rutherford's house, in The Third Alarm, it is broad daylight. But by the time it arrives at the fire it is apparently night. Was the daylight put out to show up the fire? K. R. S. (Tufnell Park). An Accommodating Storm. In The Marriqgt J'otc, " Bob " hears a noise in the next room. He takes his revolver, walks on the verandah, while it is pouring with rain, and the lightning is flashing. He walks about a yard forward and the rain and storm have ceased as though by magic, but on reaching the next room it is raging as violently as ever. I suppose it w;is stopped just then in case he should get wet ! H. W (Dalston). Another Rope Trick. In La7v of the Lawless Dorothy Dalton has her wrists and ankles bound by " Costa." They are standing on the ground while he does this, yet when he lifts her on to his horse she is able to sit astride. How coula she do this with her ankles tied? M. S. (Wallasey).