Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1919 - Feb 1920)

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What did you do with the rest of your letter? It wasn't with the first part when it arrived. See addresses below. Mary Pickford's first picture was "The New York Hat," a Biograph production. "Wildflower" was Marguerite Clark's. Florette B. J. — See addresses below. Hattie Belle. — Yes, Norma and Constance Talmadge are sisters, and there is another sister, Natalie, who plays in pictures once in a while. Mildred G. — What do you mean you'd like to be an actor, Mildred? Are you a male impersonator or something? They always need girls in motion pictures, but the girls must have some experience. I'd advise you to stay close to home and mother, where you are sure of three meals a day, which you won't be so sure of if you decide to go into pictures. Donald P. — I have never heard of the officer you mention appearing on the screen. He might have used a different name in the films. That is Violet Palmer's correct name. She was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1899. Yes, she has been in a goodly number. She was with Kalem, Lasky, and Fox. See addresses below. Those were mighty interesting cards you sent me, and I shall put them with my collection. I guess you will be glad to get back in the States again at that, eh? E. Straka. — Your friend is not with the Fox Film Company on the Pacific Coast. I Wanna No.— All right, if you insist. Mary Pickford's latest picture is "The Heart of the Hills," by John Fox, Jr. Inquisitive Peggy. — Eugene O'Brien opposite Norma Talmadge. There are two chances to your being allowed to visit the motion picture studios in New York : a chance that they'll let you, and a chance that they won't — with the accent on the won't. However, Steve Brodie took a chance. Don't give up hope, you may yet hear from her. She was born in Niagara Falls, New York, in 1897. She entered motion pictures at the Vitagraph studios at the age of fifteen with no previous experience. Z. I. M. — Dissolves are made by taking a scene, and then rewinding the film in the camera a short ways on. the scene, and then grinding on the scene you want to dissolve in to. When a director wants his characters to run at an exceedingly fast pace, the cameraman turns the crank slowly, which accomplished this. The same person appearing in a scene twice at the same time is done by double exposure. There are several companies who make cartoon comedies for the screen, and employ cartoonists for this purpose. Why don't you get in touch with them? Mary Pickford is very well, thank you. K. C. B. — Write to Olive Thomas. Yes, the battle scenes in "The Greatest Thing In Life," were taken in Europe. D. W. Griffith spent about a year "over there" getting battle stuff for "Heart? of the World," "The Great Love," "The Greatest Thing In Life," and "The Girl Who Stayed At Home." Robert Harron is twenty-five. The strong man you refer to in "The Warrior" is Maciste, who was the giant in "Cabiria." He is in Italy at present making pictures. A serial called, "The Liberator," and featuring Maciste is now being shown. The W. H. Productions is not connected with William S. Hart. They are merely reissuing old Mutual and Triangle productions. The Shorty Hamilton pictures you refer to were made by the New York Motion Picture Corporation, and released by Mutual; then reissued by W. H. Productions. Mazie Bloom. — George Cheseboro had the male lead in the opening episodes of the serial, "Hands Up." He went to war and George Larkin took his place. Theda Bara is an American. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. "The Lure of Ambition" is one of her latest pictures. Sarah Bernhardt is in France. S. C. O. Athens, Alabama. — Pearl White wears a blond wig in her pictures. Her own hair is auburn. Mary Pickford is very much alive. She is now in the California mountains making some exterior scenes for her latest feature, "The Heart of the Hills," by John Fox, Jr. Ethel and Marguerite Clayton are not related. Theda Bara was born in 1890. Who are Madge Evans' parents? Why, Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Who did you think? Billie Burke's hair is red. I don't see any resemblance between Gloria Swanson and Alice Brady. Florence La Badie died as a result of injuries she received when Daniel Carson Goodman's car overturned near New Rochelle, New York. Mae Marsh is not dead. She has a little baby girl just a few months old called Mae Marsh Armes. Tom and Owen Moore are brothers. There are two more brothers in the Moore family. They are Joe and Matt. All are on the screen. Thomas N. — Write to the stars you mention personally. Jack-q-lin. — Don't ask me how to get into the movies, and don't ask my advice. That's the one question I can't answer, as you'll see by the rules. To be frank with you, that job you have in the restaurant looks awful good to me, with all the food about you within reach. If you tried the movies the food might be much harder to get. William S. Hart has not retired. He's still working hard as ever. A. Reader of The Picture Oracle. — You probably refer to Lydia Mary Meades. See the end of The Oracle. Theodore R. D.— Mary Miles Minter was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 1st, 1902. She is five feet two inches tall and weighs one hundred and twelve pounds. Chaplin Fan. — Charles Chaplin was born at Fontainbleau, France, of English parents on April 16th, 1889. His father and mother were touring the Continent with a vaudeville company at the time. He made his first appearance on the stage in a coster song entitled, "Jack