Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1927 - Feb 1928)

16 The horoscope of Cullen Landis indicates that he should play comedy roles, or character juveniles, and that he is due for a return to popularity. IF you have yet to visit Hollywood for the first time you may think it is different in every respect from all other towns. But such is not the case any more than the destiny that shapes the personal lives and affairs of screen actors and actresses differs from that of the cigar-store clerk, the automobile salesman, or the waitress. If I were a philosopher I could make a striking deduction from this fact, but I happen to be an astrologer, and therefore I apply the natural laws of planetary influences to birthdays. All of us, whether our sphere of activity is in front of the camera or away from it, get good and bad periods according to the vibrations of the rays from the planets; but a better knowledge of our full powers and opportunities would help a great deal. For instance, the case of Cullen Landis shows how incompetent the casting experts are, and how nearly they have ruined a promising career. Even the fans know more about the kind of roles he — and others — should play than do some of the men and women in casting jobs who are getting enough money to earn at least some of it. Recently, a letter came from one of Cullen's admirers, who asked why he hadn't appeared in another role like The Notorious Colonel Blake, in "The Fighting Coward" a few years ago. And any astrologer could take one glance at the horoscope of Cullen Landis and see in a minute that he should always play light-comedy roles, or parts in which characterization is essential. In other "words, anything but a straight hero. The irony of it is that the studios continue to look for youthful players who can do this sort of thing, while they go right on mis The Future What astrology tells about the influences gov this extremely informative article by a wellBy Sidney casting an excellent artist like Landis. He has had some very unfavorable planetary aspects of late, but it now looks as though he would get a series of better breaks. That seems to be the way life is. Stars, like ordinary mortals, are influenced by the rays of the planets, and go through their good and not-so-good spells. This has been particularly true in the cases of four well-known actors, all of whom were born on the same date in different years, which gives to each of them the same zodiacal position of the sun. I refer to Charles Ray, Harrison Ford, Henry B. Walthall, and Conrad Nagel. These men have passed through several uncertain years, but I am pleased to note, in the testimonies of the planets, that all are on their way back to the prosperity they formerly enjoyed. The reason for this is that Uranus, the most upsetting planet in the heavens, has been going over the natal sun positions of the folks who were born around the middle of March. Those of you who celebrate your birthdays on March 24th and 25th are the ones who feel this influence now, but it is not quite as harsh as it has been in recent }-ears on those with earlier birthdays in that month. This is because Jupi Warner Richmond, here seen in "The Fire Brigade," is expected to sign a long-term contract, if he has not alreadv done so. Jackie Coogan will one day shine as Hollywood's leading real-estate operator, but may never win back his former position on the screen, according to astrology.