Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

Ad venturing among the STARS iO'ooner or later everybody who writes about other people in the form of interviews is asked to write about himself and his own reactions to these interviews. Old Boswell probably started it but there was Elbert Hubbard, who called his memories "Little Journeys to the Great," and there was Isaac Marcosson, the demon interviewer; and Samuel Blythe, all of whom have recorded their reactions. So now we are invited to do the same thing-. This is our first offence. Once before an editor said to us, "How would you like to write about the people you have interviewed?" And we, all enthusiastic, began to outline our story ; only our sense of humor got the better of our discretion and we told him what the people were really like. "And when she pretended she was French, and said, 'I cannot sink how you say eet in Engleesh,' I longed to reply, 'Well, say it the way they say it in Cincinnati, I can understand that'." But I didn't give the retort courteous. Meeting the Screen Celebrities a H ow shall I write about my interviews with celebrities?" we asked the editor. "Write about your views of celebrities and what you didn't say to them," he replied brightly. . : So, when the story was finished, the editor used it but he left out the names and substituted "a certain actress" or "a well-known actor," instead. This will be our first record of adventures in interviewing and maybe when this appears the editor will have substituted "Mr. X" or "Miss Blank" for the names which we are about to write on this virgin sheet. It all depends on how indiscreet we become. HCharles de Roche, says Miss Underhill, is the most attractive of our leading men. He is here shown as Pharaoh in "The Ten Command"'' merits. " Likes Pola Best Negri Pola Negri we like the best of all the women we have interviewed, though we have an idea it wouldn't be any fun being her secretary