Motion Picture Magazine, July 1914 (1914)

This department is for information of general interest, but questions pertaining to matrimony, relationship, photoplay ■writing, and technical matters will not be answered. Those who desire early answers by mail, or a list of the names and addresses of the film manufacturers, must enclose a stamped, addressed envelope. Address all inquiries to "Answer Department," writing only on one side of the paper, and use separate sheets for matters intended for other departments of this magazine. When inquiring about plays, give the name of the company, if possible. Each inquiry must contain the correct name and address of the Inquirer, but these will not be printed. Those desiring immediate replies or information requiring research should enclose additional stamp or other small fee: otherwise all inquiries must await their turn. Herrert L. II. Laurence. —Irene Boyle was the girl in "The Strike" (Kalem). Miss Hartigan was the invalid sister in "The Blue and the Gray" (Biograph). Betty Shade was the daughter in "The Senator's Bill" (Rex). Myra K.—You have no right to write photoplays from the stories yon read in other magazines. Your idea has been and is being worked out. Marie S., Baltimore. —Gertrude Barn- brick was the girl in "As It Might Have Been" (Biograph). Yes, that was Louise Glaum. Geor-ge Stelle was Lincoln in ''The Sleeping Sentinel" (Lubin). Harold Lock wood in "Northern Hearts" (Selig). Allen Forest and Pauline Bush in "Dis- cord and Harmony" (Gold Seal). So you want a chat with Mrs. Maurice and Mr. Kent? Mrs. Maurice has been ill. Primrose F. S.—Yes, that was quite an item. Ernest Truex you refer to. Thanks for the place of honor you have given my picture. Am proud as a peacock. Mary L. 51.—The picture you enclose is of Blanche Sweet. L. Rogers Lytton was the husband in "Heartsease." You ought never to do wrong when anybody is look- ing, as Mark Twain says. Zillah. —Thomas Carnahan was the little boy in "The Late Mr. Jones" (Vita- graph). Maidel Turner and Francis Car- lyle in "The Governor" (Lubin). Irene Boyle was Dorothy in "Out of the Jaws of Death" (Kalem). Yes, that was Myrtle Stedman. Helen Holmes and Lee Maloney in "The Footprint Clue" (Kalem). Blanche S.—The editor expects soon to print a picture of the Costello family. Mabel Van Buren and Joe King in "The Touch of a Child" (Selig). Howard Mitchell was Ned. and Florence Hackett, Mary in "The Sea Eternal" (Lubin). Yes; Rosemary Theby looked very charm- ing with "reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eye." Betty Beia. —That play yon mention is too old. Joseph Franz was the outlaw in "The Mystery of Buffalo Gap" (Frontier). Leo Delaney was Charles Darney. and Florence Turner was Lucy in "A Tale of Two Cities" (Vitagraph). E. L. K.—Harold Lockwood in that play. James Cooley was the clerk in "When the Clock Stopped" (Biograph). Blanche Sweet is with Reliance. Harry Myers is located in Philadelphia. C. B. Healdsling. —Dorothy Bernard and Claire McDowell in "When Kings Were Law" (Biograph 1. Jack Hopkins and Louise Vale in "The Debt" (Hex). The latter is now with Biograph. You refer to George Larkin in the Ruth Roland branch of Kalem. Josephine Rector is no longer with G. M. Anderson. Those are Shakespeare's words that you put in my mouth: "I am Sir Oracle, and ■when I ope my lips, let no dog bark." Mary W.—Am not sure, but Sydney Smith says that most of the eminent men in history were diminutive in stature. I am diminutive in stature. Ada Charles was Eleanor, and Edward Peil was Ernest in "The Two Roses" (Lubin). Richard Stanton in "The Frilly." Agnes L. C.—Thomas Chatterton was Roland, and Anna Little the girl in "The Primitive Call" (Domino). Harry Myers in "The Doctor's Romance" (Lubin). Thomas W.—See above. The average life of a film is about one year. The old films are used for by-products. ELNOFF 132