Film Fun (Jan - Dec 1919)

30 ii »"■ ■ < 'i in... H...1 i i 1..IU i Celluloid Celebrities By M. L. E. iiiiimiiimiiiimiiiimiiii IIIUMIIIMIIIIM minim: : iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiinn MARY PICKFORD has a car that she chooses to call a "flivver," although it is distinctly not in that class at all, being one of those high-brow Cadillac Sixes or Sevens or something. Anyway, it's a roadster, and Mary drives it herself, and Mother Pickford thinks so little of her daughter's chauffing that she always stipulates that Mary must call her up every time she arrives where she has set out to go and report herself intact. Mary says the real aristocrats of the Pickford automobile family are the imported cars owned by Jack and Lottie, and her "flivver" is the poor relation and has to stand outside the garage in the night dews, while the "i ' " other two are comfortable and sheltered. "Lottie and Jack have high-sounding names for their cars," says Mary, "but I call mine Job — just plain Job. Why? Oh, because he has so many boils!" «■? CHARLES RAY, in his moments of leisure, takes to the water — to be in the swim, as an audacious press agent might put it. Charles is an expert in aquatic feats, and it is hinted that one of his later pictures will give him an opportunity to display his talents in this respect. -S ENID BENNETT'S pet fad is the collecting of animals. She has several dogs, a parrot, a canary, a Catalina mountain goat, and the latest acquisition to her menagerie is a small wild cat, which was brought to her sailor fan. The wild cat, in spite of its lack of Puritanism, has been christened Prudence, and that name, says Miss Bennett, ought to domesticate even a wild cat! -5 MARGARITA FISHER, of the bronze-gold nair and smoke-gray eyes, has mastered almost every outof-door sport on the calendar, but the gentle art of bicycle riding has been beyond her. Now her education is being taken in hand by her young niece, Catherine Fisher, aged 12 (affectionately called Kathy by her lovely aunt), and Kathy is showing Aunt Margarita just how it is done. Auntie M. is getting along fairly well, but has discontinued the practicing except at the studio. The other evening Kathy insisted that the lesson take place out in front of the Fisher residence, and Margarita, having more confidence than skill, consented to try and ride the bicycle the length of the block. A regular "comedy" spill took place, with Margarita underneath the bicycle, Friend Niece standing by shrilly inquiring why she hadn't put the coast brake on, Mother Fisher inquiring from the porch if she was hurt, and a score of """"I interested bystanders who I gathered round scenting a I "movie" scene. | " There is such a thing J as too much publicity," j says Margarita. "Iwillfinj ish my cycling education in I the privacy of the studio. ' ' 1 'r. * v :3&2fe B' Margarita Fisher and Niece Kathy, who taught her to ride a bicycle — almost. from South America by a i ILL HART, not contented with successfully invading the speaking stage and the silver screen, now turns his attention to becoming' an author and has published a book called ' ' Pinto Ben, ' ' which is a compilation of stories he and his sister, Mary Hart, have written. The only other two artistic occupations that he has not taken up, says Mr. Hart, are painting and music. "I couldn't even paint the town red, with prohibition coming in," he says, "and I never could coax my hair to grow long enough to be a musician !" -$• i ILL RUSSELL, the versatile American film star, has a summer home in Santa Barbara, bounded by a chocolate king's estate on one side, a soap emperor's palace on the other, the ocean in front and a pine woods behind. His place is called "Las Olas," which means "The Palms, " and Bill says that the name applies not only to the ones in the yard, but likewise to those attached to tourists, picture fans and souvenir hounds, who want everything from autographed photos to photographed autos — very flattering, of course, but very expensive ! Bill enjoys "puttering" around the grounds with the B1