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ANSWER DEPARTMENT
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Lillian M. E. — "David Copperfield" was done by Thanhouser. Yitagraph produced "Hiawatha." You are my Washington Irving — a high compliment.
M. B. D. — A thousand pardons! I did not know that your temper was set on a hair-trigger. You refer to Marguerite Courtot. She is a little queen as you say. No one is paid. An actor cannot buy gallery space in our magazine. William Taylor had the title role in "Captain Alvarez" (Yitagraph). Gerda Holmes and Richard Travers in "The Song in the Dark" (Essanay). Yours was very interesting.
Dollie Yaeden. — Clara K. Young in "David Garrick" (Yitagraph). That scene was enough to make angels weep.
Ed. K., Detroit.— We have nothing whatever to_ do with that magazine. Charles Bartlett was the Spider in "The Bottled Spider" (Kalem). Frances Ne Moyer was the girl in "She Wanted a Count." Marin Sais was the girl in "Trooper Billy."
Kathryn R. C. — John Ince in "Officer Jim." Muriel Ostriche in "His Enemy" (Thanhouser). Boyd Marshall opposite.
Marie T. — Margaret Thompson was Nell in "Shorty Turns Judge." David Powell was Henri in "One of Our Girls" (Famous Players). On their own merits modest men are dumb. I am dumb.
Betty S. — Rosemary Theby in "Madame Coquette" (Lubin). Guy Oliver was Robert in "Footprints" (Selig). Doris Baker was the child in "The Candidate" (Lubin). George Larkin in "The Love Victorious" (Gold Seal).
Carolyn O. — Anita Stewart's first husband was Harry Morey in "A Million Bid." The Pennsylvania Railroad has 7,561 locomotives, 6,884 passenger cars, and 281,590
freight cars. Haven't the statistics of the other road.
Lulu C, Tulsa.— I wasn't there at the time, so I cannot tell you. Marguerite Snow is called "Peg o' the Movies" by her friends at the studio.
Rhoda. — But you must give the company always. You cannot choose the players to play in your photoplay, because you dont know which company will accept it, and all companies select their own players.
Lorraine G. — You ask too many questions for one letter. Herbert Prior was Jake Mills in "Across the Burning Trestle" (Edison). Winnifred Greenwood in "The Broken Barrier" (American). Alice Hollister and Harry Millarde in "The Barefoot Boy" (Kalem). Alice Joyce was May in "The Brand" (Kalem). James Kirkwood in the "Eagle's Mate." Ormi Hawley and Edward Peil in "His Brother's Blood."
Adele, 15. — Lee Willard was G. M. Anderson's brother in "The Good-for-Nothing" (Essanay).
Peggy, Richmond. — You are an exquisite penman, madam. Yes; Frederick Church is with the California branch of Universal, Hollywood, Cal. You might write Mary Fuller. If you excel others, you must expect to have enemies.
Florence A., Quincy— Jack Pickford is Mary Pickford's brother. Ethel Clayton did not leave Lubin. Yes, "The Seventh Prelude" was taken in Chicago. William Stowell and Adele Lane in "Somebody's Sister" (Selig).
Nellie R — Edwin Wallock was Henry, William Stowell was Frank, Adele Lane was Edna in "Somebody's Sister" (Selig). James Kirkwood in the Famous Players. Edwin Wallock in "In Tune with the Wild" (Selig).
HIS FIRST CHOICE
(His father is an artist, his mother hopes he'll be an author, but Uncle John had
a hunch.)