Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-May 1916)

168 ANSWER DEPARTMENT Louise F. — I will tell the Editor you want a photo of Courtenay Foote. Why, Josephine Earle's name is MacEwen. Earle is only her stage name. Tess, Newark. — Well, Frank Daniels has signed up with Vitagraph for three years, so you will see some fine comedies. He is an interesting "character" and will make Sidney Drew keep on the job to hold his championship laurels. Edna Mayo is playing opposite Henry Walthall now. So you want Vitagraph to reissue the Vitagraph Bunny films. Perhaps they will. His son has left Vitagraph. Deebee. — Yes, the California Motion Picture Co. produced "Salomy Jane." They also produced "Mignon" and "Lily of Poverty Flat." All have been released. No, your letter was just right. Helen M. R. — Max Linder was Max in "Max and His Mother-in-law." Arthur Hoops was opposite Mary Pickford in "Esmeralda." Marion Fairbanks and Boyd Marshall in "The Baby and the Boss." F. E. M. — So you dont think Mrs. Sidney Drew is too stout. Very well, have it your way — she is too thin, then. Frederick S. — Millicent Evans was Dora in "Dora Thorne" (Biograph). I agree with you that Earle Williams is not very versatile. The nightingale has but one song, but it is a good one. So you liked Naomi Childers and Virginia Pearson in "The Turn of the Road." We haven't interviewed Naomi Childers yet. Madeline C. — There was a Brief Biography of Ella Hall in April, 1915. A picture in March '15 Magazine and December '15 Classic. Virginia Vanderhoff. — Thanks for the tack. I am glad it was only a rubber one. Small favors, etc. Also thanks for the remembrance. It was quite different. Providence, R. I. — Yes; Dorothy Bernard is a fine little player. No, we do not adopt all of the words authorized by the Simplified Spelling Board. For example, they spell debt d-e-t. They omit the b, perhaps because they do not want 'a be in debt. M. R., Elk Lake. — Thanks for the pictures. I have sent them to the other magazine for you. Bernice S. — Look over our back numbers; they have a lot about Mary Pickford. All I can say about Louise Huff is that she is with the Liberty Company. Yes to your second. Thanks for that excellent fudge. Truly Yours. — Just talk to your manager and tell him what you want. Alec Francis was Blink in "The Impostors" (World). Lois Weber was Daisy Dean in "Scandal." Yes; I enjoyed your letter. Bessie M. — Olive Golden and Gordon Griffith had the leads in "The Come-back" (Universal). Bertha Gerson and Samuel Winstraub in "A Hunchback's Romance." Agnes Vernon was the lame sister in "The Flight of a Nightbird." Your poem on "The Beautiful Snow" was excellent. If you have one on ice, I would like to see it. Anna Nilsson and Harry Millarde in "Haunted House of Wild Isle" (Kalem). Mary Fuller and Matt Moore in "A Daughter of the Nile" (Victor). Sweet Sixteen. — So you say you love Antonio Moreno, and dont care who knows it. Hence, I am letting them all know it. I fear that you are deficient in the sense of proportion and have an exaggerated notion of the relative importance of your own affairs. Be I wright? Kitty B. — Not Vitagraph, but Kalem produced "The Coquette," and Rea Martin, James Cooley, Harry Hallam and Joseph Sullivan in the same. Yes; I saw all except "Madam Butterfly." Stop in when you come this way. Breco. — Mary Miles Minter was the Christmas Fairy in "The Fairy and the Waif" (World). So you are collecting photos of all the attractive blondes in captivity. Peroxides included? Mary M. D. — Ormi Hawley and Bradley Barker will play opposite for Kinemacolor. Yes; Edwin August is with World. Paul Panzer plays in the same company with Mary Fuller. Thanks for the fee. Madge, Newark. — Vivian Rich and Harold Vosburgh opposite, and Ruth Blair is with Fox. Perhaps you refer to Harry Morey. I dont know Harry L. Morris. That was taken in California and New York. You are kind enough to say that you think I do not get enough rest. What do I want of rest? As Carlyle says, "Shall I not have all eternity to rest in?" While I am 74, there are no signs of my wearing out or burning out. You say that Burns burnt out at 38, but you forget that Scott never wrote a novel until he was over 40. "What's the matter, son? Has some one in your family died?" "No'm; worse'n dat. De Movin' Picture show's burnt down!"