Motion Picture Magazine (Mar-Jul 1918)

■ V* Letters to the Editor (Continued from page 12) have been printed. Let me say that the girl who played the difficult role of Marcia in "Paradise Garden" really carried off the stellar honors of the film. If "J. M." knew real acting when he saw it, he wouldn't think of beauty first. She was not pretty, but something more — she acted the real life vampire that one sees every day. Such a portrayal of a bold creature with her brazen smile makes Theda Bara look to her laurels. The Valeska Suratt type of vampire does not appeal to me, because I'm very much afraid if we had such strange, weird creatures roaming around at large to make married men their prey, the poor male sex would find this world a very unsafe place to live in. Hundreds of replies have poured in in wrathful answer to a letter published in the April issue. We publish W. J. Stansbury's, Los Angeles, Cal., because it contains a scholarly summary of all the others' thoughts : Have just spent a little time reading the April issue of your wonderful Magazine, which surely keeps one abreast of what's new in movieland and also helps while away a few hours in a pleasant manner. The object of my writing this letter to you is for this reason : after reading a few of the "Letters to the Editor" my ire was so aroused that I felt I must retort in some way, hence this effort. Have been a movie fan for a number of years and consider the movies one of the things that make life worth living. Have never written to a movie or any other magazine before, as I realize that they are bothered enough now without reading my truck, but I cant sit down and read what Miss Mary Morton and Miss Evelyn Bayless have to say without trying to take a little of the wind out of their sails. In the first place, they say that Francis X. Bushman, Earle Williams and King Baggot are all "has-beens," and then at the end of their letter the aforementioned young ladies say they are a couple of nuts in their teens. Well, that accounts for such a raw statement. It hasn't been verymany years since I was in the teens myself, and I can still remember how reckless I was in making assertions without anything to back them up. Mr. Bushman has been in the movie business quite a long time, and his face is certainly not new, but to say that he cannot act and that he is unpopular is surely a wild statement. I'm not a Bushman fan, but in all fairness to him wish to saythat in my humble opinion he is a very good actor or he wouldn't hold his job; also that he must be popular, as he has won several contests, and in the present contest now running in the Motion Picture Magazine his name is ninth on the list, being the fifth man on same. It seems to me that if he was unpopular he would never have acquired a position so high on the lisf. Then again, how do these little maids from school reconcile the remark made in one instance that Bushman cannot act and then towards the end of their letter say that he has polish and gentlemanly ways? That in itself denotes good acting. Next comes Earle Williams. But why waste time writing of him? He doesn't need my little help to clear him of these (Continued on page 113) Q o 0 o 0 o D rrr%MOTiON paw ynex i ma&azine r D o 0 O Q o o THESE MOTHERS' SONS ARE FIGHTING FOR YOU 25 Cents Lent to the Government Will Help Save a Soldi ler s Life These God-given women — over a million strong — are giving their boys to make this a safe world for )-ou and for me. And they ask nothing in return. Gladly they give what is more to them than their own lives without even a single complaint. Perhaps you and I can't go to war; perhaps we're needed at home. But that doesn't let us out. We've got to do our bit just the same. 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If you are obliged to sell your $5 stamp any time before January, 1923, the Government will buy it back from you at more than you paid for it. Its value increases lc. each month, as it earns interest. War Savings Stamps are for sale at post offices, banks, department stores, cigar stores, and other authorized agencies. National War Savings Committee Washington WS.S. TTAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Contributed through Division of Advertising United States Gov't Coram, on Public Information This space contribtited fbr the Winning of the War by L. E. WATERMAN COMPANY, NEW YORK 109 PAfi]