Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1918-Jan 1919)

G%<2 i .•-* This department is for information of general interest, but questions pertaining to ,n}ati' mnnv relationship photoplav writing, and technical matters will not; be answered. Those who des he answers hTmSl or a list of the film manufacturers, with addresses, must enclose a stamped addressed en-eiore Address all inquiries to •'Answer Department." writing only on one side of the J?" rsand u«in« separate sheets for matters intended for other departments of this magazine When inquirin" about I lavs, give the name of the company, if possible Each inquiry must contain the correct name and address of the inquirer at the end of the letter, which will not be piinted At the top of the letter write the name you wish to appear Those desiring immediate replies or information requiring research, should enclose additional stamp or other ™ all tee otherwise all inquiries must await their turn. Read all answers and file them— this is the only movie encyclopaedia in existence. ■£?' OME hither, 0 gentle and ungentle. reader, and follozv me. We'll take a dip together. A dip into a mace of philosophy, art, science,. knowledge, wit -and nonsense. A peep into the think-works of many inquisitive inquirers. Brush the cobwebs from your brain and look sharp. Fact and fancy will greet you at every turn, and you must have your wits about you so that our' journey shall not be in vain. Watcher step, now', and step lively. Virginia Rose. — Yes, where have they gone — Gwendolyn Pates, Guy Coombs, Frances Nelson, Fritzi Brunette and Hazel Dawn? Them were the good old days. Nigel Barrie was born in Calcutta, Ind., February S, 1889. He has dark hair and brown eyes. Leah G. W.— Oh yes, Mary Fuller, Elsie McLeod, Baby Lillian Wade and Helen Costello. We'll have to have a hunt-up party. Oh, but you shouldn't do that. Dont you know that overeating has always been the best friend of the physician? Besides, aren't we trying to be patriotic by conserving food? (Conserving, not serving — dont omit the "con.") Miss St. Paul. — Your verses are really good. You might be a poet some day. However, hit your own faults the hardest ; they're closest to you anyhow. Never fear; Earle Williams will come back. George Walsh Fax. — I dont mind hot days and I dont mind cold days, but I dont like them too close together, for I hate to wear furs one day and a Palm Beach suit the next. William Courtleigh in "Miss U, S. A." Hart Hoxie in "The Wolf and His Mate." Allen Edwards in "The Girl by the Roadside." Helena F., Schenectady. — That was a pretty ancient one. You refer to Hugh Thompson. Anna Lehr in "The Other Woman." I believe Scribners published a book titled "How to Be Happy Tho Married," but I did not read it because I had no occasion to, and I haven't a set of shock-absorbers. F. H. W. — Dorothv Dalton in Los Angeles now. See May, 1918. The Island of Cuba is 760 miles long, and its width varies from about 25 miles to 100 miles. Its area comprises 45,881 square miles, or about that of Pennsylvania. Its population is about 2,600,000. Juliet I. — Ah, but our happiness in this world depends upon the affections we are enabled to inspire. So Thomas Chatterton is playing in stock now. He had a great chance if he had only stuck. Olga, 17. — Well, well! It seems years — nay, centuries! The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time! You ask why women dont have beards, now that they have everything else. Listen : "How wisely Nature, ordering all below, Forbade a beard on woman's chin to grow ; For how could she be shaved — whate'er the skill — Whose tongue would never let her chin be still?' And is that the only question you have to ask me: You should have that $50 prize. Eagle-Eye. — Hazel Daly w^as with Selig last. I'll see what can be done for you. . Certainly the moon is inhabited. You've seen the man, haven't you? And if there is a man there must be a woman, else the man would not be there.. And if there are two,jthere are probably more. Q. E. D. Blondy, Berkeley. — I believe it was done to create a style. Nazimova. I doubt whether you could geta position, even:. tho you did bob your hair. It takes more than bobbed hair to land a job. Oh yes, Rupert Hughes' "Empty Pockets" has been done. Likewise "The House of Bondage." . , Question-Box. — As Mr. Barry, our Advertising Manager, says, the LT. S. mint is the only concern he knows that makes money without advertising.-.' Ask dad, he knows. Remember the two periods? That was once the signal to laugh. Mabel Scott played in "The Sign Invisible." She was born in Minnesota. As Socrates said to the wise men of Greece, "You dont know anything, but you think you do. I dont know anything, but I dont think I do, therefore I am wiser than thou." ' ■ ■ Frieda L.— No, Norma Talmadge is not leaving for good. Too bad your brother gambles. The gambling instinct is born in all men. but most of us learn to suppress it. It's a fatal malady if we once allow it to get the better of us. Read this to brother and let it sink in. Nurse Marion. — I'll remember you. Perhaps you ask more questions than I do, but I bet I answer more than you do in a day. I admire your form — I mean the fever chart upon which you wrote your letter. Have yoU any way of detecting when a fellow gets hot under the collar? U-53. — You say you dont know any more about acting than I do about shaving. Well, you hit the nail on the head that time. That was done in France. H:.ven't you seen the automatic projection machines? But see here, give me not flattery, but appreciation. Ima Patriot. — I'm glad to hear it. Florence LaBadie died October 13, 1917. Niles Welch is with the Webster Co. Bless your heart, some of the epigrams in this department are original and some are aboriginal. Eximino. — The Red Cross was established after the Battle of Solferino, in 1859, when 30,000 French, Italian and Austrian soldiers were uncared for. Before that time thousands of wounded lay for days on the open ground to perish miserably without the service of organized trained nursing which would have saved them. You ought to subscribe to the Red Cross Magazine. It has a circulation of 1,300,000. I hardly think "Foul Play" was ever done. Mary Charleson is with Paralta. Yes, indeed, William S. Hart sums up in one word — sincerity. Selah! Trixie, Atlanta. — King Baggot was the founder of the Screen Club. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., with brown hair and blue eyes, which he has yet. Genevieve Hamper played for Fox. Do you mean Tom Moore? He was Hunter. You're right, Trixie; preachers teach us how to die, and the doctors how to live, but they often make a mess of it.