Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1918-Jan 1919)

^ CSK? ^frzspoer' 'JWctfi 1 la. -See back issues Florence LaBadie Mourner about Florence LaBadie's death. E. B. Admirer. — The so-called "French stage'' in pictures is the front line originally used by Pathe and other French producers which established a line beyond which the entire figure was visible to the camera's eye. Yes, Enid Bennett is Mrs. Fred Niblo. You can just send along those Canadian badges that have been thru the Somme. I would appreciate them very much indeed. Hank.— I am glad you want 'to wring my hand and not my neck. I heartily enjoyed your sparkling letter and I kiss you on either cheek. I dont know how old Alary Garden is, but she is not as old as I. I hardly think she will be cast for Little Eva in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Come on, now, Hank, and .give me another — give me a barrage fire — turn on your machine guns ! Rags, Castile. — Yes, Norma Talmadge was Cora in "The Children in the House." True, but consider humanity as a man who continually grows old and always learns.. < Johnson, T. B. — I am firing this at you, "over the top" of a thousand letters. Not to do honor to old age is to demolish in the morning the house wherein we are to sleep' at night. Of. course I'm 76, and proud of it. You're jealous 'cause you aint so old as I be. Well, in the beginning Gaby Deslys was throne upon the stage. • :_> Niles Welch Admirer. — So glad to hear from my little friend. You must write to me whenever you feel inclined. I, too, wish I could see you. How's this: "I want to get a lot of hens," said Smith, "for,' bless my soul ! I'll have to buy no coal at all, for they'll lay in my coal!" H. E. L. — Oh, but Roscoe Arbuckle really has good table manners when he dines out. I suppose it isn't nice for me to say that perhaps we are quickest to see in others those weaknesses that we possess in ourselves. Loretta. — You refer to "The House of Hate." She is playing every day. 'Tis true, but a woman has a reason for everything except that reason. The Mystic Rose. — You still stick to the January cover as the best. A slacker is a person who, under, one subterfuge or another, avoids or seeks to avoid "doing his bit" for his country. It is a word coined, ' during the present war, in England. Colonel Roosevelt is reported to have said, "He who goes to the front to offer all for his country will have to make no explanation after the war." Helen F. B. — Our last picture of Thomas Chatterton appeared in November, 1914. Juanita Hansen was born in 1897 in Des Moines, la. Bert Lytell is appearing in "No Man's Land." Possibly he will have it a little easier than our boys over there. Billie Burke Fan. — General Pershing says that each man needs about nine pairs of shoes a year. I believe the cost of one pair is $5.10. Figure out what it will cost for 3,000,000 men. Vera Lewis in "A Weaver of Dreams." A Southern Girl. — Emory Johnson was Kenneth in "New Love for Old." Yes, King Baggot is playing for Wharton. You must write again. Is my position interesting? Ah me, it is comforting. What could I do without you all? Bernadine. — Conway Tearle is playing opposite Anita Stewart in "The Mind-the-Paint Girl." Yes, there is a George Walsh, now with Fox, and a George Welch, who used to play for Lubin. Dryad. — Pauline Curley opposite Harold Lockwood in "Lend Me Your Name." Nobody has ever asked to borrow mine, not even a woman. Charles Clary is about 45 years old. Fox last. You ask why does the butterfly, the kitchen sink and the trees leave. Answer — to make humorists like Dryad ask foolish questions. Marielee. — Yes, I saw Clara K. Young in "The Reason Why." Elinor Glyn wrote it, but it was not much. It is a fairly good play, but nothing extraordinary and is hardly up to the feature class. There is no big fault to find with it excepting that it hardly rose above the mediocre in any department. I dont know what did happen to Justinia Huff. She isn't heard of these days. Louise is out West. Virgil. — Glad to hear it. Men may come and men may go, but the Motion Picture Magazine goes on forever ! Harold Lockwood has blue eyes and brown hair, as witness the August Classic cover. Eighteen hundred and eighty-seven is correct. H. L. C. — That's entirely out of my department. Write them again. . Miriam Cooper and Ramsay Wallace in "Woman and the Law." No, I dont think it .is right to portray the character of DeSaulles with all his faults. Every one can do his bit. I have just received a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, stating that the navy is in urgent need of binoculars, spy-glasses and telescopes. More eyes are needed ort every ship to spot the deadly U-boats. Sextants and chronometers are also urgently required. The navy needs these gifts badly. Articles not suitable will' be -returned to the sender. Those kept will be recorded and every effort will be made to return them, with added historical interest, at the end of the war. One dollar will be paid for each article accepted, as the government cannot accept gratuitous material. Your articles should be securely tagged, giving the name and address of the donor, and forwarded by mail or express to Franklyn D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C. Sweet 16. — I am sure you will receive an answer if you write to the players, enclosing a stamp. Send a -stamped, addressed envelope for a list of film manufacturers. Would-Be Kitty Gordon. — Kitty Gordon was living at Manhattan Beach last summer. Suppose she is there this season also. Alice Brady in "The Ordeal of Rosetta" ; was taken in Asheville, N. C. Vitagraph are reissuing the Drew comedies. R. M. G. — See above. Marjorie M. — Goldwyn has denied that Madge Kennedy is to play under the Belasco management in the fall. Ah! but the only point I can see in your joke is the interrogation-point. If you dont like the way Fannie Ward combs her hair, I'll see that she mends her combing ways. Call again. Leslie W. H. — Hello, there ! You bet I have missed you. Shake ! You say you liked the titles in "The "Sixteenth Wife" better than any picture you have seen. Dont think it was Ethel. Irving Cummings and June Elvidge in "The'AVhip." Arthur Housman was with Metro last. Barbara O. — They7 do say that the Kaiser is the only German who has six living sons in the army. Better watch out. You better stay home with mother. There is no place like home. U. C. A. Movie Fan— William Hinckley died May 4th at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and dear old Mother Maurice, of Vitagraph fame, died May 3d at Port Carbon, Pa., at the age of 74. She was probably loved by more people than any other woman in the world. Mrs. L. G, Springfield. — Yes, that's so ; the more it costs, the more we value it, even to experience. But why dont you just try a little praise or appreciation on your servants? It means much to them. Neva Gerber was born in 1895. Why not write them? Minnie H. — You say, "Why is it, no matter which shoe, right or left, you first put on, you always put the left one on last?" Now, Minnie, quit teasing the old Answer Alan. Of course the one that is left always goes on last, even if it left the last first. Louis Wilson in "Alimony." U-53. — The United States produces half the steel and half the coal of the world. In Alaska coal is $16.50 a ton and in New York it is $9.00 a ton. Alaska, apparently, is nearer heaven. Tell your mother no. Always glad to do what I c-an for mothers, because, alas ! I have none. Ann G. — Yours was there ! The best opportunities dont knock at people's doors. They are intercepted as soon as they appear by those who do not sit indoors to w^ait. Muriel Ostriche was Jess in "Journey's End." Lefty. — Pearl White is with Pathe. You must not ask for my picture. I never had it taken, for the simple reason that I never yet found a photographer who I thought could do me justice. {Continued on page 115) 3 69 -J PA£Li