Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1918-Jan 1919)

0BM3 UlON piCTUR| MAGAZINE eral, but very little space or credit is accorded the officials of your excellent •Magazine, who strive unceasingly to give the fans something new and interesting regarding their favorites. I trust, therefore, you will permit the writer to venture forth and express her views. I shall begin with the dear old Answer Man, for he is indeed dear to the hearts of every fan, and can without a doubt say that his department is perused first. The amount of movie knowledge that the dear old Philosopher imparts to us all is priceless in worth and something we would never know without his aid. I can honestly say that to know him is to love him, and I ought to know, for I have met him personally. Next we have the interviewers, whose untiring zeal brings to our notice interesting things about our favorites which we would never know but for their efforts to entertain and please us. When I open your Magazine I look first for those cheery interviews of Ethel Rosemon. Her write-ups are just sparkling with humor, and I might add pathos, and her experiences in the studios in the guise of an "extra girl" are just what every enthusiastic fan is anxious to know. She is my best favorite, but of course I have others. For instance, Hazel Simpson Naylor. Her write-ups are splendid, and I enjoy them mostly because she comes to the point and can criticize as well as praise, for the fans of today cannot be fooled, for they are better educated to the ways of* their favorites. It is also interesting to have Miss Naylor photographed with the players, and I sincerely trust she will keep up the good work. The Animated Monthly of News and Views, conducted by Fritzi Remont and Sally Roberts, is great, and together with that column and the Greenroom Jottings we are well furnished with information about the movie world. I can remember, years ago, when your Magazine was the only movie magazine on the market, that then the Greenroom Jottings column used to stand out in bold relief, and I used to look for it with much eagerness. Gladys Hall's stories are always good and furnish excellent reading matter. I am delighted to see she is entering the interviewing game, and her chats are excellent. Also those by Martha Groves McKelvie. They are so chummy, and those little word pictures about the players make one feel as if they really knew them personally. As a parting word, may I add thatwe all owe to you, kind editor, your efficient staff and excellent Magazine many happy moments while perusing the one and only movie magazine, and pleasant memories ever after. Sincerely, Margaret McGrary. Violet Spool writes us from Sydney, N. S. W., on behalf of her matinee idols : Dear Editor — Right before I start I'm going to tell you that this is going to be all about men — nice men, too, as you will no doubt agree as soon as you see the little array of names. First of all I want to know what has happened to H. B. Warner. Where is he? If he thinks it is nice to be missed, he can straightway consider himself missed. He is sure one of the finest dramatic actors on the screen, and we cant afford to lose him. The last I heard of him he was doing a picture for Selig, called, I think, "The Danger Trail." I like Doug real well, but cant help thinking that George Walsh has got in and stolen a march on him. It's hardly any use warning Doug that George "will get him if he dont watch out." George has got him! And if things keep on as they are going I feel sure that George is going to get a long way past him. As time goes on George's stories and George's acting improve. And at the same time Doug's stories deteriorate and his acting still remains the same. It was exactly the same Doug who played in "Manhattan Madness" as played in "Down to Earth," but — oh, ye gods! the difference! I think the root of the trouble is stories. I am sure some one was about half as good as they were cracked up to be, and that some one was the writer of Doug's stories. They were fair, but by no means extraordinary, and it is hard to believe that the person who wrote "Manhattan Madness" and "American Aristocracy" was the same person who wrote some of the later ones. But I want to see George win, too, for he's worked hard and he does deserve it. With absolutely little or no publicity to help him, he has worked himself up to a position where he can look down on Fairbanks, who has climbed threequarters of his journey on the ladder of publicity. For radiant personality there certainly is no one who can pass Doug, but the "athletic thunberbolt" from the Fox heaven has certainly the pull over him everywhere else. Well, that is about all. I do hope I wont get annihilated for cracking up my own particular pet in preference to "Doc Cheerful." NOVEMBER PUZZLE SOLVED Here Are the Four Winning Caption* for the Untitled Picture More than a thousand answers poured in from "would-be christeners" of the Untitled Picture in the November Motion Picture Magazine. After a long process of careful elimination, we have awarded the prizes as follows : To Beatrice Kempf, 5125 Coronado Avenue, Oakland, Cal., goes the first prize of $5.00. She suggests the following rollicking rhyme : "The dingbat said to the ballymahoo In the shade of the shivery shag, 'Do you see yonder indigo hallaballoo? 'Tis the voice of the wiggely wag.' " To Frank Meulendyke, 5938 Grand Central Terminal, New York City, we have awarded the second prize of $3.00. He suggests calling the picture "The Crow of a Crow o'er a Cow That Was Cowed!" To Wanda Durkee, Howard University, Box F, Washington, D. C, we have given the third prize of $2.00. She suggests calling the picture "A Director's Nightmare." To Private Samuel Restivo, Early Treatment Station, Arcade Building, Columbia, S. C, we have awarded the fourth prize of a year's subscription to the Motion Picture Magazine. He suggests calling the picture "Things That Never Happen." The mind of the public seems to have run along two distinct lines. We have received at least one hundred letters suggesting "Hold That Pose" as a title, an equal number of "The Beasts of Berlin," and several suggesting "No Man's Land." To the winners we extend our congratulations ; to the losers we extend .the sage advice of "If at first . . . try again." 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