Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1920)

This department is for information of general interest only. Those who desire answers by mail, or a list of the film manufacturers, with addresses, must enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Address all inquiries to The Answer Man, using separate sheets for matters intended for other departments of this magazine. Each inquiry must contain the correct name and address of the inquirer at the end of the letter, which will not be printed. 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 small fee; otherwise all inquiries must await their turn. Read all answers and file them — this is the only movie encyclopaedia in existence. If the answer is to appear in the Classic, write "Classic" at top of letter. OSEFINA A. ; Mary C. ; Helen D. ; E. U. B. Worthfield; Mildred B. ; Sour Grapes ; Joe R. ; Harry F. ; Btllie E. ; Eleanor M. ; Polly S. ; Christina R. ; Mrs. E. J. H; Daniel G. ; Wayne F. ; Thomas L. S. — Your questions have been answered elsewhere in these columns. Come again. Mildred Louise. — So you have looked our city over, and never stopped in to see me. Yet you say you are still wild about me, and that my only other rival is the Prince of Wales. Now that he has gone, I trust I shall have your undivided affections. You ask, "What relation is that child to its father who is not its father's own son?" A colt. In other words, a son of a gun. Is that right? Wanda S. — Write to me personally. Lillian Gish Admirer. — I should say you are. You want to know if Dorothy Dalton smokes cigarets. I do not know, neither do I know if she likes cabbage and says her prayers every night. "Does a man love his wife in the same way after he is married." Well, he may love her, but not in the same way. But he ought to love her more, for several reasons, which you may guess. Mamie Costello' opposite Alice Joyce in "Cambric Mask." And you also like Wanda Hawley and Enid Bennett. So do I. Mary X. S. — So you have an affaire du coeur. Let me know how you come out. I understand that the du Pont people are interested in Goldwyn pictures as capitalists or backers. Lois Weber has joined Selznick. Carmel Myers is on the stage. You want an interview with Thurston Hall. Editor, page a pad and pencil and make note of Mary's wants. Yes, he was splendid in "The Midnight Patrol." Dick Barthelmess Admirer. — There are others. Whew! that's a gym whizzer. Why do the players change from one company to the other? Money, child, money. It's money that makes the mare go. You want to see Norma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien, Harrison Ford and Constance Talmadge, Dorothy Gish and Richard Barthelmess play together. You just wish along and enjoy yourself. You might also wish that the man in the moon might come down and play. Reader and Admirer. — Good for you. Do I eat jelly? You bet I do, but I have to be careful not to get it in my whiskers. I usually part them before I indulge. Larry Semon has signed with Vitagraph to play in Semon comedies for the next three years. I think he is funnier and cleverer than Arbuckle and several others. Nancy P. — Dorothy Dalton was born in Chicago, 1893. She has been in stock several years. Playing in "Aphrodite" in New York just now, which they say is rather a naughty play. Yes, Robert Warwick will be interviewed soon again. Viva May Allison.— You say that down in Texas you use the word buss instead of the word kiss. Excellent idea. In that case, re-bus means to kiss again ; blunderbuss means to kiss the wrong person ; and omnibus means to kiss all the girls in it. Matt Moore is play in "The! River's End." He is in California now. So you have three letters and eleven photos of May Allison. Pretty nice of May. Ruth Clifford. A Lemon. — No, I haven't been doing inquiries for 36 years. Even tho I am 77, I'm young yet. I've been an Answer Man only ten years, but that makes me the oldest Answer Man in captivity. Anna Nilsson? Yes, she is at the Brunton Studios, Los Angeles, Cal. Jack Pickford has an aeroplane all for himself now. Mrs. L. A. M. — Your letter was very interesting. Dont know of any Elmer Fedder. Who do? New Chum. — It is strange, my friend, that you get any light from this department. Quite a number tell me that it is enlightening, and several have been struck by the lightning. I dont exactly claim to brush cobwebs from the brain, because in some cases certain of my readers will find it more desirable if they use a vacuum cleaner. So you want to be an actress, but your mother wants you to be a nurse. Yes, I know, it's hard to choose. Wattle Blossom. — Thanks for the photograph. Also the drawing of me. No1, Dorothy Gish isn't engaged to Richard Barthelmess. Who started that scandal in Australia ? Thelma Salter isn't playing now. Olive Thomas and Violet Mersereau you want on covers. Yes, William Stowell was killed in a train wreck about Dec. 1st. A. 181. — Oh my, yes, Conway Tearle is a leading man. He knows how to lead the women. You say I must know very little about life. Quite so ; who does ? Ask whom you will about life and they will all have to give it up some time or other. Mary Pickford. — Do you see this ? I wonder if you remember why I put it here. Greetings ! Sticky Beak. — You say that the life of a woman can be divided into three epochs ; in the first she dreams of love, in the second she experiences it, in the third she regrets it. Maybe you're right. Violet Heming and Wanda Hawley in "Everywoman." Anita. — Well, I do a bit of housekeeping myself, but if you wish to remove yellow stains from marble, use wood alcohol, or moisten the stains with muriatic acid and quickly pour boiling water over the place. Let me know how you make out. You think Viola Dana is a regular baby tornado. Yes, she do move quick. Thomas Holding is with Paramount. Well, the nearest alcohol comes to going to my head these days is when I use Westphalls, 55 per cent. Maude Mc. — Why, Jack London's "Sea Wolf" and "John Barleycorn" have been produced. You want to see more of his plays. Why, "Kamenoi Ostrow" is a stony island, a watering place near St. Petersburg. That is, before the war. Rubenstein wrote some of his compositions here. No trouble at all. Rona — Sydney.— You just bet I am glad to hear from Sydney. Well now, instead of paying doctors to cure us, I believe in hiring them to keep us well. My hall room is heated by hot air (no joke). I cant tell you whether the prescription you sent me is good or bad. Most prescriptions, however, are proscriptions. Shake well before using; that's it — shake it. House Peters is in "Silk Husbands and Calico Wives." lA6£