Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1921)

a^m C5£e 5&jnspi>er' 'Jfflotfi m uncertainties. "East Lynne" is to be filmed by Hugo Ballin with Mabel Ballin in the lead opposite Edward Earle. Muriel K. — Yes, lam one of the celebrated authors of the day. Among other classics I am responsible for "The Lost Gumdrop, or the Candy Woman's Revenge," "A Hand to Hand Encounter with a Flea." "What to do if Stuffed Olive Bites You," "Guyed for Fans," and other tragedies not yet written. None of these masterpieces have been published yet. Try Los Angeles. D. H. S. — No need making apologies about your paper, even if your father did buy it. No, it is not true that Pearl White wears a wig. How could she lose her hair in a "fire without losing her head? You say Anita Stewart and Ethel Clayton are your favorites. No accounting for tastes. Well, if you like this department, tell others; if you dont like it, tell me. • Margaret S. — I dont know just how many appointments the President has to make, but I know he has to make many disappointments. Lew Cody has his own company now with Elinor Fair and Cleo Ridgely. Their first picture is "A Dangerous Pastime." Yes, I am eighty but*I dont expect the undertaker to overtake me just yet. Amuzo. — You just write to me whenever you feel like it. I cant tell' you whether Hope Hampton ever lived in Trenton, N. J. Yes, she is a beautiful girl, and I have enjoyed the pleasure of meeting her several times. She doesn't look to me as if she ever lived in Trenton. Floy Merry. — But ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices, which accounts for the fact that climbing is performed in the same posture as creeping. I am as full of ambition as I ever will be. There's about 1000 feet to a one-reel picture. "Iris in" means beginning with a closed lens and gradually opening it with a circular iris, giving the effect of small round picture which grows gradually larger in circumference. Mayor's Steno. — It is a miserable thing to live in suspense} it's the life of a spider. Yes, I miss not being able to comb my hair. Feel as tho I had forgotten something when I'm leaving mornings. Saves lots of time, however. Wanda Hawley is playing in "Her First Elopement." You bet I remember when Maurice Costello was the big noise in the hero line. Lonesome Seventeen. — Your letter was great. Write me some more. Victor S. — Well, every man desires to live long ; but no man would be old. I have lived eighty years but am not old yet. Thanks for the picture. Good of you. Also thanks for the kind things you say about our magazines. Tidbits the First. — No, Tidbits, I'm not a woman. I dont see how you could pay me such a compliment, because1 am neither dainty nor delicate, neither gentle nor soft. I am a hardened sinner with red corpuscles and a carmine liver. Well, in love, it is only the commencement that charms. I am not surprised that one finds pleasure in frequently recommencing. Lucy Cotton and Sylvia Breamer in "The Devil." Yes, Irene Castle is back in pictures. Peggy Hyland is playing in "The Price of Silence." Do write me again. Galikel. — Well, I liked "Midsummer Madness" pretty much. • Lois Wilson is all right, and Conrad Nagel was very good,' and the whcjle thing was beautifully done and contained some wonderful' settings. Yes, an interview with Olive Thomas in March 1920 Classic. Aha, 1 see ! Florence Vidor Booster. — Go to it ! Write her again. Owen Moore has just finished "The Chicken in the Case." Absurd title. Jack H., New Zealand. — You refer to Mohammed the Great, who cut off bis beloved mistress's head, on a stage erected for that purpose, to convince his soldiers who taxed him for preferring her love to his glory. Yes, Martha Mansfield and Conway Tearle in a series for Selznick. No, they dont really dress like that here in our West. You want to know if our Arizona cowboys wear a twofeet six-inch hat. Not many of them, 1 guess— except in pictures. \\ita G. — No, I aril not a society man. The conversation of women in society resembles the straw used in packing china ; it is nothing, yet, without it, everything would be broken. I go to a dance once in a while. Glad you liked Seena Owen and Jack Holt in "Victory." Anglo. — Of course I believe in marriage, but love in marriage would be the realization of a beautiful dream if marriage were not too often the end of it. Yes, Tom Moore and Eugene O'Brien. H. E. Herbert and Florence La Badie had the leads in "A Man Without a Country." Please write me again. Lilias St. Clair.— Oh yes, you will like the Scroll Club. They have a very interesting paper. Laura J. W. — Why, the last I heard of Beverly Bayne and Francis Bushman they were playing at Egan's Little Theater, Los Angeles, Cal., in "Marry the Poor Girl." But I believe they are soon to appear in pictures again. »"The Tiger's Cub" was taken from the book by George Goodchild. Black Eyes. — Of course, I will be glad to take the place of your daddy. Commodore J. Stuart Blackton is producing pictures in London with Lady Diana Manners as leading woman. Hobart Bosworth is playing in "A Thousand to One." William Russell and Mary Thurman in "Brute McGuire." You're very welcome. Billie. — Billie, the reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies . spend their time in making nets, and not in making cages. Pauline Frederick is the only name I know she ever had besides her marriage names. Send a stamped addressed envelope. Phantom-Peking. — Well, Woodrow Wilson has been editor, author, lawyer, professor of history, political science and political economy, president of Princeton University, Governor of New Jersey, member of the Peace Conference, and was the first president of the United States to cross the Atlantic, yet he was defeated by the biggest majority ever. You also refer to Grace Cunard who played in "Lucille Love." Mystified. — Cooper-Hewitt is the name of the lights used in taking motion pictures. But life has surprises at every age. Corinne Griffith is playing in "It Isn't Being Done this Season." There's lots of people who are tho. Enjoyed yours very much. Grace. — You're all to the mustard, Grace. No, his wife is not a professional. Better get that idea out of your head because a coquette is to a man what a toy is to a child ; as long as it pleases him, he keeps it ; when it ceases to please him, he discards it. Zuffold Knutt. — Your letter was a humdinger and I enjoyed every word of it. I would really like to shake paws with you. I agree with you that the Hippodrome, Mecca, etc., are like olives — acquired tastes. H. A. L. — Idleness is the door to all vices, and that's why I'm always busy. So you say you didn't care for Wallace Reid in "Sick-a-Bed." Well, I cant say that I cared for it either, nor for "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway." . Ray has done much better work than that. Clever jingle in yours, and I hope you write me again. Y. A. K— Yes, I think so too. Ruth Mc. — Yes, I am 80 in years, but not in feeling and looks. Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason ; their long beards and pretences are useful to foretell events. Eugene O'Brien's "Regret" has been changed to "World's Apart." Some regrets do make you feel that way. I'd make a nice daddy for somebody. Write me again, Ruthie. Bonnie. — Well, in 1918 the Commissioner of Indian Affairs announced that there were 328,111 Indians in the United States. This number did not include the Indians in States in which the Indian office had no representative. In those States there were about 8,000 Indians. I understand that Ethel Barrymore is going to make a series of pictures for Lasky. A Peppy Quaker Maid. — Didn't know there were any. Oh I see. You are not in favor of my knocking Philadelphia. Well, Philadelphia cant help it because it's a slow town, and others cant help observing that it# is! You also say that diplomacy should be my motto. Thanks. Why didn't you sign your name? Fka'nk McC. — You can reach Betty Compson Goldwyn, Culver City, Cal.