Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1921)

^59 O/ie ^fftspoer' 'Jfflom. After-Dinner Mints.— How sweet! St. Petersburg was changed to "Petrograd" to eliminate all trace of the German influence noticeable in the suffix "burg." You speak of Dick all thru your letter — Dick who? Orange Blossom. — Well, you will stay in the same rut forever if you dont take a chance. Marion Davies was born in Brooklyn, is twenty-two, and has blue eyes and golden hair. Weighs 123. King Vidor is twenty-four and one of our youngest directors. D'Artagnan. — Well, it is claimed that there are 4,675 Chinese women and 66,865 Chinese men in the United States. Perhaps it's just as well thus. Fred Niblo will direct Douglas Fairbanks in "The Three Musketeers." Doris Pawn and Charles Ray, in "The Midnight Ball." Mabel Normandy back with Mack Sennett. She will play in "Molly, O." Wanda. — Thanks for the card. One would think there was a huge great door to let people get into pictures, and that I hold the key, by the way some people write to get into pictures. I wish there was a way to let them all in. Mrs. A. G., Montreal. — Excellent ! One good compliment deserves another. Not mockery, but reality. Helen Ferguson is no relation to Elsie. Lila Lee, interviewed last month, and Kathlyn Williams are with Lasky, Vine Street, Hollywood, Calif. I would like to hear from you very often, and I am sure more so if it gives you any pleasure and comfort. Sweetie. — Before I publish your letter, I suggest that you take out plenty of life insurance. The players and manufacturers will all be after you. You want to know all about Conway Tearle, Walter McGrail and Lowell Sherman. It is according to how the word is used. "Rocks" is slang for money, but in the underworld parlance it means diamonds. "Kale" is underworld for money. Arnold W. — Glad to see you looking so well. Nobody who has not earned money by hard work can ever be taught the value of it. Money easily earned is easily spent. Why dont you join one of the clubs? Stickers, Binney Fan, Dancomania, P. B., A. R., Ugly, Frank Mayo Admirer, C. J., A. L. C, I. D., N. P., Just Me, Jean G., E. Q., Baby Doll, HayShaker, Sunshine-Baire, Betty C, Polo Alto, Y. S. A., Ethel G., J. O'B., Ted, Drank, F. M. S., F. T. L., Ra monde S., M. J., Jack E. L, Maybell Lee, Parillo, F. T., Hollywood, E. G. Hunter, Moonshiner, M. de Los R., E. P., T. B., Christine the Vamp. — Sorry I cant answer you, but your questions have been answered elsewhere. Write to me again. Barbara A. — You say, single women imagine that there are such things as ideal husbands, but married women know better. What's wrong in your family? Shirley Mason is about twenty years old. Billy West is not the same person as Charlie Chaplin. Helen Gibson was last with Capital Films, Hollywood, Calif. Not yet. Thanks, and write me again. P. N. Esken. — You say you have a wife that you admire— she gets up first and builds the fire. That's nothing. I know a chap who takes his wife to work every morning and kisses her when he leaves her. And the earth still revolves on its axis. Ha ha, he he, and likewise ho ho, Mary Pickford is to play a dual role in "Little Lord Fauntleroy." She will play little Cedric, who is little Lord Fauntleroy, and his mother. Jack Pickford is to direct it. Lavender Lewie. — Why, Viora Daniel played in "Life of the Party" with Fatty Arbuckle. You're welcome. Esther N. V. — No, I never play cards, horses or the piano. No, that isn't the same j'oke I know. Tell me about it. Merry Maid. — Yes, we keep a "morgue" containing all the facts and news wc can get about players. Every up-to-date newspaper keeps up one concerning prominent citizens. My dear child, better stay on the farm. Dont think that you can go into a studio and i start playing. It cant be done. Why? Only pic £» tures with stars are selling to the exhibitors j£ these days. Take my advice and forget it. Fatima. — Keep your foot on the soft-pedal and dont flare up so. Boil within, but dont boil over. Nearly 80 per cent, of the babies of Paris are born in hospitals and under municipally-aided care. Gaby Deslys died in France. Katherine McDonald is five feet eight inches and weighs 134 pounds. I really couldn't give you a description of Norma Talmadge's husband. I just wish I could get some of that buttermilk you talk about. Great spring tonic. Dorothy I. P. — No, your question is not an easy one to answer, and I will have to pass. If a child born on foreign soil to Americans temporarily abroad, is brought to this country and remains here, is the child eligible to the Presidency of the United States? You can get in touch with Edward Earle at Ziegfeld Prod., Delmonico's, New York. Sorry I cannot take on any more personal correspondents. Bertha R. — No, the Talmadge sisters have no brothers. Pearl White Fan. — Yes, it is true that there are over 2,000,000 people suffering from leprosy in this world, and over half of them are in India. Bert Lytell married Evelyn Vaughn, and Shirley Mason is married to Bernard Durning. Write to me again. Dusty R. T. — You want me to go down to Hawaii with you and look over some of the dames. That's a go. When do we start? You think Sir Walter invented the expression, "Great Scott." I always enjoy your letters, and I hope you write soon again. Edwin Z. — Thanks a lot for the fee. Your letter was mighty interesting. A young lad reading our magazine in Switzerland suddenly wants to be an extra in pictures. Packs his bag and comes to America. Lands in New York, stops at a shabby hotel, gets homesick, but still persists. Finally he walks to the old Biograph studios and finds that they are closed. Gets discouraged and goes to Pittsburg to relatives. Poor boy. It was a sad experience, but let me hear from you as to your doings. Yes, the Fame and Fortune Contest is for men, too. Mrs. A. F„ Singapore. — Pearl White played a dual role in "The Black Secret." Send $11.50 in a money order for a subscription to our three publications. Corliss Palmer's address is still care of this office. Duesy. — Virginia Lee Corbin is playing. "Ben Hur" has never been filmed. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the film rights have been refused. Mrs. Sidney Drew was an elocutionist before entering pictures. Icebergey. — No, Carol Dempster is not married. The salary and allowances of the President of the French Republic amount to about two hundred and forty thousand dollars a year. You are quite a politician. Yes, Mrs. Harding was selecting furniture in New York, but I am quite sure she had nothing to do with Mr. Harding's Cabinet. Greasy Jtm. — All the way from Australia, too. Yes, they play cricket some here, but I never played it. D. W. Griffith was a reporter in Louisville, Ky., before going on the stage. Later he played in Biograph pictures and then directed. He has been in pictures since 1908. Jeanne D. — You were a little late for the April issue. Yes, Aileen Ray is a dancer. She danced for the boys in the Southern military camps. You know, she is one of the winners of the 1920 Fame and Fortune Contest. Vincent Coleman, opposite Constance Binney in "The Magic Cup." Hormusji Shapurji. — Many, many thanks for sending me the magazine from India. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Bubbles. — Well, the more one loves, the less one judges. You want to see more of Warren Kerrigan. So do I. You say, when a woman wants to see attractive hosiery on display she looks in the show window. But a man looks somewhere else. Blair W., Pug Nose, Viola Dana Admirer, Margie, William Scott Admirer, Sharonite, Temperamental Richard, B. K., Polly Australia, H. B.. Kathleen, D. K., Gladding K, L. C. Bronks, C. Raymond G., F. M., Ruth S., Buffalo, Bobbie, MoviA Lover. — Sorry to put you in the alsorans, but I had to do it. u • LAG