Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1923-Jan 1924)

C 1 Priscilla Dean played in "Drifting." Harrison Ford is playing opposite Madge Kennedy in her second six-reel production for Kenma, entitled, "Three Miles Out." Dimples. — Oh dont get mad. If you lose your temper, dont look for it. If you would distinguish yourself, learn to distinguish between quick action and hasty judgment. Marjorie Daw is married to Eddie Sutherland. Mildred Harris and Elliott Dexter are playing together now. Queen of Queens. — Aha, short and sweet. That is Glenn Hunter's real name ; Norma is twenty-eight, and she has been in pictures ever since she was fourteen. You write very well. Aelene F. — Yes, I enjoy driving a car — it does just as I tell it and never gives me any back talk. Conway Tearle is forty-three and Antonio Moreno is thirty-five. They're infants compared to me. Catherine R. — The eight-hour day is an unknown luxury to canal workers. The boatmen are astir before five in the morning and seldom turn in much before midnight. They say a woman's work is never done — what about an Answer Man's?' Alice Terry is twenty-seven, May McAvoy is twenty-two, Kenneth Harlan twenty-eight and Richard Dix twenty-nine. Mae M. — Yes, I am very fond of music. I have a player piano and a victrola in my hallroom. All I need now is a Martha Washington sewing-table and a fireplace. Oscar Wilde says "Music creates for one a past of which one has been ignorant and fills one with a sense of sorrows that have been hidden from one's tears." John Barrymore in "Beau Brummell." Helen C. H. — Yes, she is very beautiful and I sometimes almost wish that I was a holder rather than a beholder. Madge Bellamy is nineteen. Johnnie Walker in "Red Lights," and Antonio Moreno in "The Spanish Dancer." James Morrison and Carmel Myers in "You Are in Danger." Write to me any time, I'm always here. Pat. — Thanks, old man, I'll g§t me some buttermilk with the change. Right 3-ou be, money is the ball bearings on the wheel of life, but the happiest people are often those who have the least. You are all wrong about Pearl White dying. She is still in gay Paree. And no dead one, either. Anne of Toronto. — Well there is "The Lengthened Shadow," by William J. Locke ; "Captures," by John Galsworthy ; "The Lost Lady," by Willa Cather; Edith Wharton's "A Son at the Front" and Sabatini's "Fortune's Fool," so help yourself. Write direct to Ramon Novarro for his picture. Yes, Anna Nilsson's husband is a manufacturer of shoes. But what's the difference? Billie W.— The sun flag is the flag of Japan. Pleasant company is always accepted. Anna Q. Nilsson is playing in "Half a Dollar Bill." Well, after much deliberation, Conrad Nagel is to have the part of Paul in "Three Weeks." No, not Eleanor herself, but Aileen Pringle opposite. Yes, I like to receive letters. Theliua. — No, I am not so good as you think I am, the good die young. Thomas Meighan in "Pied Piper Malone," the Booth Tarkington story. Gloria Swanson in "The Humming Bird." Pauline Curley is not playing now. Marge T. — You say you want, to see more of Claire Windsor. I'll see what I can do for you. You know she is engaged to John Steele and she is very much occupied these days. Why Rodolph Valentino met the present Mrs. Valentino while he was playing in "Camille" with Nazimova. Mrs. Valentino designed the sets for that play, you know. Janny. — Yes, I said love was the only fire against which there was no insurance. Cullen Landis is married, and he is with Vitagraph. There's nothing wrong with your writing. It's all to the good. Let me see some more of it. Phyllis M. — Let me know the name of your club, and I will be glad to introduce it. Just a Fan. — Well we are never more positive than when we are wrong. Pearl White has red hair and blue eyes. William Farnum is forty-seven. Alice Brady has only been married once. Naomi. Mc. — Cheer up and keep at it. Demosthenes, greatest of Greek orators, was born tongue-tied, and Tallyrand was born a. cripple. We have a lot to be thankful for. Nita Naldi is five feet nine. Mae Murray playing in "Fashion Row." Mary Pickford is thirty. That was some art display of yours. Lucky 13. — So you think I am a character. Which one? Every person has three characters ; that which he exhibits, that which he has and that which he thinks he has. Baby Peggy is four. Ramon Novarro is twenty-four, and he is not married. I can see that vou like him. C. A. W.— Well I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others but useless to themselves ; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbors and passengers, but not the owner within. You ask too many technical questions. Why dont you get a copy of "How Motion Pictures are made and worked." Leona W. — My what a glowing description you have of me. No child, I'm bald, homely, bearded, ugly and all that. Leah Baird in "The Destroying Angel." Colleen Moore was married to John McCormick in August. Is that all? Sweet Tea. — The time will come when winter will ask us "What were you doing all summer?" Hope Hampton was born in Texas. Xo, she is not married. So you liked her in "The Gold Diggers." Just send a stamped addressed envelope for a list of the film addresses. Mahlon Hamilton is playing in "His Children's Children." Jocelyn M. — So you want to come to New York. Someone said the other day that as soon as a farmer can afford to do so he moves to the city, and then as soon as he can afford it he gets himself a country place. Well you are a little young yet. The only thing you can do would be to call at the various studios in person. Yes, Valentino is in Europe at this writing. Write to Gloria Swanson, Famous Players, Astoria, N. Y. I wish you luck. Chicago. — Come, come, crank up, your motor has stopped. So you want to have a new picture taken. How do you like my new one? You think I ought to have my whiskers cut Tut style. Are you trying to make a Sheik out of me? Pola Negri is about thirty. Marjorie Daw is playing in "The Dangerous Maid" with Constance Talmadge. You say you have seen thirty-three pictures and read 120 books this summer. You sure did accomplish something worth while. Helen M. — They do say, however that blue-eyed men make the best shots, according to U. S. Army statistics. Herbert Somborn and Wallace Beery have both been the husbands of Gloria Swanson, but not at the same time. Marguerite Clark is not playing now, but she is in New Orleans with her husband. Hazel H. — When you look over these columns, you should overlook their shortcomings. Yes, Mildred Davis is very much married to Harold Lloyd. Anita Stewart in "Cain and Mabel." Thanks for that picture you sent of me. Looks just like me. Go to the head of the class. Johanna. — Never count your chickens before they are hashed. Wesley Barry is sixteen. Eileen Percy was Aggie Lynch in "Within the Law." Jack Holt and Nita Naldi in "Everyday Love," taken from the novel "Rita Coventry." Mexican. — Thanks for your advice. I will look up my geography. Ramon Novarro was born in Mexico. I will get it right some time, sooner or later. Glenn Hunter in "When Knight? Were Bold." Ivanovitch. — Well when you believe in something other peo. pie cannot see or understand, they are likely to call you superstitious. You know that the titles for "Dulcy" were sold with the rights to the play. Yes, I listen in at the Radio occasionally. I haven't one of my own. Florence M. — Nothing is more difficult to choose than a good husband — unless it be to choose a good wife. You refer to Togo Yamamato in "The Self Made Man." Norma Talmadge's next picture will be from the stage play "Secrets," while Constance will play in "The Mirage," also from the stage play. Florence and Alice. — You want to know if Ramon Novarro knits, crochets or embroideries ; well you can hardly expect me to know. I'm afraid you dont like the young man. On account of his accident. James Kirkwood will not play in "Wild Oranges," but Frank Mayo will. A great man} of the scenes had to be refilmed. Margaret de' L. — No I dont agree with Mrs. Ward Beecher when she said, "I think it takes a great deal from a woman's modesty, going into public life; and modesty is her greatest charm." I dont thoroly approve of women in politics, but I cant see where it robs them of any modesty. Yes, Maurice Flvnn got his nickname from playing football at Yale. Donna C. — You say you want to be either a teacher or an actress. Well stay at school a little longer, they both require a good amount of common sense and learning. Yes, "Freckles" has been filmed with Wesley Barry. Your letter was interesting. J. B. C. — No, no. no, Mrs. Wallace Reid never used dope. May W. — Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights. Bert Lytell played in "Rupert of Hentzau" and "The Lone Wolf's Return." K. B. — All women are ambitious, nat(Continued on page 84) LA<S£