Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1924)

(Fmz^\'^''f country. That is Lon Chaney's real name. Mary Miles Minter's real name is Juliet Shelby. No, Florine De Hart is not playing in pictures. DiL.— Jane Gray is twenty-four and not married. ClAire. — Well, I haven't known many of them, but a woman is like your shadow ; follow her, she flies ; fly from her, she follows. Viola Dana's right name is Viola Flugrath. "Peaches" Jackson is Charlotte Jackson. As for the other players, those are their real names. Viola Dana and Shirley Mason are sisters. So you see, you thought it was silly to write to me, but you have changed your mind. Come in again some time, the latchstring is always out. I. Prixtz. — Hail, hail ! You say : "Please allow me to toss a few flowers — a boutonniere to you for your wonderful cleverness and scintillating department, and a bouquet to Miss Helene Chadwick as the original of the beautiful portrait in November Magazine." You know she was born in Chadwick, N. Y., so I am not sure that that is her right name. Agnes Ayres has been loaned to Halperin Film for the production of "Souvenir" with Percy INIarmont opposite. Betty. — Well, there is a first time for everything, even to writing to me. Most of the players will send their photos. Yes, Francis Bushman may play the role of Messala in "Ben Hur." We hope to see him on the screen. Cl.wton. — The great difficulty about advice is the preponderance of quantity over quality. Constance Binney is playing in C. C. Burr Studios, Glendale, L. I. "Three O'Clock in the Morning" was her last picture. No, she is not married. After filming "The Mirage," Constance Talmadge will play in "Alias Nora O'Brian." James Morrison and Anita Stewart are playing in vaudeville, but not together. Deserted the screen, eh ! W. H. B. — Yes, it was Mark Twain who said : "Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond ; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education." House Peters is playing in "Held to Answer." And last I heard of Louise Glaum, she was on a ranch somewhere in the West. I am surprised that you didn't like "Robin Hood." Most everyone liked it. But you did like "Trilby." and mostly because of a new face. I see, you like a change. N. C. — Well, you cannot judge a man till you know his whole story. Marie Doro is not playing now. A Park Avenue Fan. — As Franklin says: "li you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone." Yes, pictures from "The White Sister" appeared in March, 1923 and October, 1923, Magazines. Laura LaPlante has been made a Universal star in place of Gladys Walton. "The Thrill Girl" is her first picture. Kate S. — But women somehov\', have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks. No, Ramon Novarro has straight black hair. Vivian Martin was on the stage last, and Marguerite Clarke is in New Orleans right now. Marjorie Daw in "The Call of the Canyon," a Zane Grey production. Nosey Ned. — Your letter was very interesting. It is with narrqw-souled people as it is with narrow-necked bottles, the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring it out. Dont believe all you hear. Little Ben Alexander was born in Goldfield, Nevada, eleven years ago. His last pictures were "Jealous Fools" and "Misunderstood." * Bertha H, — I am glad you like to read. You want to pick something out of everything you read. Choice words, phrases, and beautiful thoughts. Why Norma is eldest, then Natalie and then Constance. Tom Moore is playing on the stage in "The Cup." Montague Love is playing in "Restless Wives" with Doris Kenyon. Nellie K. — No, I dont mind this cold weather. I use my beard as a muffler, but that means I cant hear anything that is going on. Wanda Hawley was with Vitagraph last. Kenneth Harlan with Schulberg Productions, 3800 Mission Road. Los Angeles, California. Lottie Pickford has an important part in Mary's "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall." Allan Forrest, her husband, has the male lead. Grace D. — Do I drink — only buttermilk. Strong drinks are like wars, making cripples of some men, and sending others to the grave. INIarjcrie Daw's right name is Margaret House. Her last picture was "The Call of the Canyon" ; born in Colorado Springs in 1902, and educated in Colorado. She is a protegee of Geraldine Farrar, and played in "Joan the Woman" with her. ]\Iarried to Eddie Sutherland. Selah ! Brownie. — Yes, and married life should be a sweet harmonious song, and like one of Mendelssohn's — without words. CuUen Landis has started his own company, his first picture being "The Kid from Powder Ridge." So you like the way I write. Ditto. S. Haines. — No, I have never been a professor, but Edmund Lowe was a professor of English literature in college in California. Milton Sills also taught English at the Chicago University'. Louis Wolheim was a professor of English at Harvard. So you see what bright people you know. Blanche Sweet was born in Chicago, Illinois. Ramon Novarro in Mexico, and he is twenty-four. Tom Mix was born in Texas. Buck Jones is twenty-eight, born in Indiana, and Bebe Daniels is twenty-three, born in Texas. Didn't you know that Dorothy Davenport was Mrs. Wallace Reid. Shirley Mason in "The Eleventh Hour." She is twenty-two, born in Brooklyn. See you later. Joan. — In part you say : "Your beard worries me, too, I'm suspicious of gentlemen who lurk in ambush. But perhaps it is merely a publicity myth, adopted for the questionable purpose of creating a psychological effect upon your devoted correspondents." In other words, I dont exist so far as you are concerned. Is that it? Cheer up, you're all wrong. No, I dont know who wrote the subtitles for "Gold Madness," but you say the} were atrocious. Companies are not buying scripts, they are over produced right now. Wallace Beery, Zazu Pitts and Marjorie Daw in "Patsy." All right, send me that collapsible fireless cooker. I shall make good use of it. TiLLiE, the Tailor. — Your letter was subtle. What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide and show us the real state of people's minds ! Apollonia Chalupez is Pola Negri's supposed-to-be right name. NoRM.\'s Fan. — So you dont really think I am old, because I am not absent-minded. You dont know me. Yes, I have seen Norma Talmadge, also Constance. No, I dont know why Mae Murray keeps her eyes half-closed in pictures. Maybe she doesn't like to look at her director. Lew Cody in "Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model." Emmett Flynn at the megaphone. Micio OF T.\NQuE. — No, I am just a poor old man. Your letter reminds me of the verse, "A little stealing is a dangerous part, but stealing largely is a noble art ; 'tis mean to rob a hen-roost, or a hen, but stealing thousands makes us gentlemen." Dont try it. You want an interview with Marion Davies. She is twentyseven, you knbw. William Desmond is with Universal in "Riddle Rider," a serial. Alice Calhoun in "The Man from Brodney's." Yes, most of the players read our magazines. Thanks for your good wishes. June. — Get busy. Employment, which Galen calls • "nature's physician," is so essential to human happiness, that indolence is justly considered as the mother of misery. Yes, "The Common Law" was released in 1917 with Clara K. Young, but not with Norma Talmadge. Corinne Griffith in "Lilies of the Field," you know. Fan, Fan. — You ought to be here where it is snowing and everybody is going ice-skating. "Where The Pavement Ends" was taken from "The Passion Vine." by John Russell. Ramon Novarro in "Thy Name is Woman." Thank you, none but a fool is always right. Robin. — Thanks, and I appreciate your kind words. As George Eliot says: "What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to others." Betty Blythe in "The Darling of Paris" and "Chu Chin Chow." Married to Paul Scardon. Gertrude. — You want to know whether Ralph Graves smokes or swears, or whether he drinks alone. Yes, he does. Theda Bara is back at work in "Beauty Hunger." It is another one of the Black Oxen stories where a woman regains her youth and beauty. Jack. — How's this one? "Here lies my wife Sallie ; let her lie. She's at peace, and so am I." Marie Mosquini opposite Will Rogers in his next. Robert Gordon and Jane Novak in "The Lullaby." Helen K. — Well, if you live according to the dictates of nature, you will never be poor ; or if according to the notions of the world, you will never be rich. Nita Naldi doesn't_ wear stockings, so you see that might account for the error in her height. John Bowers and Sheldon Lewis in "Superstition." Richard Dix, Tully Marshall and Betty Compson in "The Stranger." Jill — There's Jack up above. So you think I would be very helpful to one in trouble. I'd do my best. And you wish that Mary Pickford would have a daughter. So do I. You know she has adopted her sister Lottie's child. Thanks for all did, it was a very charming letter. (Continued on page 117) LAOS.