Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1924-Jan 1925)

7 "MOTION PICTURP VI I MAGAZINE L. Field." Well, we seldom appreciate beauty until it is on the decline, and then wc cling to and treasure its wreck with jealous care. Grace is to the body what good sense is to the mind. Kathryn. — Honest, I have a beard, and it is mighty warm these summer nights. Carmel Myers is abroad at this writing, but you can write to her at Goldwyn Studio, Culver City, California. Yes, that is her real name, and she is twenty-three. She has green eyes and dark hair. Pauline Garon is also at Goldwyn. You were all right. Richmond, N. S. W. — I believe St. Peter's, at Rome, is said to be the most splendid church building in the world. So you liked "The Covered Wagon." Colleen Moore is twenty-two, Patsy Ruth Miller nineteen, J. Warren Kerrigan thirty-six. And along came Viola. Viola Dana's last for Metro will be "Wickedness Preferred," after which she will go to Famous Players to play the Montague Girl to Glenn Hunter's Merton in "Mcrton of the Movies." She is also being considered for the role of Peter Pan. A. A. L. H., Sewanee. — Here you are. Laura LaPlante was born in St. Louis, Missouri, November 1, 1904. She started with First National three years ago and now has a contract with Universal. She is not married, five feet two, one hundred and twelve pounds. Brown hair and grey eyes. May McAvoy born September 8, 1901. Remember that a woman's friendship borders more closely on love than man's. Yours was a gem. Mickey. — Yes, Milton Sills is forty-two. You say men would be saints if they loved God as they love women. Ha, ha. Madge Bellamy in Universal's "Glory." Florence, Philadelphia. — It ought to be an easy language for you to learn. The Italian alphabet contains the least number of letters, twenty ; and the Chinese the most, two hundred and fourteen. I cannot say whether Lila Lee is going to make any more pictures with Thomas Meighan. Mabel Ballin is playing in "The Prairie Wife" and Mrs. Reid is going to make another picture. Yes, I remember "The Idler" and Teft Johnson and Rose Tapley had the leads. Your letter was mighty interesting. Run in again some time. Eloise B. — Yes, and beauty is the first gift Nature gives to woman, and the first she takes from her. Alice Terry is twentyeight and Rex Ingram is thirty-two. Bill Hart's last picture was "Singer Jim McGee." M. L. N. — That was a beautiful card you sent me. Wish I had a country place like it. Mignotte D. — Just like a woman. The desire to please is born in women before the desire to love. Corinne Griffith in "Single Wives" with Milton Sills, and Conway Tearle in "Counterfeit," with Colleen Moore. Ethel Clayton is expected to return to the screen soon. Two Necessary Evils.— Ignace Paderewski was born in Russian Poland in 1859 and made his debut in 1887. Monte Blue was born in 1890. No he isn't married. George Walsh is divorced from Seena Owen. Molly.— Bert Lytell at the Tech Art Studios, 318 East 48th Street, New York City. He was born February 24, 1885. Margaret S.— Yes, indeed, I have been playing Mah Jong and manage fairly well. The disease you speak of, I believe, is caused from handling the lacquer boxes which contain an offending substance derived from a plant of the same class as poison ivy. You can write Rodolph Valentino at the Lasky Studio, Astoria, Long Island. Bunny. — Why, Lila Lee and James Kirkwood were married on July 25th, 1923. Velette. — Thanks very much; you say that Corinne Griffith, Mary Pickford, Pauline Starke, Laurette Taylor, Norma Talmadge and Florence Vidor were chosen by Neysa McMein in a recent contest. Star Gazer. — You ought to use saccharine which is two hundred and twenty times sweeter than sugar. Milton Sills has grey eyes, and he has naturally curly hair. Born in Chicago, but he lives in California. So you think Colleen Moore is the best flapper in pictures. Von Stroheim is to direct Mae Murray in "The Merry Widow." Rebecca C. — Sunlight will penetrate clear water to a depth of fifteen hundred feet. "The Marriage Maker" was adapted from Edward Knoblock's "The Faun." Richard Barthelmess is five feet seven. He has been married since June 18, 1920. He weighs one hundred and thirty-five pounds. Grace VanN. — I always remembered what Oscar Wilde said, "The lovers' pleasure, like that of the hunter, is in the chase, and the brightest beauty loses half its merit, as the flower its perfume, when the willing hand can reach it too easily. There must be doubt ; there must be difficulty and danger." Tom Moore is to play with Laurette Taylor in "One Night in Rome." George O'Harra at the Film Booking Office, 780 Gower Street, Los Angeles, California. Cutie. — Barbara La Marr at the Sawyer-Lubin Productions and Pat O'Malley at Metro. Renee Adoree is abroad at this writing. Edith. — Arthur Edmund Carevve doesn't tell his age ; he was born in Trebizond, Armenia, and educated in France. He appeared on the stage for nine years before making his screen debut. He is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and sixty-five pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Cicero.— I dont think Cyrano de Bergerac has been done in pictures. You know he was a real person, born in Perigord in 1619 and noted for his courage in the field and his wonderful swordsmanship. He fought over a hundred duels, most of them because of his extremely large nose. His writings, tho crude, are full of invention, vigor and wit. He was made the hero of a drama by Edmond Rostand and died in 1655. Walter Hampden is playing the stage version of Rostand's play in New York now. You want to see more of Walter McGrail. He is six feet and is not married right now. Thirty-five years old. Your French was very interesting. Quaker. — Lillian Gish is with Inspiration, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York City. She is twenty-eight, and was born in Springfield, Ohio. I forwarded your letter. Pelma B. — In the olden days, my time, men knew life too early and women knew life too late. Not so in this age. A child of six knows as much or more than its grandmother. Percy Marmont, Marganta Fisher and Virginia Valli will play in "K, — the Unknown." Dorothy Gish is twenty-six. Alice Terry twenty-eight and Harold Lloyd thirty-one. You might write Miss Gish. Pug. — No, I never did play the violin. I play the ukulele, tho. There are six hundred and two "Strads" violins, made by the famous Italian Stradivari, known to be in existence. Address Corinne Griffith at First National Pictures, 5341 Melrose Avenues, Los Angeles, California. Edwin T. F. — I certainly enjoyed your verses, especially "The Old Willow Tree." You are quite a poet. We will have to get a fireplace between us next winter. Helen A. F. — What next, nearly nine thousand farms in Missouri are superintended by women. But, "how you goin' to keep them down on the farm after they've seen Broadway !" John Gilbert was born in 1895 and he is married to Leatrice Joy. Edward Burns in "The Humming Bird." Edmund Lowe and Alma Tell in "The Silent Command." L. R., Canada. — Charles Buck Jones is twenty-nine, five feet eleven and three quarters, and he is married. He is playing in "The Circus Rider." Address him at Fox. Ramon Novarro is about twenty-three, five feet ten. George P. Morris wrote "Woodman Spare That Tree." Norma Talmadge Fan. — Where did you get that news? Norma Talmadge has never been a mother, tho one of the twins you refer to was named after Norma Talmadge. James Kirkwood and Lila Lee are on their third and final co-starring picture for Hodkinson. It is entitled, "Another Man's Wife." Cutie. — That was a mighty fine letter you wrote me and I hope you received your answer before this. Alan Forrest has the lead opposite Priscilla Dean in "The Siren of Seville." Stuart Holmes also in the cast. Rosebud. — I dont know why, but more than fifteen hundred girls in Germany are studying for the medical profession. Conrad Nagel is with Goldwyn and Glenn Hunter is playing in "Merton of the Movies." Always send twenty-five cents when asking for a picture. Tootsie. — Why, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, in 1412, and by the victories she gained in battle, enabled Charles to be crowned at Rheims. She was captured in 1430 by the Burgundians who delivered her to the English, and after a mock trial, she was burned at the stake in 1431. George Bernhard Shaw's stage play "Joan," which is running in New York at this writing, is the story of Joan of Arc. Alice Terry has red hair, but she wears various wigs. Elaine H. — So you have never been in love. That will come. Voltaire says, "Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses." Bert Lytell is five feet ten and a half, born in 1885, and he is now playing in "Born Rich." His address is given elsewhere. R. W S. — After completing "Monsieur Beaucaire," Rodolph Valentino will play in Rex Beach's "A Sainted Devil," his second and last production for Famous Players-Lasky since his return to pictures. After this he will start work -with Ritz-Carleton Productions. Mabel Noi mand at the Mack Sennett Studios, 1712 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. (Contiuued on page 92)