Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1925)

! Carl A. — Yes, this is the anniversary number, and I have been serving you all with answers for the last fourteen years. Even tho I am eighty years old, I think I can serve you a little longer. Lionel Barrymore is playing in The Street Singer for Chadwick Pictures. Mary E. C. — No, my dear, you have me wrong. I am really a lamb in wolf's clothing. Thomas Meighan was born April 9, 1884. Ramon Novarro was born February 6, 1898, while Richard Barthelmess was born May 9, 1895. Miss Dupont was Margaret Armstrong. Gerry. — Yes, it is true that Thomas Ince, the director, died November 19, 1924, of acute indigestion. It was a shock to the industry. Rudolph Valentino is anxious to play the lead in a screen version of The Firebrand, in which Joseph Schildkraut is playing the lead on the stage. Valentino's next picture will be The Scarlet Pozver. Yes, Buster Collier is sometimes called William, Jr. Norman Trevor and Ben Lyon in Wages of Virtue. Sophola.— That's a good one, but why is an author a queer animal? Because his tale comes out of his head. Whopee ! Alice Taafe is Alice Terry's right name. Write me again some time. Haul M. — Jane Novak can be reached at the F. B. O. Productions, and Norma Shearer at Metro-Goldwyn. Lily Lee. — Well, as they say in Greenwich Village, you are not truly sophisticated until you wish you could forget most of the things you know. Yes, Ben Lyon is twenty-three. Wait until you see him on the cover next month. Yes, I think Richard Barthelmess will send you his picture. Why dont you write him. Fluff. — Sure, I was glad to hear from you, telling me all about the kiddies. Well, you know that Pat O'Malley has red hair, so that accounts for it. As someone once said, opportunity seldom knocks in a small town, but the neighbors make up the difference. Sally Foote. — Lloyd Hughes is with First National, and he is twenty-five. Robert Agnew is twenty-five and he is with Metro-Goldwyn in The Square Peg. I should say Clara Bow is kept busy. She is playing in The Adventurous Se.v and then she is going to play in Capital Punishment and after that in The Boomerang. Homer W. K. — That sure was a gem of a letter. Cullen Landis has a sister, 80 This department is for information of general interest only. Those who desire ansivers by mail, a list of film manufacturers, etc., must enclose a stamped, addressed envelope. All letters should contain the name and address of the writer, but a fictitious name will be used in answering inquiries if it is written in the upper left-hand corner of the letter. Address: The Answer Man, 17$ Duffield Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Rah Rah Boy: — You're wrong. Mary Hay doesn't play Barrie's Peter Pan. But there's a Peter Pan episode in her picture, New Toys, and here she is in costume, with her husband, Dick Barthelmess Margaret. Didn't you know that? R. E. U.— Well, in 1890 it was Wine, Women and Song, in 1924 it is Moonshine, Flappers and Static. No, I haven't a radio yet. My neighbors all have loud speakers. You can address Valentino at the Ritz-Carlton Co., 6 West 48th St., New York City. Chickie. — Glenn Hunter in The Silent Watcher. Gareth Hughes is in California. Yes, I, too, dislike ranting. That player certainly weeps too loudly. You know the silent appeal has the greater reach. Try it some time. Margie. — We have a new. dog actor about to make his bow to the public. He is a Vitagraph star, his name is Wolf, and he was awarded the Croix de Guerre by Joffre. He is to be starred in the Curwood novel, Baree, Son of Kazan. Richard Dix is with Famous Players. Norolk; M. B. M. ; Billy; Monte Blue Admirer; Vernon C. and Bee. — All of your questions have been answered up above. Tony's Fan. — Well, the strongest day of the seven is Sunday, because the others are week days. And she thought filet mignon was fish ! $&% ! So you are going to frame the one dollar you got from the editor. Good for you. I would like to see the one dollar I could frame. Maybelle H. — Frances Howard is to play the lead in The Szvan and she is under a long-term contract with Famous Players. Her next will be A Kiss in the Dark, Why, Anna Q. Nilsson and Ben Lyon have the leads in The One Way Street, you know. Address Conrad Nagel at the Metro-Goldwyn Studios. Gertrude S. — You ask "Who was Hamlet?" What, you go to Sunday school and dont know that? Rudolph Valentino is five feet eleven. So you like my beard. I like it. Find it very comfortable on these cold days. Abie. — Grace Cunard played in The Broken Coin. Raymond Hatton is. still in pictures. He recently signed a contract with Famous Players. You know he played on the stage since he was ten years old. George Mel ford was his first director, and now he is directing him in The Top of the World. U Tellem.— All right, I will. Which is the most awkward time for a train to start? 12.50, as it's ten to one if you catch it. Richard Talmadge can be reached at 5617 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California. (Continued on page 127)