Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1911-Jan 1912)

134 THE MOTION PIC TV BE STORY MAGAZINE Dot Farley. (3) Miss Adriene Kroell was the boy's mother in the same company's "Too Much Aunt." Heebeet D., New Yoek. — You might make application to the various companies in town, using the list given in the October issue, but the chances are very much against you since competent players are to be had in abundance and experience is now an essential. Anxious M. F. — Questions as to the matrimonial relations and ages of the players are barred for reasons of good taste. L. S. B., Steeatoe. — We do not give the personal addresses of the players. They should be addressed in care of the company employing them. In this instance the player is Arthur Johnson. Elizabeth S., Beidgepoet, writes: "Will you please answer these questions I ask — Florence Turner, Alice Joyce, Dorothy Phillips, M. Costello, F. Bushman, Carlyl Blackwell, Leo Delaney, I'd like to know if they are married." Didn't you forget Florence Lawrence, Arthur Johnson and Gene Gauntier, Miss Elizabeth? Undoubtedly some of them are married and some are not, but we dont know the bachelors and spinsters from benedicts and brides, so we cant tell you. Miss Lamp is the Lubin light-haired lady. Look in the next issue for information as to Happy Jack. You didn't forget to ask if he was married, at any rate. I. R. — You must be a newcomer not to know Miss Florence Turner. Her picture has been used several times. You can get the back numbers for March and July containing her pictures for fifteen cents each. The Vitagraph has her photographs for sale. Miss G. R., Roxbuey. — Write your story in action and divide it into scenes. Do not use dialog or story form. Simply give the essentials of action. The list of companies buying manuscript can be found in this department for October. Olletos, Tobbington. — We do not know whether the Vitagraph players work under "real" or stage names, but we do know that Maurice Costello uses his own name in the pictures. He is of French parentage. W. F., Lock Haven. — The question as to the superiority of the Licensed or Independent product is out of order. At best it is a matter of personal opinion. Janet McG., Beooklyn.— Miss Joyce is an American. Miss Pickford's picture is not available and, anyhow, she is no longer with that company. N. H. F. D., New Haven. — The Selig picture "Through Fire and Smoke" was made in Los Angeles. The company took several thousand feet of the Los Angeles fire department and this picture was the outcome of the friendly relations then established. The company answered all day second alarms until they got the right sort of fire and the outside scenes were made. The interiors are studio made. M. F., New Yoek. — Miss Mary Pickford is no longer with the Imp, but with the new Majestic company, if that is what you mean. (2) There is no "Independent Biograph Co." (3) WTe shall probably print a picture of little Miss Costello in due course, but she is a very new comer in the Vitagraph. E. M. R., Chicago. — Warren Kerrigan is the American player to whom you refer. The company is in the West. Miss Lillian R., New Oeleans. — It was Charles Kent and not Arthur Johnson who appeared as the King in the Vitagraph's "The Death of King Edward III." Mr. Johnson is a Lubin, not a Vitagraph player. Mr. Kent was one of our foremost dramatic players before going to the Vitagraph and was one of the first to perceive the possibilities of the Photoplay and to seek connection with a company. Doc, New Yoek. — The cannibals are "cullud" persons. They are not permanently employed but are used as occasion requires. Miss R. G., Syeacuse. — (1) Look in the next magazine for this question. (2) Miss Briscoe is now in Philadelphia. (3) She was. (4) Miss Gladys Fields is the Essanay player, you probably mean. (5) The Edison "In the Lighthouse by the Sea" was not made in Colorado, but on the coast of Maine. They have companies in the field very frequently and they dont go to Colorado for lighthouses. Motion Pictube Fiend, Wheeling. — We have no means of knowing which of the Vitagraph players employ their own and which have stage names. The two you mention appear under their baptismal names. We do not place your Mr. Corbett with the Vitagraph. James J. Corbett, the pugilist-actor, appeared in a special release about a year and a half ago, but he is not a member of the stock company. We cannot recall some of the companies Mr. Bushman has played with, but the Essanay company states that he started with the Albaugh stock company, Baltimore, sixteen years ago playing boys' parts, and has appeared both in stock and with important dramatic companies. J. S. A., Washington. — This was a matter of detail probably due to the hurried copying of the manuscript. Thanks for your good wishes. H. C, Newark. — The Edison Bumptious is John R. Cumpson. (2) We cannot state positively the "longest film." We would cite the Vitagraph's "Moses and "Les Miserables" and the Monopol's "Dante," each in five reels, but there are some European films even longer. Better call that bet off and buy an ice cream soda with it.