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-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
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Sophia Kerr, well-known writer.
Do Your Hands Tell Tales ?
J)R. ALON BEMENT, head of the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts, has a hundred and one educational problems to keep him busy, but he has nevertheless found time to cultivate a very interesting and fine art — that of outlining a person's character by the general mould and movements of his hand. In New Screen Magazine No. 89 the hands of several prominent persons are exposed, together with Dr. Bement's deductions therefrom.
First of all, this issue of the magazine shows the hands of Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, whom Dr. Bement figures out to be gentle, cautious, sensitive, the very essence of honesty, and a home lover. Anyone closely associated with Mr. Laemmle could affirm the correctness of these deductions. Then the hands of Maurice Dambos, the famous French cellist, are shown, and Dr. Bement called particular attention to the fact that Dambois' hands were those of a prize fighter, since much strength is needed to ply the slender strings of the cellist.
The hands pictured below are those belonging to Sophia Kerr, the famous novelist. Dr. Bement found these slim and lovely fingered hands a delight to read. Between stories, Sophia Kerr finds time to be editor of a woman's magazine and to "tear off" three or four books a year.
This "shot" on character as exposed by the hands is but another example of the interesting material which Universal collects to make up the New Screen Magazine each week. Unusual scenic effects, unusual games and tricks, unusual inventions and unusual hobbies, not to mention views of lovely gowns and all sorts of "animateds" and funny sayings form part of this weekly issue.
In addition to the exposition of character reading from hands. New Screen Magazine No. 89 contains some trick photography which is a treat for the eye, showing a rolling cloud effect, some pictures of an unusual animal, "the eared vulture," and a story in pictures showing the development of the dollar ($) sign, which should be of interest to everyone, particularly nowadays.
AY'HEN Dr. Alon Bement was making character studies of hands for the New Screen Magazine .issued weekly by the Universal Film f/Ianufacturing Company, he wanted to feature the hands of some well-known woman. After consideration, he decided that few hands were more interesting from the viewpoint of character deduction than those belonging to Sophia Kerr, the famous writer. Miss Kerr was particularly gracious about consenting to have her hands featured in the New Screen Magazine.
Sophia Kerr is one if the most interesting figures in the modern literary world. She is the author of one of the most entertaining novels of recent years, entitled "See-Saw." She also wrote a serial story for one of the magazines entitled "The Blue Envelope," which later was made into a serial for the movies, and in which Lillian Walker was featured. Her short stories appear constantly in all of the fiction magazines and one entitled "Sweetie Peach" will soon be filmed by a prominent motion picture company.
Hands of Sophia Rerr, famous woman writer, as they appear in Netv Screen
Magazine No. 89.