Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1924)

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Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky., Chittenden & Eastman Company, Burlington, la.; Peck and Hills Furniture Co., Denver. I" Way Sagless Daybcds The last word In space-saving furniture. Opens easily to a full size bed. Beautiful deslgns-wrlto for portfolio. dragging Van Tuylc when he would consent to sit on the sled, and holding his arm when he insisted on walking. At times they were compelled to leave the lake and plunge through the deep snow. At last they reached a ranch on the shore of the lake, after they had traveled nearly twenty miles, and were taken to Coolin in a motor boat. Van Tuyle was hurried to a hospital in Spokane, where it was found that his foot was in such bad shape that amputation was necessary. T_TELEN FERGUSON, one of the best -* -Mcnown of the younger screen actresses in Hollywood, is wearing a new and beautiful diamond ring on her engagement finger. But — Helen only smiles when asked if she is engaged and she absolutely refuses to discuss the name of any man who might have given her the ring. HTHE joke is on King Vidor. But nobody's -* laughing, because the joke turned out so happily. It was while the casting was in progress for "Wild Oranges." Minnie Slope, the girl-woman heroine, was not an easy character to draw upon the screen. Timid, fearridden, as lovely and as old fashioned as mignonette — that was Minnie. But the girls that Mr. Vidor had in mind for the role proved, upon close inspection, to be new-fashioned. Why? Because they, one and all, had bobbed hair. "I want a girl with long hair for the part," Mr. Vidor mourned. "No! A wig won't do. Why in thunder does every girl with pretty hair go and cut it off? That's what I want to know!" And so the possible heroines passed in review — able actresses, each one of them, and pretty girls. And at last Virginia Valli was sent for. And Mr. Vidor, seeing her, smiled for the first time in weeks. "Thank the Lord," he told her, "that you have sense. You haven't cut off your hair. You'll do!" And, as Minnie Slope, Virginia Valli scored a real triumph. But the joke is on King Vidor. For, after a serious illness, Miss Valli was compelled to shave her head, and her hair is just beginning to grow in adorable little ringlets — much shorter, though, than the most shingled of bobs! She wore a wig all through the picture, and King Vidor didn't guess it — until she told him! ""pHE male sex — or that portion of it which ■* patronizes motion pictures — is seriously considering putting on mourning. Why? Because Corinne Griffith, about whom — according to Adela St. Johns — every man goes crazy, has married. Her new husband is Walter Morosco, son of Oliver Moroseo. the theatrical producer, and they were married at Tia Juana, running away from all their friends in Hollywood. Miss Griffith recently divorced Webster Campbell, the director, and has been reported engaged to several others since that time. She is conceded to be one of the most beautiful women of the screen. Her mosl recent pictures were "Black Oxen" and "Lilies of the Field." HOLLYWOOD was greatly exercised recently because it heard that an offer has been made to the Prince of Wales to become a picture star. The offer was sent to the Prince by Fred Niblo, who cabled: "Would your royal highness consider appearing in an historical photoplay of magnitude and dignity? Time. place and financial arrangements at your convenience." Well, you can't blame a young fellow for trying, no matter what the result. And. of course, no one would accuse Mr. Xiblo of wanting publicity. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. Jr.. after his brief experience in pictures, is going on the speaking stage. J. W. Elliott is to produce " Merton of the Movies" on the Pacific Coast. with young Fairbanks in the Glenn Hunter r6le. T\ 7TTIIOUT saying definitely whether or not ** she i-. to marry. Agnes Ayres is calmly accepting congratulations on her engagement to Ricardo Cortez, one of the new leading men for Paramount Pictures. Miss Ayres was divorced about two years ago, her husband having been a non-professional. "\TEWS seeps out that Nicholas A. Dunay, •L^ alias Nicholas Dineauw, Russian stage actor, has been granted a divorce from Nina Byron Dunay, former Follies beauty, on the grounds of desertion. Dunay. as you may remember, was leading man for Pauline Frederick, and a short time ago attracted considerable attention in Hollywood when he announced his intention of producing some anti-Bolshevik pictures. Somehow, however, the plan failed to materialize. A ND now comes another feather in the -**-bonnet of the motion picture industry. Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, noted music critic of New York who is visiting Hollywood, has made the statement that the motion picture theater organ, orchestra and piano are largely responsible for the growing knowledge and appreciation of good music. When one comes to think it over, there's probably some truth in the declaration, too. On picking up the music cue to a recent feature picture we find it includes smatterings of such operas as "Madam Butterflv," "Carmen." "Tales of Hoffman," "Thais" and "II Trovatore." "The motion picture theaters," asserts Dr. Spaeth, "are feeding the average American daily doses of good music and making him like it, — in any other form, it was taken like medicine." RENEE ADOREE has brought suit against the Los Angeles Railway Company for Sso.ooo for injuries as a result of an accident some months ago, when a street car collided with her automobile. Miss Adoree and Miss Salter were in the car. and Miss Salter is also suing, asking for $30,000. Miss Adoree charges that she was injured internally besides being cut about the head and arms. She asks $25,000 for the injuries and the same amount for the time she lost from her work. WHEN Frances Marion was in New York for the opening of "Abraham Lincoln." her family was enlarged by one member. No — not what you think, at all! The addition was a Great Dane puppy, with an almost blond coat, and an ingratiating wiggle and a long pedigree. Miss Marion loves all dogs — and Great Danes in particular. She has had several of them, and this newest acquisition is the nicest of all. she thinks. TTELEX HOLMES, who accumulated a ■tJLsizable fortune by risking her life in railroad serials, "The Hazards of Helen." a few years ago. has invested a part of her earnings in a ranch in Utah. It should be a good rest retreat as the nearest railroad is forty miles RUTH RENTCK of stage and screen fame is mourning the loss of a husband. Nor is she alone looking and wishing for him. The federal authorities in San Francisco would like to lay hands on him also, for he is wanted on a charge of impersonating a U. S. officer. Shortly after finishing an important part in Jackie Coogan's "Long Live the King." Miss Renick left Hollywood to accept a short engagement with a stock company in Oakland. It was soon after that news leaked out that she had married a mysterious major. The major looked well in his uniform, but when Miss Reniek's brother-in-law heard that while Ruth claimed him as a husband, the uniformed chap said they were "merely friends," he decided to investigate. v ailviTtisenuMit in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE Is guaranteed.