Photoplay (Sep - Dec 1918)

pQUESTIONsH i( AND 4 ANSWERS "YTXH do not have to be a subscriber to Photoplay Magazine -* to get questions answered in this Department. It is only required that vou avoid questions which would call for unduly long answers, such as synopses of plavs, or casts of more than one play. Do not ask questions touching religion, scenario writing or studio employment. Studio addresses will not be given in this Department, because a complete list of them is printed elsewhere in the magazine each month. Write on only one side of the paper. Sign your full name and address: ontv initials will be published if requested. If you desire a personal reply, enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. Write to Questions and Answers, Photoplay Magazine, Chicago. Olga, N. Y. — We can't get over that old-iashioned idea that players act just as will whether they're married or not and the public knows it. You're sorry Henry Kolker is married and glad Eugene O'Brien isn't. But dearie, what difference does it make? "I like it so much better when they're not married," sez you ; "as then they seem to belong to us much more than ii some women had a claim on. them." Pussonally I think you're foolish, Olga. Most of us have got to take the plunge sooner or later and Eugene is young and an awfully good swimmer — oh, write him yourself. Myrtle, Guelph, Ont. — Now listen, Myrtle — we'll tell you about Dick Barthelmess if you'll tell us how to pronounce that — Guelph. We have always, always wanted to know how to pronounce that — Guelph. Well, then — Richard may be reached at 126 W. 47th St., New York. And Richard is considered one of the very most promising juveniles on the screen; and he has played opposite Marguerite Clark and Madge Kennedy ; and he volunteered his services for a government picture; and he was born in N Y. C. twenty-three years ago. Indeed we never would have guessed your admiration for young Richard if you had not told us. Gladys F., St. John, N. B— If Bill Farnum would send you a "lock of his glorious hair," he isn't the same Bill we used to know. Neither does he value his crop as we value ours. Willum is a brother of Dustin Farnum; Marshall, another brother, has been dead some time. William is still with Fox; Dusty now has his very own company. And whady' think? Dusty has been adopted by a regiment, and he is now its god-daddy. Anita Jr., Phila., Pa. — So you think we are funny. Sometimes people smile to hide their tears. Well — and you want to know about Pearl White? It's her real name; we have her word for it. And she was born in Missouri; played "Little Eva" at an early date in her (Pearl's) history; first appeared in wild west pictures; starred in all the Pauline and Elaine and Pearl serials put on by Pathe. Address Sessue Hayakawa care Haworth Pictures Corp., Los Angeles. Charles Ray, Ince studios. Write Paramount about Jack Pickford pictures. Quite sure Mary Miles Minter will send you her picture — just tell her we said so. Fol lowing is the cast of "Unclaimed Goods :" Betsy Burke, Vivian Martin; Danny Donegan, Harrison Ford; "Cocopah Kid," Casson Ferguson; "Gentleman Joe" Slade, George McDaniel ; Idaho Ina, Carmen Phillips; Sheriff Burke, Dick La Reno; Uncle Murphy, George Kunkel. Write again, Anita, Jr. H. J. H., Western Australia. — I would never advise any one to be a motion picture actor, much less leave a happy home in Western Australia or anywhere else and come over here to get a job. Don't do it. An American producer — or any producer for that matter, never engaged a player on the strength of a photograph ; because any old photographer can make a lost hope look like a possibility. You may be either — 1 don't know. Did you read "I Want to be a Movie Star" in the August Photoplay ? Good stuff; it may help you. "Shorty," Milwaukee. — On yellow paper, with purple ink, you write : "I think Billie West is rotten. I only saw him once but if I can't see the real thing it's outside for me." And then, Shorty, after execrating Charlie's most persistent admirer, you want to know if you'd make a hit imitating him too. Address Chaplin care Chaplin Studios, L. A. Claire, McKanna, Duluth, Minn. — Address Charles Chaplin, care L. A. Athletic Club. Mary Pickford, Artcraft studios, Hollywood. Send your verses to them direct ; surely they will appreciate it. All of us appreciate true appreciation. I know Miss Pickford does. F. D. M., Toronto.— The Chaplin-Lauder comedy has been released and the proceeds will go to charity. We do not know what it is called. You say they changed George Walsh's "Pride of New York" to "On to Berlin" in Canada. Probably thought the latter title would be more attractive in the Dominion. "Billie," Portland, Me. — Owen Moore and Elliott Dexter took a house at the beach for the summer. Moore has not played in pictures now for some time. He has not been in hiding exactly, Billie ; but we don't know when he'll appear again on the screen. Dexter sitrned a contract to play for Paramount for another year. Alma Tell, sister of Olive, has never been in the movies. "You remember when" the fair Alma was playing in stock in your city? Olive's latest is for Metro; "To Hell with the Kaiser" is the zippy title. Glad you enjoyed "The Eagle's Eye" in fiction form in Photoplay Magazine. "Please call me 'Billie,' Mr. Answer Man!" Very well, Billie; we endeavor to please. Lucile, Tucson, Ariz. — Norman Kerry played Gordon in "Amarilly of Clothesline Alley." His real name was Norman Kaiser — before the war. He is not married — yet. He lives in Los Angeles; address him care L. A. Athletic Club. We couldn't print ycur initials, Lucile; and you know why. Nev' mind, Lucile ; mebbe when we know vou better. Sara Naomi, Norfolk, Va. — It may be your first, but we hope it won't be your last. What do you want to know about the players in the "Hidden Hand" serial? Mahlon Hamilton won't tell his age. Doris Kenyon was born in Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1807 They are not appearing together on the screen at present ; Hamilton last supported Elsie Ferguson in "The Danger Mark," while Miss Kenyon has her own company. Her latest is "The Inn of the Blue Moon." Doris isn't married. Indeed you didn't ask too much. Most women figure it out this way : they know a man can't refuse them anything because if he did they might cry — and every man knows that the reason a woman gets what she wants when she cries is because she looks so ugly a man will do anything to escape the sight. Rose, L. A. — Dorothy Dalton was divorced from Lew Cody some time ago. Miss Dalton may be reached care the Thos. H. Ince studios. Speaking of nuts and pecans — what about Harold Whoosis, the famous actor and filmstar? O. B., Vandaha, Ohio. — Mary Fuller is not playing at present. One of her latest appearances was opposite Lou Tellegen for I.asky in "The Long Trail." Theda Bara is acting right along — oh my, yes. You'll say so when you've seen her in "Cleopatra" and "Salome." Oh, but that is a very old one about her becoming bara and bara every day. Certain people we know do opine that Cleo and Salome were things to write home about ; others — But it is more than likely VV