Photoplay (Sep - Dec 1918)

io8 you'll like "Salome." You'd like to know how Bara is fixed for cash? Is this sudden anxiety over her finances occasioned by your witnessing her meagrely caparisoned "Cleor''' Of course if you re inclined to worry about it, why not invest your excess funds in bonds or War Savings Stamps? Theda'd appreciate that much more, we know. Money is such a bore ! Questions and Answers (Continued) Molly Wraith, Vic, Aus. — Charles Chaplin is not going to war. The War Department said the comedian is more valuable as a money-maker here at home, as his income would pay the expenses of a company of soldiers at the front for over a year. House Peters is playing in Blanche Sweet's new picture ; Page Peters died two years ago, but the two were not related. Mary Fuller is not playing at present; John Bowers is pictorially active at the World Film Studios; and Helen Greene — where are you, Helen? We haven't any new dope on Helen Greene. With Famous Players last. We're afraid you have us wrong, Molly. We never said we were 76, drink buttermilk, or get eight dollars a week. No, Molly ; and we aren't 76 — our age doesn't matter, just so we are not so young that we answer questions foolishly nor so old that we answer them bitterly. It doesn't matter what we drink just so we don't drink too much of it; and we don't get eight dollars a week — but we aren't worrying, so why should you? There! We almost forgot to make our weekly payment on our bond. More anon, which means after while. Walter E., "Tooradin," Pictoria, Aus. — Very sorry, Walter, that your suggestion cannot be carried out. We think you'll find all the news, pictures, and personalities you can digest if you read Photoplay every month. Write to us any time, Walter — we will be glad to answer you personally if you'll enclose a stamped addressed envelope. But that's why they are interesting, don't you know; we know so little about them. Sally, Somerville. Are we sure Mr. Lockwood has a young son? We are not thinking of Wallace Reid's young son, are we? Mr. Lockwood's young son came as a great surprise to you? Well, well! Mr. Lockwood's young son is nine years old or thereabouts. Quite, quite sure. Sally. It is a blow, though; isn't it? We never try to argue with a woman. You're inconsistent, Sally, but then if you weren't you wouldn't be interesting. Imelda Meadows, Lower Hutt, N. Z. — Well, Imelda ! You ask us first to excuse thickness in writing and then you beg pardon for change of thickness in writing due to having lost the first pen you were using in change of positions. Never mind, Imedla — no, Imelda. Ah yes — imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but then flattery is in very poor taste. Violet pronounces it Merser-eau — accent on the last syllable, with "eau" pronounced as "owe." Miss Mersereau is still with Universal, having resumed work at their Eastern studio. You think you have filled us up with questions? Imelda, you don't know us. Here are the addresses you want : Olive Thomas, Triangle, Culver City, Cal.; Pearl White, Pathe, Jersey City, N. J.; Enid Bennett, Thos. H. Ince Studios; June Caprice, Fox, New York; Creighton Hale, Pathe; June Elvidge, World Studios, Fort Lee, N. J. Hazel Dawn was the lady you admired so much in "One of Our Girls." Maciste in "Cabiria." Thank you for wishing us the best of good business this year. In closing we would wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy, happy New Year— also would remark this is the longest letter we have written since our second wife eloped with the Italian barber. Half-Second Satires I WENT *■ Into a Photodrome. Near Me Sat A Dramatic-critic. He was Reading A Book Of his Own. On — "The Drama: From the Then To the Now." Once in a While, As he Turned a Page, He Looked Up at the Screen. He Finished His Own Bookt And Glanced At his Wrist-Watch. "The Movies!" he sneered; "Bah!" And Passed Out. I Went Into a Photodrome. They were Showing Cleo Clux, In her Latest Vamp. Near Me Sat A Little Girl— A Pretty Girl, With Wide-open Eyes. As she W^atched the Screen, Where the Vamp Unreeled, She Leaned Forward. Breathless. And she Passed Out With a Slant to her Eyes, And Drooping Shoulders. 1 Went Into a Photodrome. Near Me Sat Half-a-Hundred : "The Movies Cannot Last." He Said. "In Another Six Months, All our Film Magnates Will Be Back In the Button Business; All our Prominent Stars, Behind the Ribbon-counter And the Bank-window. Fake Films Failed Just the Other Day; Utopia Has Gone Under; And Pretty Soon People will Forget There ever Was A Picture-show. Why if You Only Knew The Way They're Slashing Salaries — ! The Stage Is Going Strong; but The Poor Pictures — " And he Passed Out, Without Noticing The Other Half-Hundred W7ho were Wratching the Screen. A. S., Detroit, Mich. — Questions are never indiscreet; answers sometimes are. Robert Gordon is the young mans name; he scored a hit in "Missing," the war drama from Mrs. Humphrey Ward's novel. Read the story about him in this issue of Photoplay. Ah yes — Robert is very very cute — but he's going to grow up to be a great big man some day. Earle Foxe is back on the stage now. L. W. Harrison, Troy, N. Y. — Madame Sarah Bernhardt is now in vaudeville. Her last picture was "Mothers of France," whicn was filmed Over There. Did you know that Sarah was a pioneer screen actress? Long ago she played "Queen Elizabeth" beiore French cameras, and Lou Tellegen, husband of Geraldine Farrar, was her leading man. Richard Barthelmess opposite Marguerite Clark in "The Valentine Girl." "The Million Dollar Mystery" was filmed in and around New Rochelle, N. Y. Florence La Badie, who died last year; James Cruze, now with Lasky, and Marguerite Snow, of "The Eagle's Eye," were the principal players. C. A., U. S. Naval Training Station, Newport, L. I. — You wish to know how fo write scenarios? Were it not for the gravity of the situation, we should think you might be spoofing us. However, since you seem to be in earnest — would say — if you have an idea, put it in synopsis form and send it to the company whose needs seem best to fit your idea. Every company has continuity writers whose work it is to put the synopses into scenario form. The idea is what they want. Good luck to you. S. J., Ontario, Can. — We haven't the maiden name of Mrs. Harold Lockwood. Louise Huff is married to Edgar Jones and has a little daughter, Mary Louise. Your question about that comedienne is deferred for the present. Ethel Clayton's husband, Joseph Kaufman, died of pneumonia Feb. 1, after an illness of ten days. Carol Halloway and William Duncan are noncommittal as to their matrimonial status. Vera Sisson played opposite Harold Lockwood in "Paradise Garden." Remember Miss Sisson when she was J. Warren Kerrigan's leading woman? She retired from the screen after her marriage, but came back to play in that picture. Now she's gone again and we don't know when she'll be back. M. B., S. Weymouth, Mass. — Is George Beban an Italian by birth or merely by nationality? Neither. George was born in San Francisco, therefore he is American both by birth and nationality. You like to see an actor work? Ah, Millie, you ask too much ! And you think Ernie Shields deserves better chances than he has at present ! He's in the Army now. He is a married man, Millie; Mrs. Shields is Betty Schade, well known in Universal pictures. And if Ernie has a secret sorrow we don't know about it. If we were a Sammy we wouldn't have time to think about secret sorrows even if we had one — which Ernie hasn't. O. P. R., Shanghai, China. — Pearl White, Billie Burke, Mary Pickford, and Norma Talmadge will doubtless appear on the screens in China, but it is extremely unlikely that they will ever appear personally, as they all have long contracts and China is a long long way from home. Pearl White is not married. Earle Foxe is not related to Norma Talmadge. Did you know Mr. Foxe is back on the speaking stage now? Glad to hear from you at any time. [Continued on next page)