Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

^Answers rlll:. Questions and Answers Department is open to any reader of Photoplay Magazine whether <• subscriber or not. It is a pleasure to answer inquiries and we only ask that questions regarding religion, scenario writing and studio employment be omitted. The writer's name, street and city address must be sianed and communications to other departments written on separate pages. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope, if an immediate reply is desired. Address. Questions and Answers, Photoplay Magazine, Chicago. M. E. V.. Atlantic City. — "The Golden Chance," was SO entitled because of the turn of fate which liberated Mary Ihnby (Cleo KidgeU I from her dissolute husband and gave her the opportunity to live the \'\\c tor which she was fitted. W'ally Reid apparently was the golden chance and she grabbed hint in a manner, subtle, perhaps, but nevertheless sure. I". R., Kimball, S. Dak., and G. E. M., Balaton, Minx. — Her name since her marriage is Lottie Pickford Rupp. Annette Kellerman, of course, played the title role in "Neptune's Daughter,' but her sister. Angela, was Katherine Lee; Neptune was William Welsh and King William was William E. Shay. It was a Universal seven reeler. Irene Hunt and George Walsh were the principal players in Reliance's "The Celestial Code." In "The Quest," by Selig. Ann Drew was the girl ; in "The Quest." by American, Margarita Fischer was the center of interest. B. 1... Hamilton. Ont., and L. R., East Huntington. W. \'.\. — David King in "The Foundling." with Mary Pickford, was Edward Martindell. Francis X. Bushman is married to a nonprofessional. "Why were the captions in 'The Serpent' written in poetry?" Why, indeed! The film Muse winged its wav across that screen on very wobbly planes. The soldiers in the battle scenes were from the Xew York guard, the guns being those of the 2d N. Y. F. A. Addresses: James Morrison and Earle Williams, Eastern Yitagraph studio ; Edward Earle and Kempton Greene, Edison studio. E. C, Redondo Beach, Calif. — Mollie Wood, opposite Dustin Farnum, in "The Virginian." (Lasky) was Winifred Kingston. Billy Elmer was frampas ; Anita King, Mrs. Ogdcn ; Monroe Salisbury, Mr. Ogden ; H. B. Carpenter, Spanish Ed. and Dick LaReno was Balaam. Keith, in "Rags," was Marshall Neilan ; the Earl of Bassett in "Gretna Green," was Wilmuth Merkyl. Lois Meredith and Owen Moore took the leads in "Help Wanted," as the little stenographer and the son of her employer, who was Hobart Bosworth ; the other stenographer was Myrtle Stedman and Helen Wolcott was Owen Moore's sister. F. P., Hamilton, Ont. — In the Thanhouser film, "In Baby's Garden," Helen Badgley was the youthful disturber who planted her uncle's uncut diamonds in her garden to raise a "tarrara." Thomas A. Curran was the man-from-the-colonies who became the diamond seedsman to Her Majesty, the Kidlet. E. L., Portland, Okl. — Wheeler Oakman, hero of "The Xe'er Do Well." and the juvenile lead of "The Spoilers," was born in Washington, D. C, February 21, 1890. He played for a time on the stage, going from the footlights to the Selig Studios where he continues. He has been seen in a great many of their shorter films and in "The Rosary." and "The Carpet from Bagdad," as well as the two mentioned. Brown hair, blue eyes, six feet tall, weight 160. His wife is Gertrude Rvan. L. C, Oklahoma City. — It is indeed the same W'ally Reid who played the part of Don Jose opposite Farrar in the I.asky "Carmen," and the part of the blacksmith in "The Birth of a Nation." He also has the lead in "The Golden Chance," and "To Have and to Hold." Ad lress Geraldine Farrar and Marjorie Daw at the Lasky office in Hollywood and Cleo Madison at Universal City. H. A. W., Ottawa, Ont. — Dustin Farnum is with the Morosco studio in Los Angeles, a recent film being "The Call of the Cumberlands." in which he and Winifred Kingston take the. leads. J. Z., East Downington, Pa. — The exteriors of "The Eternal City," Pauline Frederick's first film appearance, were taken in Rome, though the interiors were from the Famous Players' studios. The cast is entirely too long to print in full as there are nearly three dozen players mentioned, but Miss Frederick was Donna Roma ; Thomas Holding, David Rossi (David Leone) ; Frank Losee, Baron Bonelli ; Fuller Mellish, Pope Pius XI; and Kittens Richert and Arthur Oppenheim were Little Roma and Little David. Pearl White was born in Missouri but you will have to do your own guessin^ as to her age, and we advise you to guess right, if you guess at all, as she has red hair. Address Norma and Constance Talmadge at the Fine Arts studio. 149