Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1922)

88 Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section The Letter That Saved Bob Johnson's Job — and paved the way for a better one! IT was written to his employer by the International Correspondence Schools. It told how "Robert Johnson had enrolled for a course of home-study and had received a mark of 94 for his first lesson." Bob answered the summons to the Chief's office with just a little fear and trembling, for a lot of men were being dropped — a lot more were having their pay reduced. But as Bob came in, his employer did a surprising thing. He got up quickly from his desk and grasped Bob warmly by the hand. "I want to congratulate you, young man, on the marks you are making with the I. C. S. I am glad to see that you are training yourself not only for your present job but for the job ahead. "We're cutting the pay-roll. Until I received this letter, I had you in mind as one of the men to be dropped. But not now. Keep on studying — keep your eyes open — and pretty soon there'll be a better job for you around here. We're always looking for trained men." Won't you let the I. C. S. help you, too? Won't you trade a few hours of your spare time for a good job, a good salary and the comforts that go with it? Then mark the work you like best on the coupon below and mail it to Scranton today. That doesn't obligate you in the least, but it will be your first big step towards success. Do it notv! ^— •— *— — I EAR OUT HERE ^— "— • ——*• ^— ™ INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS BOX C452-B SCBANTON, PA. Without cost or obligation, please explain how I can qualify for the position, or in the subject before which I have marked an X in the list below: — DELEC. ENGINEER □ Electric Lighting & Bys. P Electric Wiring D Telegraph Engineer D Telephone Work □ MECHANICAL ENGB. □ Mechanical Draftsman D Machine Shop Practice □ Toolmalter □ Gas Engine Operating □ CIVIL ENGINEER □ Surveying and Mapping □ MINE FOR'N or ENGR. □ STATIONARY ENGR. D Marine Engineer □ ARCHITECT □ Contractor and Builder □ Architectural Draftsman □ Concrete Builder □ Structural Engineer D PLUMBING & HEAT'G □ Sheet Metal Worker □ Text. Overseer or Supt. □ CHEMIST D Pharmacy D BUSINESS MANAG-M'T a SALESMANSHIP D ADVERTISING D Railroad Positions D ILLUSTRATING D Show Card & Sign Ptg. □ Cartooning □ Private Secretary n Easiness Correspondent Q BOOKKEEPER □ Stenographer & Typist D Cert. Pub. Accountant Q TRAFFIC MANAGER □ Railway Accountant D Commercial Law □ GOOD ENGLISH □ Com. School Subjects D CIVIL SERVICE D AUTOMOBILES Q Railway Mail Clerk □ Mathematics Q Navigation O Agriculture a Poultry Q Spanish D Banking I □ Teacher Name. Street and No.. City. Occupation „ RESINOL 5oothinq and He&linq Household Ointment for Cuts* Burns* Scalds* etc. Every home needs it Plays and Players (Continued from page 86) Photographing a foot! It belongs to Allan Hale, who is registering emotion aided by a good stout Norwegian calfskin oxford. The envious gentleman is Will Rogers ; the lowly ones are the poor cameramen, who have to go through fire, water, and gymnastics to get their pictures used to say, still waters run deep. And sometimes shallow waters run still. However, it was only for breaking a few speed and traffic laws and Miss Minter will come out with nothing damaged but her check, book — and since she has a checking account for S7500 a week, it won't hurt her. She wisely selected Los Angeles instead of Santa Ana for the scene of her operations. Pretty Mary has other troubles, too, they tell me. The Pacific Fleet inconsiderately sailed away right in the middle of a Perfectly Good Romance — in which Miss Minter and a handsome young officer had the star parts. And when a romance is interrupted like that — especially in the Navy — you never can tell, can you? DOUGLAS McLEAN, whose reputation as a real story teller is rapidly growing, related the following at a recent luncheon ^iven by the Los Angeles Ad club with such success that it seems worth repeating. "A young motion picture director," said Mr. McLean, "of excellent reputation went to a friend of his who was a banker and asked for the loan of several thousand dollars on good security, to use in his business. "The banker hemmed and hawed a bit and finally agreed to let him have it, but added 'Look here, John, it's a shame for you to go on in this picture industry. It's a rotten game — a rotten game. Look at this Arbuckle mess. Why don't you get out of it?' " 'Well,' said the director, T have thought of it. But what'd I do? What other business is there. I thought some of banking. But look at this Stillman mess. I'd be just as badly off.' " HERE'S something new — from Paris. It's a memory test, a liberal education, and good entertainment, all in one. The idea is to show, on the screen, scenes from the classical works of French literature, offering substantial prizes to the person who is successful in guessing the work from which the scenes were taken, and the author's name. Every idvertisemenl In PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed. RUPERT HUGHES was watching some esthetic dancers floating about with little on but soap bubbles the other evening on a set of Goldwyn's — in connection with the new Lon Chaney production. "Those young ladies are so well developed I know it wasn't done in our laboratory," remarked the chief Eminent Author. CHARLIE CHAPLIN stopped over in Chicago for two day; on his return from his European trip. He was a very busy man, of course, sought after by interviewers and people with all sorts of propositions. Yet the way he spent his last evening was typical of Chaplin. He put everything aside and went to dinner at the home of Paul Frank, 5478 Greenwood Ave., whose eightyear old son had broken his leg, was in constant pain, and in his suffering had only one wish and that was to see Charlie again. The boy had met the great comedian in Los Angeles and they became great friends. It was just like Chaplin to make life more pleasant for the little sufferer for a few hours. THE King of Comedy has been offered $15,000 a week to go in vaudeville as a single act. But Charles Spencer Chaplin, on his return from Europe, refused the offer. IF anybody but Tommie Meighan had told me this I wouldn't believe it — but you know how Tommie is. You just believe anything he tells you. Anyway, he went north to make some scenes for his new pictures — to a small town in the country Bret Harte made famous — a little town that is almost like one of the "ghost cities of the west." Haven't built a building in ten years. "Day I got there, they were having an e'ection,'' said Tommie. "What kind of an election?" I asked. "To see if the town'd go wet or dry," said Tommie. "And the drys won by two votes. But the wets were still hopeful because they had the town marshal on their side. He owned the saloon." (Continued on page go)