Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1920)

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Three sizes: 60c. $1.00. $2.00 At all toilel counters, or direct jrom us ill plain wrapper, on receipt oj 63c, $1.04 or $2.08, which includes war tax. Depl. S-23, Pirk Avenue loi 123lh Slicel. N. Y. C. The helpless gentleman at the right is perhaps the most persecuted father in pictures. You see him in serials, and he is almost always killed off in the sixth episode. Don t pity him: he doesn't have to do it for a living He's W. S. Smith, western manager of Vitagraph, who performs as short-lived parents just for recreation. Other a tiUan-haired heroine of screen ic.x dramas. Both have denied that they had anything to do with a dancins; actress' divorce from her dancing partner-husband. A star new to films was sued by her producer-husband for divorce; a prominent film director was named in the action. A matinee idol of yesteryear who Is still doing his best to earn a living by his carefully marcelled hair and eloquent eyebrows, has joined New York's famous Alimony Club because he isn't contributing to the support of a former wife and two children. Outside of these little things, not a thing has happened. TEAXXIE M.AcPHERSOX has signed a J new contract whereby she will have to write only two stories a year. Miss MacPherson is Cecil DeMille's assistant in the production of his boudoir dramas. It pay^ to write snappy stories of sex — Jeannie has a Hollywood home, a car — and has even taken up airplaning. HOOT GIBSOX. a young man who rides bucking bronchos for Universal in a manner which nets him many fan letters a day. has agreed to appear hereafter in lullleneth features. ANNA QUEREXTIA XILSSOX is going to Sweden, her native land. W hile she is there she will probably make two pictures. The lovely Anna has not been home to see her folks since she has achieved film fame, and she will have a real ovation in the Land of the Midnight Sun. By the way, the film people over there work only in summer. But it's not so soft as it sounds — their working day begins at four in the morning, and sometimes they rehearse one scene sixty times! DOROTHY GISH won't have to wear lur heavy black wig for at least a month. Xo, she isn't going to be a blonde again — but she and Mrs. Gish have gone to Europe for a vacation. Dorothy has three more pictures to deliver on her Paramount contract. She hasn't announced her plans after that. HOUSE PETERS is a new star. J. Parker Reid. Jr., who is Louise Glaum's manager, and who also presents Hobart Bosworlh, is said to have signed the elusive Mr. Peters, for a series of pictures. This actor's stellar contracts have never -ivn-i 1 to take. BETTY COMPSOXS pictures will all be released by Goldwyn. The girl who played "Rose" in "The Miracle Man" has traveled a smooth glor\-road since that record-breakine hit. Georce Loane Tucker is said to be interested in the new Compson productions. It will be remembered that Tucker was once with Goldwyn as directorgeneral — he personally directed "Polly of the Circus." Mae Marsh's first and best Goldwyn picture. KITTY GORDOX embellishes her vaudeville act with a slor> reciting that as she was leaving a movie theatre on Broadway, where she had enjoyed the program, an elderly lady, leadim: a small girl by the hand accosted her hesitantly. "You don't mind if I speak to you, do you? ' asked the old lady. "You see, we are so fond of you — and your name has been a houH'hoId word with us, as you might say. ever since we saw you in pictures." Miss Gordon smiled her delight. "And would you let us have one of your photographs?" "Delichted." said the tall and sutely Kitty. Then the old lady turned to her little grandchild and said: "Come, Gertie, come and kiss Madame Petrova." AXP about Petrova. . . . Returning from her triumphant vaudevil'e tour to Xcw York the other day. she motored in her stunning car to the Talmadge studios which are in a somewhat crowded section of the city. Madame Petrova paid a social call upon the beauteous Xorma. who was linUhing a now picture, and then started for her car. ,\bout one hundred neighborhood kids were climbing all over the big motor and the chauffeur dared not start away with his employer, who vainly becgcd the children to scam|X'r out of harm's way. The kids refused. With a gesture of despair, Kwy «dTrrti«enieiil In l'll«»Tol"LAY MAGAZINK U ruiranleod.