Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

^fiu -(Do^fLeu (Do 9t TiUi; Kej!. U. S. P,it Off 'I 'HIS is YOUR Department. Jump right in with your contribution. ■*■ What have you seen, in the past month, which was stupid, unlifelike, ridiculous or merely incongruous? Do not generalize; confine your remarks to specific instances of absurdities in pictures you have seen. Your observation will he listed among the indictments of carelessness en the part of the actor, author or director. Did It Have on Skid Chains? I JUST saw "The Virtuous Model," the scenes of which are supposed to be taken in Paris; yet when the Leading Man hails a taxi it bears a New York City hack license. M. G. H., N. Y. C. Remember, She Was Temperamental CONSTANCE TALMADGE, as Billie Billings in "A Temperamental Wife" after having been married to Senator Newton for some weeks, had neither wedding nor engagement ring on. in fact no ring at all. Henry Abbott, Jr., Concord, Mass. Mebbe He Inherited It IN the office scene of the picture, "The Uplifters," the head of the firm is seen taking his watch out of his pocket, and as he glances at the time, the words "Ingersoll Eclipse" are seen on the dial. Nothing snobbish about that plutocrat. Edward B. Howe, Cambridge, Mass. Premiums with Each Purchase IN "The Egg-Crate Wallop" Charles Ray goes out and buys a new suit of clothes. He comes home and puts it on. He then discovers that he has been suspected of theft, so he writes a farewell message on the wall, taking a piece of chalk from the pocket of his perfectly new suit! H. R., New York. What Is So Raw as a Day in June? IN the "Days of Real * Sport" series, the one entitled "School Days and Scandal," we see "Skinnay's" parents getting him up in the morning. He jumps out of bed and grabs his clothes on a run for the living-room stove, shivering as if he was doing the shimmy, nevertheless when the children are shown going to school they are wearing summer apparel and seem to be very comfortable. W. B. W., Denver, Colo. A Reader of The Ladies' Home Companiofi IN "Mints o' Hell" ■^ with William Desmond, the action is supposed to take place in the northern part of Canada. It is said that Vivian Rich, the shero, knows nothing of the outside world except what she read in books. Rushing the Season IN "The Career of Katherine Bush ' the cast goes to the country estate for Christmas. During the holidays they go for a walk. Catherine Calvert picks up a stra-w hat -with flowers and her leading man wears a stiff-brim stra^v hat. Isn't Christmas a little too early for Spring stuff? Edith Gorman. New Orleans, La. But she had her hair in puffs over her ears and a beautiful marcel. D. J. S., Detroit. We'd Like to Know Too OTUART HOLMES in "The Way of a Woman," as Mr. »J Trevor, enters his wife's room with a long cigarette holder between his fingers and about half an inch of cigarette burning in it. In a close-up of the same scene the cigarette has grown in proportion until it is fully two inches in length. I would be much obliged to Mr. Holmes if he would inform me where he gets cigarettes that the more you smoke the bigger they get. R. M. Gorc.H. Philadelphia. And Then War W^as Declared! IN Douglas Fairbanks' picture. "His Majesty the American." Sarzeau, the Minister of War for Alaine. asks his fellow conspirators to sign a paper guaranteeing their support to the father of the Prince of Brizac, who is trying to marry the Countess. This takes place in a room where there is a table around which are seated the parties to the conspiracy. The men file around the table to sign, Duray being the third one in order to affix his signature. But later on in the picture when the document is shown Duray's name was last on the list of five names. G. P. Johnson, Roxbury. Mass. A Relapse IN Bessie Barriscale's "Kitty Kelly, M. D." the villain is seen washing his face where he was cut by Jack Holt. hero. In a cutback the bleeding cut disappeared only to appear again later. George McC, N. Y. Up-To-Date Norma AS "Toy" in "The Forbidden City" Norma Talmadge — brought up in the Chinese Palace — wears high-heeled American shoes! And when she goes to the Philippines she evidently converses in English. JuNiTA D., Fargo. He Wanted to Be Sure IN Charles Ray's * "Greased Lightning" the bank robber, McKim. travels past the same scene twice in the get-away. Didn't he like the way he did it the first time? J. M., Huntington. W. Va. 107