Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

Paddy B., Ireland. — I have never married. It may be a fact that marriage is a failure, but if a woman loves a man she is willing to find out for herself. I like my work and won't you write again and ask me some — sensible questions ? Paul C, Montreal. — Please don't ask me to give any recipes for success in pictures. It's like telling a woman how to be beautiful in ten lessons: it can't be done. I do not know of any film companies producing in your city. I am sorry. The Texas Kids. — You two could write another "Young Visiters." I daresay you could duplicate Daisy Ashford's peculiarly feminine and extremely infantile intuition regarding elderly gentlemen of 42. Myself, I should be afraid of you. I have never heard the theory advanced that some girls do not want to be movie stars because they would not like the various manifestations of emotion which usually precede the final fadeout. In fact, I have heard quite the contrary. Wallace MacDonald is not and never has been married. Whether or not he wants to get married is another thing entirely. I should not venture to speculate. EvELVNE B., Bristol, Conn. — So you told your friend to be sure to look me up when he comes to Chicago, as you are sure I will find him lots of fun. Well, I'll begin looking around now and see what I can do. Your list of favorites matches mine. You don't need to send Dick Barthelmess the clippings of what Delight Evans says about him in Photoplay. Dick reads it himself. So you think that if wit had a commercial value I would be rich. Dear girl, it has — and I'm still a poor man. Clarine Seymour, Griffith, New York; Gloria Swanson, Lasky, Hollywood; Marie Prevost, Sennett; Bill Farnum, Fox (eastern) ; John Barrymore, Famous Players, New York. Ilene Ethel, St. John. — I fear I will never be able to make money. I have not the genius of the hat-check boy, the aggression of the taxi-cab driver, the domineering qualities of the head-waiter. I was born to blurb unseen — but not unread. Pell Trenton was May Allison's husband in "Fair and Warmer" but Eugene Pallette, formerly a Fine-Artist, had the fatter male role. Crane Wilbur is now a successful playwright. P. L. R. P., Syracuse. — Doug's popularity has, indeed, increased by jumps — also leaps and bounds. His latest is "When the Clouds Roll By" renamed from "Cheer Up." Mary's new one, "PoUyanna." Mildred Harris Chaplin is with First National under Louis B. Mayer's management. Joseph Henaberry is directing her first new picture. Adaline F., St. Louis. — You say your fiance looked foolish when he proposed to you. I daresay he was. Anyway — I think I would give up my idea of picture stardom for a while, anyway. Pearl White's latest picture is "The Black Secret" for Pathe, from a Robert W. Chambers novel called "In Secret." Walter McGrail is her leading man. 1 01 mi433a Tte Builder of Destinies. Beth, Kansas City. — I am sure I do not know what occasioned your outburst. I would be much more successful if I would lie once in a while; people get so tired of hearing the truth over and over again. I probably told you an unkind truth and it always hurts. The fact remains that I smoke a pipe and am not going to give it up, not even for you. Snappy, Fordham. — I don't blame you for being snappy. When a young lady tells a young man her hands are cold and the young man holds her hands, it's all right. But when the young lady, encouraged, says "I'm cold all over" and he gives her his overcoat — well, it's enough to spoil any girl's disposition. But don't snap at me. Young ladies, alas, never confide their temperatures to me. Clarine Seymoure in "Scarlet Days." You want a picture? A Girl's Club, Monson, Mass. — I did write you a letter but you must have thought it was from one of your old beaux, for you didn't answer it. I'll try again sometime. Why don't you subscribe? Mae Marsh married Louis Lee Arms, New York newspaper man. She has a little baby girl. She signed a new contract, with Gasnier, to make pictures in California. June Elvidge and Lieut. Badgely are securing a divorce. Julian Eltinge, on the stage last. Your wish for a cover of Norma Talmadge came true in the January issue. Roberta C, Boston. — You may think you can stop writing to me. I know that you won't. For every time I answer you, you'll answer back; a woman must have the last word. Besides, please don't desert me; I need your help. They say a woman always loves a man whom she can pity. I need sympathy. There's a lot about your Bill Hart in this issue. Opal B., Kansas City. — Of course I don't believe you — but it is nice to think that the hotel clerk rang your phone and demanded order and quiet, while you were laughing over Questions and Answers. I won't ask you how it turned out; I suppose you turned in. Many of the stars have freckles —for instance, one of the blondest and most beautiful ingenues covers hers for screen purposes with make-up. Wesley Barry, on the other hand, is proud of his. Write soon again. Alice, Penn Yan. — Sounds like a tobacco. Dorothy Gish is in the East now. She brought her company with her. Vivian Martin is east also. Anita Stewart works in Hollywood, Harrison Ford made a flying trip to Manhattan to work with Marguerite Clark in "Easy to Get," then he hit the rattler back to Cal. 85