Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

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0 '(Do 9t Title Keu. U. S. Pat. 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 be listed among the indictments of carelessnciS on the part of the actor, author or director. Stoic Chinaware IN "Why Smith Left Home" there occurs a severe earthquake. Small houses on the edge of a cliff are shown collapsing, and an interior of the house in which Bryant Washburn and Lois Wilson are marooned shows cupboards falling, electric fixtures swaying, tables overturned, etc. Yet through all the confusion a row of plates on a plate-rail in the dining-room remain calm as a steel strike until the cobblestone chimney nearby is shaken over upon them. Stuart S. Towne, Los Angeles, Cal. From London to Fort Lee MATT MOORE, in Olive Thomas' picture"The Glorious Lady," is in his London club. The scheming villainess, in her boudoir, rings him up on a British telephone. Matt answers— through a regulation U. S. A. instrument. G. D., N. Y. "Till The Sands of The Desert Grow Cold"— IN your November issue "Mona M., New York," criticizes Louise Glaum for wearing a fur coat in "Sahara." I agree with her that a fur coat seems superfluous, but, really, the poor dear needed it as a protection against the cold. In the last scene she came out of the tent intending to leave her sweetheart to the tender mercies of the nice little missionary, and her congealed breath could be seen leaving her lips. Stenographer, Indianapolis. What Every Villain Learns IN Enid Bennett's "What Every Woman Learns" we see the hero strike the villain with such force that he knocks him across the room. However, the director probably did not want the villain to be too badly mussed up until the fifth reel — for he struck him a blow that started from the shoulder like a regular punch but when it met the other, it appropriately stopped. The next day the villain shows up with a beautiful black eye that any Mack Sennett scrap artist would be proud to own. Elwood Ullman, Jr., St. Louis, Mo. Ten Readers Saw This IN Mauricei Tourneur'k "The Life Line," the great ship runs on the rocks late at night; the frightened passengers are hastily summoned from their berths, and rush forth, clad in variously assorted night clothes and outer garments; but to supply pathos, toddling down the slanting corridor, come two little children, daintily clad in real party clothes, curls, frillies and hair-ribons ! L. N. Brown, Lowell, Mass. Probably Not in Wichita MAY I not suggest that the director of "The Grim Game"— a Houdini picture — visit newspaper editorial departments to see how real reporters and editors act when a big story breaks? Other news dogs don't listen-in to hear what the star reporter is saying; nor do the city editor and the s. R. shake the farewell parting when the latter goes out to chase down a story. RoYSE Sheldon Aldrich, Wichita, Kansas. , Maybe He Wore Out The First Pair IN "Out of Luck," the Dorothy Gish farce-comedy, Ralph * Graves, in the burglar scene, first wears a pair of high shoes and then a pair of low shoes. The chase was supposed to take place all in one evening, too. R. L., Bellevue, Pa. Real Heroism — In Both Cases I SAW "For Better, For Worse" with Gloria Swanson and Tom Forman. Gloria is seen looking out of a window at the soldiers. It is snowing hard and all the boys have on large overcoats and are covered with snow, but when Tom bursts into the room he is hatless, coatless, and doesn't even fleck off a single snowflake. In "Daring Hearts," a Bushman-Bayne film, a little girl gives F. X. B. a shaving mug and brush. Without bothering about soap or hot water he starts to shave. V, D. A., Grand Rapids, Mich. In The Days Before H. C. 0. L. IN "Girl of My Dreams" Billie Rhodes takes a large marketbasket of eggs to the hotel to be sold. The basket held at least eight or ten dozen eggs. She receives two dollars for the entire lot! Where, and v/hen please, was this story laid? Mrs. J. M. M., Washington.