Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

H. S., Detroit. — It is hard for any grown man to realize that he was once the prettiest baby in the world. Bessie Love has her own film company now. Her contract with Vitagraph expired with the old year 1919, and her last picture for that company was "Pegeen.'' The little Love is managed by her father and mother, Dr. and Mrs. Horton. She lives and works in Los Angeles. Vitagraph has a studio in Flatbush and also one in the west. G. E. M., Oklahoma. — I have not got a beard. Henry King is not acting any more; he has taken up the megaphone for good. Jack Holt played with Katherine MacDonald in Artcraft's "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." D. L. L., Baltimore. — That question has a familiar ring. Charlie Chaplin only played one part in "Sunnyside." It has been said that only old-maids understand men. Of course that's why they remain old-maids. M. K., Montpelier. — No matter what a wide speaking acquaintance among actresses your mother's friend may have, it won't get you fame in pictures. Work, talent, and perseverance, not pull, can do it, fourteenyear-old. Tell your mother I said so. Dorothy Kelly is married now, and has not been seen on the screen since the ceremony was performed. She was with Vitagraph. Marion E. D., Pawling.^ Yes, people say silly things when they are in love. But when they stop to think it over, and decide that they do say silly things, first thing they know they aren't in love any more. Renee Adoree is a Manhattan beauty; a real French girl, she made her debut in Paris at the Folies Bergere. Now with Fox, in the picture that concern is making of a book by Georges Clemenceau, the ex-premier and "Tiger of France." Katherine MacDonald has her own company, releasing through First National. Blanche Sweet works in California; her latest is "The Deadlier Sex." There has been a lot of this "male and female" stuff lately. Bob, Portland, Oregon. — If I had a refreshing effect on you while you were suffering an attack of indigestion, I wonder how you would like my department when you're feeling good? Bert Lytell and Alice Lake in "Lombardi Ltd." Nazimova in "The Brat" supported as usual by husband Charles Bryant. R. D., Baton Rouge. — You want Norma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien to enact for the films "The Harvester" by the well-known lady-author. Gene Stratton Porter. Jack Pickford did "Freckles." Louise Huff was the girl. Dorothy Phillips, Universal City, California. D. D., Subscriber. — Wallace Reid's address is given elsewhere. But I cannot refrain from admiring your pretty stationary. And from chiding you for succumbing to such a pun as "the price of letter paper need never worry anyone, because it's always stationary." Really, D. D.! In Memoriam By S. KING RUSSELL O EST she in peace, rV You know who I mean, The Vanishing Vamp, She's fled from the screen, The wicked old scamp The Sappho of old Whose shoulders were cold Who stretched on the couch And nursed a faint grouch Till the hero so bold Came and turned down the lamp And (Censored: Police) Rest she in peace, The Vanishing Vamp. Muriel M., New York. — It is no longer correct to use the expression, "swears like a trooper." The up-to-date simile would be "... swears like the leading feminine character in a modern novel of New York life." Charles Chaplin is smooth-faced in real life; that mustache is only his most faithful prop. E. K., Buffalo. — Your favorite, our blonde baby-viking Anna Querentia Nilsson, isn't with Metro any more. She is under contract with Allan Dwan — see her in "Soldiers of Fortune" — but Dwan has loaned her to the Jesse L. Lasky company tor several pictures. One of these is in support of Ethel Clayton. I have often thought that Miss Nilsson must be an exceedingly well-dispositioned and clever young woman to be able to hold jobs in supporting roles in other ladies' plays. I have seen her run away with the picture. BUlie Rhodes, the widow of William Parsons, has retired from active picturedom. Mr. and Mrs. F. X. Bushman are on the stage now; but there is a rumor that they will both be seen again in films. Krazy Kats, Vose, Tenn. — There is no longer any use for the wine list on the menu. All likker nowadays is served from the male hip pocket. I have only just met Miss Pearl White, so I can't tell you what kind of perfume she used. I don't know anything about perfume, anyway, except that some kinds of it come in prettier bottles than other kinds. I have been told not to judge a perfume by its bottle. Mary Pickford's latest is "Pollyanna." Ed C, Martinez. — Ah — at last an original question ! Not how old is he, or is he married, or what color are his eyes — but what is Richard Barthelmess' middle name? Drawing a deep breath ; altogether now, mates : Richard Semler Barthelmess. (He'll never forgive me for this.') A. L. L., recting now not a movie crd of her panied him of suitable serial. Polo man ; a real Ypsilanti. — Eddie Polo is dias well as acting. His wife is actress; at least I have no recin that capacity. She accomon his European trip in search material for his last Universal is an intelligent, straightforward athlete and old circus performer. M. I. H., Philadelphia. — The latest variation on the old theme is something like this: Fond Father, "Yes, you may marry my daughter — when you can support her in the manner to which her favorite movie star is accustomed." I am sure that Mrs. Irving Cummings will be glad to send you a picture of her husband. Irving is with Lasky; he aopears in "Every woman." There's a Junior Cummings. Regina G., Washington, D. C. — Little Ann Pennington, the terpsichorean cherub. 79