Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1922)

QUESTIONS v AND ANSWERS ^ £j VOU do not have to be a subscriber to Photoplay A Magazine to get questions answered in this Department. It is only required that you avoid questions that would call for unduly long answers, such as synopses of plays, or casts of more than one play. Do not ask questions touching religion, scenario writing or studio employment. Studio addresses will not be given in this Department, because a complete list of them is printed elsewhere in the magazine each month. Write on only one side of the paper. Sign your full name and address; only initials will be published if requested. If you desire a personal reply, enclose selfnddressed stamped envelope. Write to Questions and Answers, Photoplay Magazine, 25 W. 45th St., New York City. s Marietta. — I, too, am tired. Tired of many things — even most things. One of the few things I am not tired of is Phyllis Haver in a bathing suit; but I never see Phyllis in a bathing suit any more. Life is indeed complex. Conway Tearle is the brave and beautiful General de something or other in Norma Talmadge's "The Eternal Flame." Adele Rowland is the lady to whom Mr. Tearle makes real-life love. Susan. — Brown eyed, I suppose. Oh, of course. Dorothy Gish and James Rennie are not divorced. Don't contradict me, because I know. They are happily wedded and very good friends. Constance Talmadge is no longer Mrs. John Pialoglou. Maybe that is what's worrying you. Genevieve. — If you come in, will I help you out? Probably. I, or one of my henchmen. You didn't know I had henchmen, did you? Ah! Address Lillian and Dorothy Gish at the Griffith studios in Mamaroneck, N. Y. The Gishes have been making personal appearances for several months in conjunction with their picture, "Orphans of the Storm." Lillian makes a little speech, but Dorothy is too scared to say a word. You'd think it would be the lively Mrs. Rennie who would do the talking instead of the demure Lillian, wouldn't you? Billie, New York. — Betty Compson and Marie Prevost are, indeed, dears. I might go so far as to declare they are, indeed, darlings. I seem to be growing a little bolder as well as older. Betty is about twentyfive; Marie, twenty-three. Neither is married. S. S., India. — So you didn't like my photograph. What a blow ! I had one autographed and all ready to send you; but now — just another disappointment in a life that is crowded with them. (That reads very well.) Bill Hart is married to the little blonde, Winifred Westover, who played opposite our westerner in "Bill Petticoats.'' I hear that there is an arrival expected at the Hart home in Beverly Hills. May McAvoy is still with Paramount ; write to her at the Lasky studios. May's not married. The young man to whom she has been reported betrothed is Eddie Sutherland, nephew of Tom Meighan. Betrothed sounds so much better than engaged, don't you think? Quite. Jasmin.— Mary MacLaren has left the screen for the stage. She will serve a season as leading woman for a Baltimore, Md., stock company. You might address her at her mother's and sister's home, 127 North Manhattan Place, Los Angeles, Cal., and the letter will doubtless be forwarded Nursery Reels Jack and Jill went up the hill, To "shoot" some serial trouble; Jill fell down and ruined her gown, And poor Jack lost his "Double!" to her. Mary's last picture appearances were as the Queen in "The Three Musketeers" and opposite Wally Reid in "Across the Continent." Bernice Cross Or, Through Life's Shop Window. — You dramatize yourself all the time, don't you, old dear? Ethel Clayton was born in Champaign, Illinois, November 8, 1890. She is five feet five inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. Her maiden name was Blum. She has auburn hair and blue eyes. She was married to the late Joseph Kaufman in February, 1914. She has never married again. Mildred. — I'm weary also of unjust criticism of the films. I wonder what they blamed everything on before the celluloids began to hop? And I wonder what will be the future goat of the world? AgneAyres is still with Lasky. She is making pictures right along. She is no longer a Cecil de Mille heroine, but a star in her own right. Leatrice Joy has the leading role in Cecil's new one, "Manslaughter." We call him Cecil because we don't know him well enough to call him C. B. Rust. — Ah — a red-haired woman, said he, doing a little Sherlocking. Am I right? Right or wrong, your Answer Man. I wish more of you had that loyal spirit. Joseph Schildkraut was born in Roumania. His wife was formerly Elsie Bartlett Porter. Schildkraut is touring in "Liliom" and 'Orphans of the Storm." In the latter he is all wrapped up in celluloid. In the former, he appears, as 'twere, in the flesh. He is getting to be a very popular young man. Sky Lark. — Some work for me, or my assistant, eh? My assistant, eh? Didn't you know that I was my own assistant, stenographer, office boy, bookkeeper, and general utility? Didn't you, eh? Anyways: Edna Murphy and Johnny Walker were in "Extra — Extra." Interested — and Anxious. — Eugene O'Brien is thirty-seven, and an American. He is not married, or engaged. I hope this will make you even more interested — but no longer anxious. (Continued on page 88) 77