Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1922)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section Questions and Answers (Continued from page 8g) D. H., Pittsburgh. — Norma and Constance and Natalie Talmadge are in California now. Constance is getting her divorce out there from John Pialoglou. She alleges cruelty, saying that Pialoglou told her to "pack up." Imagine! Joseph Schenck and Norma Talmadge are very happily married, I understand. Constance is playing Ming Toy in "East Is West" at present. That's the popular stage play in which Fay Bainter starred for several seasons. Down South Bobbie. — Remember if you decide to go in for screen acting in earnest, you will have no private life, Robert; your time will no longer be your own. Your life, perforce, would be dedicated to your public, the public that made you the great idol you are — or were. I'm a little ahead of myself now. Anyway, think it over carefully before committing yourself to the cinema. Rudolph changed his name to Rodolph because Rodolph is his real Geraldine F., North Adams, Mass. — George Walsh is now playing in the Universal serial, "With Stanley in Africa." Seena Owen is Mrs. George Walsh, but she is suing him for divorce. They have a little daughter. Miss Owen plays in Cosmopolitan Productions in the East. Address Walsh at Universal City, Cal. George H. — Lew Cody is a splendid chap. I received a card from him from Banff, Canada, where he is a member of Frank Borzage's Company, which is making "The Valley of Silent Men," with A. ma Rubens. Lew is just thirty-seven. He was the husband of Dorothy Dalton, but they are now divorced. Address him at International studios, New York City. L. W. — Pola Negri ! That exotic flower of the continental films — gorgeous Carmen and DuBarry! I don't blame you for wanting to write to her, I'd like to have an autographed portrait of her myself. Do you suppose you could ask her for two while you're about it? She can be reached at Kothener Strasse 124, Berlin, Germany, c/o Universal-Film. I believe Negri is not married now. She was reported to be coming to this country soon, but I haven't heard any more about it. Hope it's true. Jerry, Michigan. — Sorry to spoil your summer's day, my dear, but Jack Holt is indeed a married man. Moreover, he has two children, very charming and wellbehaved. So it wont do you much good to write him an ardent letter. He is now being starred and featured by Paramount. In "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," the role of Marguerite Laurier was played by Alice Terry. Jack Mulhall was Dick in "The Little Clown," with Mary Miles Minter. Write to Harrison Ford at the United Studios, 5341 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Ford is married. He is at home in Hollywood with Mrs. Ford. They have no children. Ruth, Westfield, N. J. — There is a Patsy Ruth Miller in pictures, a featured leading woman for Goldwyn. Patsy Ruth has been loaned to Fox lately to play with Tom Mix in two of his pictures, "For Big Stakes" and "The Fighting Streak." There is a Ruth Miller who is a member of the Lasky stock company. She is usually a maid in the Cecil deMille productions; and liar, small parts in other films. 97 How YOU Can Write Stories and Photoplays By ELINOR GLYN Author of "Three Weeks," "Beyond the Rocks," "The Qreat Moment," Etc., Etc. "p*OR years the mistaken idea pre■*■ vailed that writing was a "gift" miraculously placed in the hands of the chosen few. People said you had to be an Emotional Genius with long hair and strange ways. Many vowed it was no use to try unless you'd been touched by the Magic Wand of the Muse. They discouraged and often scoffed at attempts of ambitious people to express themselves. These mistaken ideas have recently been proved to be "bunk." People know better now. The entire world is now learning the TRUTH about writing. People everywhere are finding out that writers are no different from the rest of the world. They have nothing "up their sleeve"; no mysterious magic to make them successful. They are plain, ordinary people. They have simply learned the principles of writing and have intelligently applied them. Of course, we still believe in genius, and not everyone can be a Shakespeare or a Milton. But the people who are turning out the thousands and thousands of stories and photoplays of to day for which millions of dollars are being paid ARE NOT GENIUSES. You can accept my advice because millions of copies of my stories have been sold in Europe and America. My book, "Three Weeks," has been read throughout the civilized world and translated intoeveryforeignlanguage, except Spanish, andthousands of copies are still sold every year. My stories, novels, and articles have appeared in the foremost European and American magazines. 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There are just as many stories of human interest right in your own vicinity, stories for which some editor will pay good money, as there are in Greenwich Village or the South Sea Islands. And editors will welcome a story or photoplay from you just as quickly as from any wellknown writer if your story is good enough. They are eager and anxious for the work of new writers, with all their blithe, vivacious, youthful ideas. They will pay you well for your ideas, too. Big money is paid for stories and scenarios to-day — a good deal bigger money than is paid in salaries. The man who clerked in a store last year is making more money this year with his pen than he would have made in the store in a life-time. The young woman who earned eighteen dollars a week last summer at stenography just sold a photoplay for $500.00. 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