Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1922)

PLAYS & If you keep up with these columns you will know more about film folks than they know themselves By Qal Tork Oh, yes — didn't you know? Vera Steadman and Bobby Vernon are married. Here are their babies. What? No — she's Mrs. Jackie Taylor; his wife is a non-professional. The babies made their debuts about the same time ■X^ARILYNN MILLER has announced her TT is undoubtedly a strain, directing. ■IVA engagement to Jack Pickford. *■ Ask the gentleman who, assigned to super Rumors that the famous Ziegfeld dancer intend a big special, made in a large eastern and star of "Sally," and Mary's brother were going to be married were emphatically denied several times. As is usual in such cases, the rumors were later confirmed. Miss Miller is the widow of Frank Carter, an actor, who was killed in an automobile accident while on his way to join his wife over a year ago. Pickford was married to Olive Thomas, whose tragic death in Paris robbed the screen of one of its most brilliant personalities. Marilynn is quoted as saying that she will not be married for a long time, and that when she does marry, she will probably see very little of her husband, as that is the only way a marriage may be happy. Jack is in the east, to get racetrack scenes for his return picture, "Garrison's Finish." Mrs. Charlotte Pickford is building a beautiful residence on the Palisades at Santa Monica, and has moved into the top floor of the garage to be on the ground while the carpenters are at work. From there she confirmed the news of her son Jack's engagement to Marilynn. "Jack telephoned me on long distance from Boston the other night," said the mother of the Pickfords, "and told me it was true. I am very happy over it and so are his sisters. We have all met Miss Miller and think her a fine and lovely girl." studio, was given two actresses to work with whose roles were of almost equal importance. One lady was to be featured. The other was not. But the other had a part that was just a teeny, weeny bit better than the featurette's. And so — on the set one day, matters came to a head. In fact, to a five-foot close-up. The featurette wanted to be photographed, but the action demanded that the other lady be brought into camera notice. Both turned, after the fashion of femininity, to the poor harassed director. The set was a balcony set, with a stairway leading to the stage. The director listened. He listened to the arguments of each. He pleaded. He argued in his turn. Then — He fainted, dead away. He actually passed right out. He fell down the stairs. And that's a true story. A/fR. and MRS. BUSTER KEATON are J-Vl the proud parents of a son, Buster Keaton II. The fact that the young man's father is one of the three great screen comedians, and that his mother before her marriage was Natalie Talmadge, the middle sister of the famous Talmadge trio, makes young Buster a personage of considerable prestige and importance in the screen world. Norma and Constance Talmadge are his aunts and Joe Schenck, the producer, is his uncle-in-law. "He isn't going to call me auntie, though," said beautiful Mrs. Schenck, as she regarded the nine pound heir; "he'll call me just plain Norma." "Me, too," said Constance. "It'll be Connie or nothing, between us, old son." "And he'll have to call me Peggie, I suppose," said Mrs. Talmadge, his grandmother, We might as well tell you the secret at once: the old lady is Marion Davies, too, made up for one of her two roles in " The Young Diana" 66