Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1922)

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Gwendolyn, High Point, N. C. — Viola Dana is a little bit of a thing, with greenish gray eyes and a very white skin and curly dark brown bobbed hair. She is very good to look at and extremely amusing to listen to. She has a wonderful sense of humor. She married John Collins when she was an Edison ingenue. Mr. Collins died of influenza and she has never married again. She is the sister of Shirley Mason. The family name is Flugrath. Viola is a Metro star. Shirley is Mrs. Bernard Durning in private life. She is a Fox star and her husband a Fox director. I am sure Viola will write to you when you tell her how much you like her. If you do go to Hollywood, give her my best regards. Now that you know the way, why come often, Gwendolyn, as we used to say on the old homestead. John H., Tampa, Florida. — So you wrote to Mary Pickford a month ago and she never answered and you're not going to see her pictures any more. My, my! This will distress Mary beyond a measure. Won't you please reconsider your hasty decision? Incidentally, Mary's pretty busy. You may hear from her later. Wayne, Hammond, Ind. — Kenneth Harlan is being sued for divorce by Flo Hart Harlan. You can see Kenneth in the Constance Talmadge pictures, the latest being "The Primitive Lover." Mrs. L. B. W., Sulphur Springs, Ind. — The three greatest mothers of the screen are probably Mary Carr of "Over the Hill," Vera Gordon of "Humoresque" and Mary Alden of "The Old Nest." Mrs. Carr is really the mother of six. Miss Alden is a younger woman; she has no children. Vera Gordon is a mother in real life. Mrs. Gordon is also in "The Good Provider." Mrs. Carr's newest Fox release is called "Silver Wings." Mary Carr is a charming woman. She gave up a promising stage career to be a wife and mother, and her success was delayed a little, but all the V^OU do not have to be a subscriber to * Photoplay 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 self-addressed stamped envelope. Write to Questions and Answers, Photoplay Magazine, 25 W. 45th St. New York City. more deserved when it did come. You have probably seen her husband, Thomas Carr, in pictures — also her children. N. F. — Your poetry makes me blush. I am covered with confusion at so many compliments. Fortunately for me I am not a Rodolph Valentino. Think of the adulation heaped upon that defenceless young man! Still, I suppose I could stand it, too, if I received several thousand dollars a week compensation. It's all in what you are accustomed to, as the feller says. Nazimova has been married only once, to Charles Bryant, who is still her husband. She releases her photoplays through United Artists now, the company which is composed of Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks. Adoran, Rockvillf. Centre must be Valentin I suppose we can't call hi working ia California, studios in Long Island C down for months and all west coast. Valentino's Italy. Johnny Walker, sheep of "Over the Hill," Centre. — Rockville o-mad. Rudie — but m that any more — is The Paramount ify have been closed production is on the parents still live in the lovable black is married. Mystic Rose of Plainfield.— I have not forgotten you by any means. You always have been and will remain one of my favorite and favored correspondents. You have very good sense and, what is even better, a sense of humor. I agree with you that the Gish girls are one of the strongest arguments for the screen and against the reformers. No wonder your mother liked them. Pearl White is still in Paris at this writing, but Pathe expects her back any day to begin work on a new serial. Address her care Pathe, 35 West 45 Street, New York City. Pam, New Haven, Conn. — Mary Miles Minter's real name is Juliet Shelby Riley. Her mother is Mrs. Charlotte Shelby. Her father is still living in New Orleans, I believe. The family name is Riley. Mary isn't married or engaged. Her new picture will be for Paramount, "The Cowboy and the Lady," in which Tom Moore will be leading man and featured player. E. K., Nevada, Mo. — Edith Johnson is the heroine of all the William Duncan pictures. She is also his leading lady in real life. Monte Blue is married, but I don't know his wife's name. I like Monte, too. Eddytha. — Well, I never! To think that I should live to see you spell it Eddytha! The cast of "The Third Eye," one of those serials, follows: Curtis Steele, Malcolm Graw, Warner Oland; Ritta Morland, Eileen Percy; Dick Keene, Jack Mower; Detective Gale, Mark Strong; Zeida Savoy, Olga Grey. Bobby, Jo. — So sorry to disappoint you but I do not like purple ink. Never have. Never will. I prefer green or even red. Purple — never! And I couldn't think of corresponding regularly with anyone who writes with purple ink, even if I had the time, which I haven't. They are calling Buck Jones Charles, now. I imagine he was christened Charles, but somehow I can't get used to it. Beatrice Burnham in " Get Your Man." (Continued on page 96) 89