Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1922)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section 95 AFTER law suits and papers and damages and other things like that, Larry Semon and Vitagraph have adjusted their differences, and the comedian has gone to work again in Hollywood on a new comedy. Five hundred thousand dollars was the sum Vitagraph sued for. One million was the extent to which Semon "suffered." Nobody seems to know what all the suing was for; but it seemed to have something to do with Larry taking a long time making a picture, and Vitagraph putting out an advertisement to which Larry objected. Anyhow, the hatchet is buried, and it's a good thing, because these producers and actors should realize that law suits are decidedly passe. They just aren't being done any more. IF we could have a Censor Board composed of Robert W. Chambers, Rupert Hughes, and Elinor Glyn pass on our pictures, we wouldn't object so strenuously to censorship. The lucky Londoners are, according to report, to have their films censored by a board of which Ethel M. Dell, popular novelist, is a member. Miss Dell, expert in writing of passionate problems, is to determine the length of screen osculations. It is said that the masculine members of the British board are not in harmony on this point. Leave it to the author of "The Way of an Eagle" and other intense accounts which have for the past few years delighted the hearts of a portion of our Anglo-Saxon womanhood, to see that screen smacks are fairly realistic. HOLLYWOOD has lately witnessed the temporary shattering of one charming romance, over which many tears are being shed, 'tis whispered. The much-rumored engagement of little May McAvoy and Eddie Sutherland, good looking juvenile and nephew of Tommy Meighan, is definitely broken. May and Eddie fell in love, so the tale runs, and tender vows were exchanged. But Mama McAvoy considered her famous daughter a bit young to become engaged. So she consented to an "understanding" — a sort of probationary affair. Having very strict and orthodox views on life, she made the agreement that if Eddie didn't swear, drink, smoke, chew or gamble for a year, and at the end of that time May still thought she loved him, they might become officially and ceremoniously betrothed. "\AA" TALMADGE has written a book. •*■*■*■ It's the first literary effort of Peg, as she is called by her famous daughters, and it is, naturally enough, a history of the Talmadge family. She tells "The Story of the Three Talmadges," Norma, Constance and Natalie; with sidelights on their lives before they became film personages. If Peg writes nearly as interestingly as she talks, the book ought to be good. AMABEL NORMAND sailed for Europe IV1 verv quietly, only a few intimate friends knowing her plans. With her was a friend, Miss Juliet Courtial. The comedienne said she needed a rest from work and that she didn't know how long she'd be abroad. She will meet her mother in London. CONSTANCE BINNEY is now in England, *— ' having left Paramount. She has alreadv started work on the film version of "A Bill of Divorcement," the popular and powerful play in which Allan Pollock scored such a success in the past New York season. Constance was, you remember, one of the Realart stars before that company was dissolved. When AKE YOUR DIP — and follow it with a cooling shower of fragrant Florient Talc. You are refreshed and dainty from head to foot. , And at the last, a touch of Florient Face Powder with the same charming perfume. COLGAT you write to advertisers please mention PHOTOPLAT MAGAZINE.