Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

50 Picture s and Pichure poer AUGUST 1924 A HOPELESS TASK. Stars whose light beguiles our leisure Stars whose charms are all the rage Stars who give us so much pleasure — All are worthy of this page, But your manifold attractions Form a problem for my muse, Sides my brain in warring factions — It's so difficult to choose ! Twixt the art of Doug and Mary Doro's elfin witchery (And though tastes and fancies vary Few have that so much as she). Rudolph, star of every rumour, Meighan's smile to cure the blues, Stroheim's wit and Charlie's humour — It's so difficult to choose. Life's a funny proposition, He who hesitates is lost ; So I'll put my indecision Down unto my victim's cost ; I could write them lovely verses — Tearle or Talmadge, Hope or Hughes, Knight or lady, but — oh curse it ! — It's so difficult to choose. A. H. S. (Somerset). RIDDLE-ME-REE. My first's in Priscilla but not in Dean My second's in Douglas but not in Maclean M\ third is in Bull, but it's not in .Molilalia My fourth is in Viola, also in Dana My fifth is ill Pauline but not in Starke My sixth is in Marguerite, also in Clarke, My seventh's in Gladys but not in Walton M_\ eighth is in Dorothy but not in Dalton M \ ninth is in Dinky but not in Dean My whole is a vamp on America's screen. Answer — Pola Negri. N. I.. (Muswell Hill). &70s<3 /eBrefo/? as TO PEARL. Enshrined in many film fans' hearts Are Mary's shining curls And Valentino's smiles are darts To pierce the hearts of girls. A glance from Norma's eyes has thrilled Her film fans one and all, And many an eye with tears has filled When Lillian Gish's fall. And yet these charmers leave me cold — I stick by what I write — For beauty, grace and grit untold There's none to beat Pearl White. Pactum Serva (Kent). GIORIOUS GLORIA. Of beautiful Gloria Swanson I sing; Her art is a careful ingenious thing. Each feeling or thought she intends to convey Is shown in her own unmistakable way. A glance of her eyes and a wave of her hand Are words in a language that all understand, And the varying shrugs of her shoulders express Emotions that range from delight to distress. Her frocks arc superb, but a dress all the same Can never secure any durable tame. And the reason for Gloria Swanson's renown Is Gloria's acting — not Gloria's gown. B.VRDOl fii (Manchester). CLAIRF. WINDSOR. The sweetest thing in Hollywood So lissome, chic and fair. Has eyes like dewy violets — Of course, her name is Claire. I. I. (Stockton-on-Tees). PULLING PICTURES TO PIECES. [This is your department of Pictlregoer. In it me deal each month with ridiculous incidents in current film releases. Entries must be made on postcards, and each reader must have his or her attempt icitnessed by tivo other readers. 2/6 will be anarded to the sender of each " Fault " published in the Pictlregoer. Address : " Faults," the Pictlregoer, 93, Long Acre, IV.C.2] Some Whisky! In The Shadoii' of the Mosque, when Stewart Rome and the other officer were having a drink together, they poured it out of a Black and White whisky bottle. But the liquid that came out was black and frothy — obviously stout ! L. V. F. (Sydenham). One for the Intelligence Department. In Making a Man, Horace C. Wingsby (Jack Holt), whilst staying at a hotel in New York, sends a telegram home to his manager. When he receives the reply it is addressed to " Horace C. Wingsby, New York City, New York." Surely this is rather a vague address to find him in such a large city? R. B. H. (Tunbridge Wells). Ask Helen! Helen Holmes, in an episode from The Tiger Bound, is bound hand and foot to a chair in a hut. The rope round her ankles is particularly noticable, yet. when the hero came to release her, he simply untied her hands and she was set free. What happened to the rope? E. B. (Derby). It Wasn't Sheep. In Bcckct, a story of the 12th century, "Rosalind" the heroine is seen on a beautiful lawn in front of the castle. This has obviously been cut with a modern lawn-mower, for its tracks are plainly visible ! K. A. i, Hartlepool). An Ever-Open Lock. Wanda Hawley as " Tess Haggard " in The Truthful Liar, goes to " Pott's " office to obtain a compromising letter from him. While she is in the r " Potts " locks the door and pockets the key. " Tess " struggles with him. strikes him with a pair of scissors and escapes through the door, which was still locked ! E. H. (Coventry). Serial Strength. The hero is in the clutches of an octopus, in an episode from Plunder. Pearl White knots some blankets together and lets them down through a trap door, at the same time holding enemies at hay with a revolver. She holds the blanket-rope in the left hand and the revolver in the right, thus enabling the hero to climb to safety. But surely even a serial heroine strong enough to bear the weight man with one hand. J. W. (Middleton).