Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

50 Picture s and Pichjre &oer SEPTEMBER 1924 (\j|AP cfi^cfo THE REASON. I had no favourite screen star once, Nor ever thought I should; I went to films and only cared If they were bad or good. No star that ever glimmered caught My notice for a minute — It was the film I went to see And not the people in it. 1 never wrote long, rapturous notes To stars (who never read 'em) Describing the heart symptoms I'd Experienced since I see'd 'em. I've never joined an " Ivor chase," Nor mobbed a film star's motor To fix him with adoring eyes And beg him for a " photer." I've never lain awake o' nights, Because the hero's married, Nor have I once, by written word, Poor George's brain-power harried. But since the " Garden Party " I Have joined the curious clan, For sweet Lois Wilson smiled at me (Yes, smiled a special smile for me !) And I've become a fan. Ermyntrude (Hertford). TO MARIE DORO. Bewitching Maid of Mystery, From far Ashanti o'er the sea We hail your art so blest and bright The summit of the screen's delight. To you the crown, to none below — For throughout Filmland's skies we know Than you (of all that in them are) No lovelier and no greater star. In Lost and Wen and Common Ground, Your dear, distinctive charms we've found, While The White Pearl and Heart's Desire With unfoigotten joys inspire. The Lash, Diplomacy, Twelve-Ten, — Oh, worthy of a worthier pen The task of praising as we've seen The Masterpieces of the screen ! The hours we spend with you speed by On magic wings, too soon they fly, But in our thoughts they'll ever be A living, loving memory. Picturegoer (Ashanti). MY HERO. Of all the men I've ever seen Playing heroes on the screen, Valentino, Thomas Mix, None compares with Richard Dix. If you've seen him you'll know why I'll adore him till I die ; Hands6me, modest, kind of heart — Hero he, who looks the part. Tender, gentle, wise and strong, He could surely do no wrong? — Were I in the heroine's " fix " / should turn to Richard Dix. Minnie (Barnet). LINES TO ANY SCREEN VILLAIN I love you for your fearsome scowl, Your dark and desperate deeds; I love you when with gun you prowl — I almost hear the hero's howl When you in him a bullet lodge, And then behind some bushes dodge. I love you when you beat your wife, And try to injure her for life. I love all your atrocities. Oh. villain most convincing, I'd walk ten miles to see you — The fact 'tis no use mincing. So whether you are killing, stealing, beating or blackmailing, My sympathies arc with you and my love for you unfailing. Pepski (CricklewoodV PULLING PICTURES TO PIECES. [This is your department of Picturegoer. In it zee 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 witnessed by two other readers. 2/6 will be awarded to the sender of each " Fault " published in the Picturegoer. Address : " Faults," the Picturegoer, 93, Long Acre, IV.C.2] A Quick Cure. In Just Off Broadway, when " Comfort " is leaving his house one of his fingers is bandaged, but when he reaches the house he is to rob, the bandage is off and the finger has healed. R. H. (Swansea). A Shaving Mystery. Owen Moore in Torment is buried in a vault for four days. By the fourth day he has grown a thick beard. Later in the same day he appears cleanshaven, and a little while after he is again wearing a beard. C. E. H. (London). Who Turned the Tap? In The Cheat Pola Negri is seen alone in her kitchen, washing. She turns on the tap, and runs out, leaving it running, while she answers a phone call. When she comes back the tap has stopped, though nobody has been near it. M. B. (Sutton). A Faint or a 'Feint?' In Till We Meet Again Mae Marsh faints in a wood with her hat on. Some men go to her assistance and one of them carries her away, still in a dead faint. It is then seen that she carries her hat in her hand. Did she take it off during the fainting fit? D. B. (Sydenham). Beauty's Balm! Milton Sills, in The Isle of Lost Ships, is shot in the arm during a fight on board the submarine. He appears to be badly wounded, yet half an hour later (by his watch) he has both arms round Anna Q. Nilsson, and to all appearances, is as strong as ever. E. W. (Worcester). A Trick Worth Knowing! In The Silent Command the hero fights the villain in a burning house. The hero is wearing a well-creased white suit, and although he is almost suffocated with smoke, and several times comes into contact with the dirty floor, this still retains its pristine freshness at the end of the scene. K. C. (Shipley). We Hope Not. In the picture Nobody's Darling, " Mile. Darney " is seen talking in the crook's flat. She is then wearing a round-necked black dress with a lace collar. The crooks make a group a little apart from her and talk among themselves for a few minutes. When they turn to her again she is wearing a frock with a " v " neck and no collar. Surely she didn't change in the presence .of gentlemen ! N. Y. (Newcastle-on-Tyne).