Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

n PICTURES filiD TH2 PICTUREGOER 490 10, 1916 Turner Films announce FLORENCE TURNER as "DOORSTEPS" in "DOORSTEPS tt Produced by HENRY EDWARDS and Trade Show Feb. 15. HILDA TREVELYAN as "SALLY IN OUR ALLEY " Produced bv LARRY TRIMBLE Controlled by " Ideal." THE Y PICTUREGOER D" Vear Boys & Girls, The" bird"' at the side iv as drawn by a little nephew who says it illuat r.a t e s a p 1 a y e r ' s name. Fur the life of me I can't think who it is. Can you ? Last week I received a letter from a niece who .wrote, " Why don't you give us children some picture-puzzles, Uncle Tim? " I will." thought I. and lo! the nest minute our Editor brought me a clever sel of puzzles drawn by a reader in which were the names of many popular players. " The very thing.!" I exclaimed ; and herewith (ou the opposite page l present you with the puzzles, and make them my HIDDEN NAMES PRIZE COMPETITION. Von need not Bolve all. Kind ris many as you can. They represent the ( hrislian and surname of each player. Write the names and numbers en a postcard, and post to" Puzzle Names." Pictures, 35 and 86, Long Acre, London. M r.( ' . I" fore Monday. February 21st. 1'.. give your age. To tne senders of the most correct solutions I will award Six: Prizes, in addition to the Award of Merit to the next best. As I have started with a Competition I will keep the subject going. A week or two ago I asked you to tell me the name of your favourite child player and why. The prize answer was-:— -" Helen Badgley. First of all. she is such a beautiful child, and so young. Then she does not act -she just is the vans she plays. Every movement of hers is so essentially childlike and natural that one simply cannot help loving her." . The winner is A. P. Levenson (l.V). 30, Eavensdale Road, Stamford Bill, N, Eleven competitors gave the winning player's name, and therefore receive the consolation prizes. Their names -are":— Nellie Cooper, Lover luce; Chai Wright, X. wport; Eva Prest, n. Stokeon-Trent: James Eve, Tictoria Docks; S3 lal Mossfi I'd. Cardiff ; Bett Glamorgan; Lillian Stell, Halifax.; Lillian Burgess; Swanscbnibe.; Edith Ralfe, Westminsti 1 ; Vera Warner, Fulhamj Irene Hockey, Cardiff. Other players chosen many times were Bobby Connelly. Tiny Tim. Baby Lilian Wade. Helen Cost elk), and the Thanhonser Twins, and the reasons given would make quite a long and interesting article. Now 1 am on the subject of little players let me write a little ab.ul two children who arc making a name in. American pictures, and will 1 known over here in due eoi. Anita Snell is being watched witl interest, not only by members of tin profession, but several scientists. Thi five-year-old prodigy has just complete* playing a child part in the big Metn photoplay. Man ami His Soul, in whiel Francis X. Bushman and BererTy Baym are starred. Baby Snell was born in Minneapolis Minn,, and displayed many signs treme ] reeoeionsness. when at t: began to lisp only a lew wore, school she proved a marvel from the beginning, and could write and forn sentenc ss before she was four years old She has developed a taste for the besl thingsln art which is almost uncanny The little one consid< da it a holidajj when her mother will . ■ t« the Metropolitan Museum of Art. it '. k City, wh..' tht names of many of the paintings and sculptures and the names. • ists who made them. Her comment . 11 pictures and statuary in the museum invariably attracts a crowd. Baby Jean Fraser poss =s an unusually attractive sere n personality. She is a native daughter of California, having been born in Los Angeles about two \eais ago. Her parents are nonprofessionals, and have never been connected in any way with stage or motionpicture worlc. A member of the Selig scenario staff lived in the same ai.arfc