Picturegoer (1921)

JUNE 1921 THE P1CTUR&GOE-R 13 chauffeur, li you ever want to test the limits of Oriental enduranci , you have only to pretend you are going to strikea match on the speckless surface oi thai glossy car. Unlike Charlie, who is contenl with one, Mr. and Mrs Douglas Fairbanks have several cars apiece; in fact, their joint garage is specially constructed for a veritable fleet of automobiles Another star who never need worry about a break down, or a shortage of gasoline, is Wanda Hawley. In private life, you see, she is Mrs Burton Hawley, and her hubby owns .1 garage on the Hollywood Boulevard. Next to pictures and playing the piano. Wanda savs she would like to drive ears all day long She does, as it is, wh< n evei she gets a i hance ; and .she occasionally allows herself to be photographed in the latest model to help Mr. Hawley s business along. You will own that a prett) >iirl at the Steering wheel is a Strong recommendation if you happen to be buying a new car; though Wanda herself will eloquently guarantee the umpteen horse power of every machine in her husbands stock She was stopped only recently by a traffic " cop. " on the boulevard for driving at forty miles an hour. He took out a note-book and pencil, but soon put them back again when he had taken another look at Wanda. He just advised her to slow down to twenty miles, unless she wanted to get " pinched," and wished her a pleasant rule ' H. 15. Warner used to pass my house every morning in a smart little Colman Mustard two-seater, just about big enough to comfortably accommodate himself, Ins wife, and Baby Joan, when he wanted to ^ run them down to the beach of an evenint This looks like a case <i f cruelty to small motors on l-aitv's part, doesn't it? >' loin Mix 1 have usually seen in a white torpedo shaped Suit/ at least, I suppose it was white under its coating of ?ns of hard .service one ot those contraptions, you know, that look rather unassuming, but which house a perfectly diabolical energy and plenty of noise I >oris Pawn, who loves 'Omar Khayyam, has a beautiful limousine upholstered in Batik colourings, to remind her, I suppose, of the glowing atmosphere of the " Rubaiyat." Bessie I ove owns an exclusive electric affair with fawncoloured cushions and silver fittings, and her monogram on the door to clinch the question of proprietorship. Mildred Davis, Harold Lloyd's leading lady, recently purchased the latest thing in fashionable coupe's. She has had to learn to drive it herself, as her chauffeur has bi en arrested no less than three times for " speeding," and had his license confisi ated. And, talking of "speeding,'' Fritzie Brunette is < the most strenuous Upholders of the ("alifortnan speed laws, and will not hesitate to haul a delinquent before the magisterial bench if she catches him in the act Irene Rich is another of these good Samaritans 1 passed her once on the road to the Goldwyn Studio giving six little office boys a " lilt " into the city. W'allic Reid had a variety of oc< upations before he went into the moving-picture business amongst others, that of a motor mechanic. So it is small wonder that he feels so much in his clement in those automobile stories of " the roaring road." I have seen him driving practically every species of car, from a huge lorry on the boulevard, to a super-racer round the saucer-track of the new Ascot Speedway. Wallie thoroughly enjoys tins kind of thing, but since motoring has become pari of his day's work, he no longer counts it amongst his relaxations. When Mr. Reid punches the time-clot k and knocks oil for the dav, he prefers the music of his violin to the hooting of the motor horn. Several of the wealthier stars have special automobiles for location work. Mary Pickforcl has a regular gipsycaravan arrangement, with a dressing-room and kitchenette. There is also a portable couch, which can be adjusted to the shady side of the vehicle, and on which Mary can take a little rest during an interval between scenes. Douglas Fairbanks has a wonderful car for camping out, which his little wife gave him as a birthday-present. May Allison has another travelling dressing-room, in which there are alcoves for hanging her wardrobe, and ottoman seats to camouflage her colle< lion of hats. And here's a good story, by way of conclusion, which 1 had from Charlie Chaplin himself. He was late forthe studio — a not-unusual occurrence and, seeing the long clean stretch of the boulevard ahead, he told Kono to sj^eed things up a bit. The adventure was interrupted bv the untimely materialisation of a traffic " cop.," who demanded to know, with a profanity, where the blanketv thought he was driving to. " 1 am surprised at you,' his most pained expression. most unbeseeming in a member of the Force. I shall, naturally, consider it my duty to report you. And now, officer, 1 suppose you had better take my name and address." But somehow the officer lost interest in the case, and rode oil m a hurry. And Charlie, curiously enough, quite forgot to lodge that complaint. TL. C. remarkable Mow of blank Mr. Chaplin Charlie said with Such languaj Mary Pichford picks a Ford