Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1916)

The Picture Oracle 149 ambition fever also? And you liked the Violet Mersereau cover very much? It certainly was very nice indeed. You must ask your theater manager to get her pictures if you want to see her, as she is appearing in them regularly with William Garwood. You can address her in care of the Universal Film Company, New York City. Certainly Helen Holmes is still playing in pictures. Didn't you see ''The Girl and the Game" series? You can also see her in "Whispering Smith." You are right, she is quite some dare-devil. Mary Miles Minter is with Mutual. She does not use rouge on her face at all while acting before the camera. None of the actresses do, as it photographs black on the screen. Your poetry is vera, vera good, but I have to hold over some answers as it is until next month, so it will have to go unpublished until we can scrape up some room for it. Leona. — That moniker for the Picture Oracle reminds me of suburban lots for sale. Madame Petrova was born in Poland. You can address Paula Shay in care of the Ivan Film Corporation, New York City. Beatriz Michelina can be addressed at the California Motion Picture Corporation, San Rafael, California. Yes, I am sure that she will send you a photograph of herself if you inclose a quarter as you state in your letter. Yes, we will have something about Madame Petrova very shortly in PicturePlay. You have the right idea, Leona. The only reason we can't put them all in at once is that we haven't got the room, and, besides, if we put them all in at one time, we wouldn't have any left for the next issue. Wish some of the other readers could see the way you do. "Movie Fan." — So this is your first offense? All right. That being the case, we will have to forgive you this time, on one condition, and that is that you let us hear from you more, often. Anita Stewart, Wally Van, and Earle Williams can be addressed in care of the Vitagraph Company, Locust Avenue, Brooklyn, New York; Lillian Gish at the Fine Arts Studio, Los Angeles, California, and Henry Walthall in care of the Essanay, at Chicago, Illinois. Lillian Gish is but twenty years old, Anita is also the very same age she is. Earle Williams is thirtysix years old, and Henry Walthall is but two years his senior. Mary Pickford is twenty-three years old, or should we say twenty-three years young? You can address her at the Famous Players Film Company, New York City. Better send a quarter to each one of them if you are after one of their photos. Don't know whatever makes people think that Charlie Chaplin is deaf or dumb. Any one that can get six hundred and seventy thousand dollars a year cannot very well be considered dumb, do you think? He is the liveliest dead man you ever saw. "Bagie." — Yes, William Courtleigh had the lead in that production. We prefer Ruth Rolan to Florence La Badie, although she is exceptionally clever. Jack Kerrigan has appeared in serials. How about the Terrance O'Rourke series with him? Morris Foster with Florence La Badie. Don't be bashful. Come again, and often. ''Irving Cummings Admirer." — Just look at all the space your title takes up, and all the space I have used up in telling you about it. Oh, dear, and space so valuable in this magazine, too ! Irving Cummings is but twenty-eight years of old age. Yes, he did some splendid work in "The Diamond from the Sky," the American serial. Can't answer that question, as it is against the rules. He played opposite Hazel Dawn in "The Saleslady." Address him in care of the Famous Players, New York City. E. T. — Thanks for them kind woids. We most heartily appreciate your interest. Don't mention it. We will do our best to answer anything that is hurled our way, except when it does not come within the rules of the department. When a moving-picture company supplies a costume, the actor or actress does not keep it. The costumes are returned to the wardrobe room of the company for future use. Pearl White and Creighton Hale are very good, indeed, but are not my own favorites. We can't all be alike, you know. Your letter was very interesting indeed. Don't fail to call on us at any old time. I might get lonesome without a line from you. D. H. C. — William Farnum was born on July 4th, 1876. No, not 1776. He likes the coast very much, and spends his spare time out there when not engaged before the camera, which is mighty seldom. William is very popular. Are you sure you have the right name of that Lubin picture? Can't find any by that name in the past three years. Yes, Mary Pickford will send you a photograph of herself if you will inclose a quarter. Arnold N. R. — Seven years ago is a little too far back to be able to get names of players. You can address Antonio Moreno, in care of the Vitagraph Company, at Locust Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. No, I don't see any one generally underrating Francis X. Bushman. No, I don't think he is as good an actor as Henry Walthall, but I do agree that he is a "corker." just the same. Chaplin has appeared in hundreds of pictures. I