Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1917)

WANTED! * Send us YOUR IDEAS for Phothplays, Stories, Etc.! They may bring BIG MONEY ! Rowland Thomas, an "unknown writer," won a $5,000 prize. Elaine Sterne, another beginner, received $1,000 from the " Sun." You Have Ideas If you go to the movies, if you read magazinesthen you know the kind of material editors want. Special education is NOT REQUIRED. Writing is open to ALL CLASSES. The editor of PICTUREPLAY MAGAZINE says: " The best reading matter is as frequently obtained from absolutely new writers as it is from famous writers." EVERY life has its story! Your Ideas Taken in Any Form We will accept your ideas in ANY form— either as finished scripts or as mere outlines of plots. Send us your Bare Ideas, Outlines, Plots, Synopses or Finished Stories. Your Ideas Corrected Free If your work shows merit— but needs correction —we will completely REVISE and TYPEWRITE it FREE OF CHARGE ! Then promptly submit to the Leading Film and Fiction Editors. All scripts are sold on commission. 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Bobby Vernon will get a letter sent to him in care of the Keystone Film Company, Los Angeles, California. Jackie Saunders should be addressed at the Balboa Studios, Long Beach, California. Yes, I think she might answer your letter. She always does mine. Yes, Mary Miles Minter was very good in "Youth's Endearing Charm." Sorry I couldn't answer all of your questions, but some of them were against the rules. W. M. B.— A letter addressed to Geraldihe Farrar, in care of the Lasky Studios, Hollywood, California, will always reach her. Jane L. — Harold Lockwood and May Allison are not costarring now. It was found too hard to get the proper vehicles in which both would have an equal amount to do, so it was decided to star them alone. Wilfred Lucus just recently severed his connections with Triangle. Anxious Polly. — Charles Ray has not left the Triangle nor Thomas H. Ince. Your informer was incorrect. It was rumored around for some time that Ince might leave, as he had many attractive offers, but he bested them all, so he remained. Lamar Johnstone is not playing the principal support to Tyrone Power in a big twelve-reel feature, "The Planter." The latter has been working on it for some time now. William Stowell is no longer with the American Company. In fact, he has not been with them for many months, and is no longer playing heavies. Bill is a regular hero now, and is playing leads opposite Dorothy Phillips in Bluebird features for the Universal Film Company. Bill just couldn't be bad. He was too good looking. Bessie Barriscale has left the Ince-Triangle forces, and gone at it for herself. Never heard of that gladiator you mention. Is it an actor or the name of a town? Ollie Kirkby is still with the Kalem Company. She is not in Jacksonville, Florida, however. The Kalem forces have moved all their companies back to the Glendale, California, studios, and this is where you can address Ollie. Yours Truly. — Can't tell whether you meant this to be your heading or not, but, as it is the only thing besides your questions and the date you had on the paper, I am using it. Marion Leonard, who used to appear in Rex and other pictures, is no longer playing for the screen. Kindly sign your name and address in the future. C. M.— I am afraid that you would need a pass to get into any of the studios at the present time. You can most likely obtain one by applying to the companies' head office. Some of the studios do not permit visitors at all. You can