Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1917)

The Picture Oracle 305 just by seeing their photographs and learning about their personality. They want to see the person with their own eyes, because people that take fine photographs don't always look good on the screen. You can get the names and addresses of all the film companies by sending six cents in stamps to this magazine for a copy of the market booklet. The nearest studios to you would be in Jacksonville. Florida. New Reader. — The full-page portraits of the stars you mention have all been published in Picture-Play already. What is it you would like to know about Harry Hilliard and Thomas Chatterton ? Margery S. — William Shay's last picture for the Fox Film Corporation was "The Daughter of the Gods." in which he supported Annette Kellermann. The first film he appeared in with Herbert Brenon's company was "War Brides." You should read the rules, young lady, before you write. It would save us both a lot of trouble. M. G. C. — Sorry, but I have no information as to the names of the various theaters throughout the United States. Picture-Play isn't large enough to print them all, in the first place. Maurice C. — Sorry, but the only way I know of to get a position as even an extra is to go around to the studios and apply yourself. Sending a photograph of yourself will not do any good for several reasons. One is that a studio receives on an average of fifty photos a day from applicants, and another is because a studio will not hire any one who is unknown. Photographs don't always tell the truth. You may be a Kerrigan in a photo, but on the film you might turn out to be something else again. If your idea is. as you say. to make enough to keep the old folks well taken care of, I suggest that you look for something more profitable to do than extra work in a motion-picture studio. You would have an awful time taking good care of them on what you would get for acting as an extra before a movie camera. Besides, everything is going up these days, with the exception of salaries. Dora F. L. P. — I could not tell you the name of the manager that took the winners of a popularity or beauty contest and trained them for motion-picture actresses, because I don't know what contest you mean. Who held it, and what was it all about ? Let me know these details and I may be able to help you out. J. J. W. — Yes, June's eyes are blue. Harry Hilliard should be addressed at the Fox Film Corporation, 128 West Forty-sixth Street, New York City. Francis X. Bushman is certainly well liked. If it were not so he wouldn't be 10 drawing down the handsome salary that he gets at the studio every Saturday afternoon. Harry Hilliard has brown hair and his eyes are also the same color. Glad to hear that you were so pleased with the latest edition of Picture-Play Magazixe. Vivian H. — Harry Morey is the gentleman's name. He is indeed a fine actor, and has a host of admirers. You have quite a raft of favorites I see. and all good ones. too. Do they have many photo plays down in South America? I shall certainly be glad to hear from you on interesting facts pertaining to motion pictures in your country. Address Alice Joyce, Harry Alorey, and Marc McDermott in care of the Vitagraph Company of America, East Fifteenth Street and Locust Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Pauline Frederick should be written to at the Famous Players Film Company, New York City. Henry Walthall will get any mail sent to him in care of the Essanay Film Company, 1333 Argyle Street, Chicago, Illinois. Clara Kimball Young gets her daily mail at the Clara Kimball Young Film Companv, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City. I. O. U. For These Axswers. — Charles Spencer Chaplin is the way that young gentleman was christened. Yes, I am sure that he would send you one of his autographed photos. Send twenty-five cents with your request to cover the cost of the photograph and mailing. His address is in care of the Lone Star Film Company. Los Angeles. California. Theda Bara is twentysix years old. Theda and Yaleska Suratt vamp on entirely different scales, so you can't really rate them together. William S. Hart gets all his mail at the Ince studios, Culver City. California. Carter de Haven is his right name. Yes, Flora Parker de Haven is very good looking. The only way for you to get the Chaplin films at your theater is to ask the manager to get them for you. If he hears enough people calling for them to warrant his getting them for his theater, you can bet he certainly will do so. He is there to get films that the people who patronize his house want to see. and if they want a certain picture it is up to him to get the film, and show it. because if the patrons want to see it they are sure to come to his theater when he runs it. Try this out, and see if it doesn't work well. Pom Pom. — Four foot two is certainly a cute height. No. it is no trouble to crowd any one of that size into the Oracle department. Yes. I know both J. W7arren Kerrigan and Violet Mersereau personally. Both are extremely nice folks, too. Violet and J. Warren would undoubtedly make a fine pair to appear together in screen plays, but I am afraid that their combined salaries would be too much for any bank