Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1917 - Feb 1918)

This department will answer questions asked by our readers relating to motion pictures. No questions regarding matrimony, religion, or scenario writing will be answered; those of the latter variety should be sent to the editor of the scenario writers' department. Send full name and address, and write name or initials by which you wish to be answered at the top of your letter. Address: Picture Oracle, care of this magazine, 79 Seventh Avenue, New York City. All questions are answered in the order received; failure to see your reply in one issue means that it will come later. If you desire an early answer, inclose a stamped, addressed envelope, and a personal answer will be sent unless there is space in the magazine for it. Wilmont K. — Well, here you are, right at the top of the Oracle department. I guess you will feel much better now, with your name at the head of the list, even if you are recovering from appendicitis, eh? Your only question is a very simple one to answer. Pauline Frederick is with the Famous Players Film Company. You can reach her in care of this concern, at New York City. No, I am glad to say I have never been confined to my bed for any length of time. (Here's knocking wood.) Write again when you get the chance. Your letter was most interesting. Sxooksie. — Hobart Henley's latest picture is a feature called "Parentage," -in which he played the leading role, and directed it, as well. It was understood that he would return to claim the girl. Drop a line to Douglas Fairbanks in care of the Lasky studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, California, and he will get it, all right. Bessie Barriscale has left the Triangle Film Corporation to form the Bessie Barriscale Feature Film Company. Her pictures will be released by Paralta. Louise Glaum is with Triangle. Yes, she ''vamps" differently from any of the others. "Alkali Ike" is still alive. His last screen work was in dramas for the Fine Arts Film Company. Henry McRae is now general manager of Universal City, California, succeeding H. O. Davis, who now enjoys the same position with the Triangle Film Corporation. Address both Robert McKim and Dorcas Matthews in care of the Triangle Film Corporation, Culver City, California. You know quite a few of the movie folks, don't you? I am sure that Henry McRae would like to hear from you. Tames H. — No, Marie Doro did not appear with Nat Goodwin on the screen in "Oliver Twist." She starred in the feature herself for the Lasky Company. Tully Marshall and Hobart Bosworth had the other principal parts. Sagebrush. — Mr. Caine answers all letters about scenario writing. Yours must have gone astray. Write to him again, and tell him that you wrote to him, and inclose a stamp. Repeat your questions, and I am sure that you will have an answer very quickly. So you live in Reno, the town famous for its divorces. You should always have a lot of new faces in your midst for a short time at least. Beans? — You can address Mrs. Vernon Castle at the Pathe Exchange, 25 West Forty-fifth "Street, New York City, and she will be sure to receive your letter. She is in this country at the present time, making features for the Pathe program. She sends photos to her admirers, but doesn't get much chance to write letters. Wallace Reid will send you one of his autographed photos, I am sure. Address him in care of the Lasky studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, California. Mary Miles Minter gets all her mail at the American Film Company, Santa Barbara, California. Wallace Reid is six feet tall and weighs one hundred and eighty-five pounds. He has light-brown hair and his eyes are blue. West End. — Ralph Kellard and Grace Darmond will get any mail sent to them in care of