Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1918)

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C. — Jack Mower is still playing opposite Margarita Fischer at the American Film Company's Studios in Santa Barbara, California, where any letter you may write to him should be addressed. Yes, I think he will send you one of his pictures. Margarita Fischer's address is the same. Leah Lee Lane— Address Paul Willis in care of Willis & Inglis, Wright & Callender Building, Los Angeles, California. Creighton Hale should be written to at the Pathe Exchange, 25 West Forty-fifth Street, New York City. Yes, I am sure that both of them will send you their photos. Yes, I know Paul Willis personally. He has blue eyes and light-brown hair. Address Pearl White in the same way as Creighton Hale. J. Warren Kerrigan gets all of his mail at the Paralta Studios, Los Angeles, California. Helen Holmes has the same address as Paul Willis. Louise Lovely may be reached at Universal City, California; Mary Miles Minter at the American Studios, Santa Barbara, California; Jack Pickford at the Morosco Studios, Los Angeles, California; and Theda Bara in care of the Fox Film Corporation, 130 West Forty-sixth Street, New York City. Creighton Hale and Paul Willis are their right names. Of course, I'll be delighted to hear from you again. Two Chums. — Harold Lockwood is still being featured by the Metro Pictures Corporation. Eugene O'Brien will get any mail sent to him in care of the Select Pictures Corporation, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Your other question concerning him is against the rules of the Oracle Department, I'm sorry to say. J. M. — Address Harold Lockwood in care of the Metro Pictures Corporation, 1587 Broadway, New York City. He hasn't any younger brothers. May Allison does not play opposite him any longer. Your other question about him is against the rules. Write to Marguerite Clark in care of the Paramount Pictures Corporation, 485 Fifth Avenue, New York City. May Allison Admirer. — I've been snowed under with mail, all from fans wanting to get the latest news about your favorites. That's why my answer has been so delayed, but as we are getting back to normal you can expect better luck next time. Ivy Close has been back in England, for many months now. May Allison was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1895. Love-Me-Little. — Marguerite Clark will be glad to send you an autographed photograph free of charge. In a recent talk with her she told me that quite often she got letters from film fans inclosing part postage to pay for a picture, who could not afford to pay the whole amount. She said that she did not wish any one who sincerely wanted a picture of her to go without it because he or she couldn't afford to pay for it, and that she had established a rule to furnish one to any one "who was so good a<; to ask for it," as the little star expressed it, without any charge whatsoever.