Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1920 - Feb 1921)

Honeymoon Cottage 57 beginning on the stage and in pictures to enjoy that work, and, of course, if it can be arranged for her to continue — but, you see, if Mary goes on in pictures or on the stage again it might be very difficult— perhaps impossible — for her to stop whenever she wanted to run away with me on the location trips." "And so " "So I shouldn't be surprised if there would be only one Barthelmess who will do very much professionally from now on," said Mary quietly. Of course, they have : j ' ^ j I ! ' ■ i j ! 1 m i i I : : , i i ! : : , i i i ; . i , ; i , ; : i ; ■ , i i i M ; .: • , : : 1 1 ; . . : I ! M M | 1 1 ! ; j 1 1 1 ! . : I i i i I i I , , i i I ; 1 1 ; ; [ i 1 1 i J 1 1 ;1 ) H L [ I tl I i 1 1 M 1 U I M i i t f 1 1 1 1 i I [ 1 1 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 i f l [ 1 1 1 1 M : . . ■ ; 1 1 i r r i m : i ■ ; ■ ■ , , ,. , ■ _ . .,, i What Do You Really Know About the Movies? Here are a series of test questions by which you can find out how well informed you are on the subject. By Agnes Smith IT'S become the fashion to give mental tests. There are tests to determine the mental qualifications of school children, of the employees of large industries, of soldiers. And, as an outgrowth of these tests, many magazine and newspaper writers, following the lead of Doctor Frank Crane, have prepared lists of questions by which their readers can test their information on general or special groups of subjects. This list of questions belongs to this latter type of test. You have seen a great many pictures, and have read a great deal about the screen. How well are you informed on the subject? Read these questions and see how many of them you can answer. In order that you can check up on your replies you will find the correct answers to the questions on page 92 of this issue. 1. — Who invented the "close-up?" 2. — Name six present-day stars who got their start in the old Biograph Company. 3. — What famous star was once a telephone girl in New York City? 4. — In what year was "The Birth of a Nation" first shown ? 5. — What is a main title? A subtitle? A spoken title ? 6. — What is meant by iris-in? Close-up? Fadeout ? 7. — How many impressions taken by the camera are shown on the screen in a second ? 8. — Where was Charlie Chaplin born? 9. — Who achieved fame as "Man* Pickford's director ?" 10. — Name three of the best-known women writers of original stories for the screen. 11. — What woman achieved distinction as a motionpicture director? 12. — Of what city is Hollywood a suburb? 13. — Name three famous picture stars who have died. 14. — Who are the following: "The best-loved boy, on the screen ;" "America's Sweetheart ;" "The Lady of the Peacocks?" 15. — What actress achieved the greatest reputation as a serial star ? 16. — Who became famous as the mother of a motionpicture star? 17. — Who wrote 'The Miracle Man?" 18. — What famous screen actresses now playing in serious dramas got their start as Sennett bathing beauties ? 19. — Name two other actresses, now appearing in serious plays, who got their start as leading women for well-known comedians ? 20. — Name the most famous horse in pictures. 21. — What was the first serial? 22. — Who was the first screen vampire? 23. — What was Nazimova's first screen play? 24. ^ — What motion-picture star's real name is Gladys Smith? Juliet Shelby? 25. — Who was the first famous stage star to appear before the camera in a big feature production? 26. — How many feet are there in a reel of film? 27. — What is the largest sum ever paid for the film rights to a stage play, and for what play was it paid ? 28. — What stars, in private life, answer to the following names: Mrs. Harold Bolster, Mrs. Rudolph Cameron, Mrs. James Regan, Jr., Mrs. Louis Lee Amies, Mrs. Thomas Clarke?