Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1921 - Feb 1922)

Contents—Continued the Screen in Review Agnes Smith A guide to the montli's pictures that you will like, and a warning against those you will want to miss. Temperamental Actors ...... Brace Reid A glance at the foibles of actors, above which James Kirkwood rises magnificent. Puzzles for the Property Man Gordon Gassaway Strange requests that come to the handy man of the studio, and how he fills them. Breakfast at Eleven Harriette Underhill Showing that Conway Tearle is quite as interesting off-screen as on. The Toy-Maker of Times Square .... Helen Klumph . The fascinating history of Tony Sarg, who has brought something new to the screen. A Girl's Adventures in Mo vieland. Part VIII. . Ethel Sands She attends a big luncheon given for Mary Miles Minter, and has many thrilling surprises. The Girl You Never Know Helen Rockwell . Claire Windsor is quite as bewildering as she is beautiful, as this story shows you. Flapper Fancies ....... Louise Wilhams . There's many a fashion hint tucked away in May MacAvoy's costumes. What the Fans Think . . An open forum of discussion about motion pictures. When in Doubt, Mention Bullfights . . . Emma-Lindsay Squier Disclosing the best course to pursue with Antonio Moreno. Watch Out for "MoUy-O!" Grace Kingsley . The answer to what every fan wants to know about their old favorite — Mabel Normand. The Art of Mabel Helen Rockwell . Disclosing a talent in the Ballin family that you may have overlooked. AUce's Folks ....... The unusual home life of unusual Alice Lake. Versus — P. T. Barnum Introducing George Arliss and some of his ideas. Little Boy Butler A popular young player amuses himself, the writer, and you. The Picture Oracle . Answers to letters from our readers. Emma-Lindsay Squier Marion Lee King Ceha Brynn 56 60 61 62 65 66 69 70 72 73 74 83 84 87 89 94 66 Aw, They Like to Be Bunked!" THE old=fashioned press agent who blurted out those words had just had the shock of his life. We had declined a story about a star which he had offered to us, and we had told him frankly that we didn't use stuff of that sort — stuff which we knew at a glance to be without any foundation of truth — a storj' which was obviously sheer invention; a so=calied inter= view with a star whom either he had never interviewed on the i'u^ , subject in question, or if he had, who had never made the ob= servations with which he had credited her, so silly and unconvincing were they. "I know it's the same old stuff," he admitted, "but you know they eat it up. Why, they " "We know nothing of the sort," we replied warmly. "You're years behind the times— as out of date as the story of Theda Bara being born in the Sahara. We know that our readers don't like to be bunkedl And if you had so much as looked over a single copy of our magazine you would know that that is why we engage such writers as Helen Christine Bennett, one of the best=known investigators and magazine writers in the country, whom no magazine could induce to write anything except the truth as she sees it! That that is why we have used so many stories by Emma=Lindsay Squier, a young woman who has begun to attain a wide recognition for the feeling and sincerity of her stories, whether they are about the movie stars, every=day folks, people of other lands, or animals. That that is why we took Ethel Sands, an enthusiastic and observing but inexperienced girl who had never been inside a studio or a magazine office, and brought her to New York, to see for herself every phase of movie making, and to write her impressions in ber own way from the point of view of a typical fan. That that is why we engaged Grace Kingsley, movie editor of the Los Angeles 'Times,' who knows the home life of every star of note as well as she knows the studios, to tell the stories of their romances. That that is why we gave Herbert Howe— undoubtedly the most brilliant and best=informed man writing anywhere about the movies — a department of his own in which the lid is off, where there are no restrictions, where he can record the impressions of a clever sophisticated «Man About Hollywood.' That that is why " "Wait a minute," the old=fashioned press agent interrupted. "I guess I better look over a copy of your magazine and come back again." We encouraged him to do so, but we doubt if he did. Cer= tainly he never came back. And for our part we're just as well satisfied. For you can't teach an old dog new tricks. And we know that our readers don't want to be bunked.