Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1921 - Feb 1922)

THE MOVIE ALMANAC NOVEiMBER Ediled and Illustrated by Charles Gatchell 19 2 1 "M} wife," groaned the multimillionaire, "Will drive me bankrupt, I declare ; Her extravagance has gone too far ; She's tr>nng to live like a movie star."' 1 — Tu. — First train wreck staged for "813," a Vitagraph thriller, 1912. 2 — W. — John Barrymore was plaj-ing lilax in "^lagda," with Nance O'Neil, at Cleveland's Theater, Chicago, IQ03. 3 — Th. — Alice Brady born, 1892. 4 — Fr. — Harrison Ford was a picturesque Sandro in "Soldiers of Fortune," with Robert Edeson, at the \'ictcr\Theater, San Jose, California, 1903. 5 — Sa. — Theaters that had been closed throughout the country during the influenza epidemic, began to open, 1918. 6 — Su. — Lionel Barrymore did all that was possible as Lord Silversnake in "Squire Kate," at the Park Theater, Brooklyn, 1896. 7 — M. — Conway Tcarle seemed at home as Richard Ainslec in "Mrs. Lefifingvvell's Boots," at the Oliver Opera House, South Bend, Indiana, 1905. 8 — Tu. — Max Linder arrived from France to make comedies for Essenaj-, 1916. 9 — W. — Mae Murray was a pulchritudinous feast as Susan Jane in "The Bachelor Belles," Globe Theater, New York, 1910. 10 — Th. — Edward Earle was a neat Donald Houston vr, "Doctor De Luxe," at the Forrest Theater, Philadelphia, 1911. 11 — Fr. — Ben Turpin cast for "Hamlet," 1946. 12 — Sa. — "War Brides," the first picture in which Xazimova appeared, released at the BroadwaA" Theater, New York, 1916. 13 — Su. — Nazimova made her English-speaking debut as an actress, as "Hedda Gabler," at the Princess Theater, New York, 1906. 14 — M. — Associated First National Pictures was incorporated with a capital stock of six million dollars, 1919. 15 — Tu. — Sidney Olcott was a convincing Mike Dooley in "From Rags to Riches," at the x^rch Street Theater, Philadelphia, 1904. 16 — W. — Thomas H. Ince born, 1882. 17 — Th. — H. B. Warner, in his greatest success, "Alias Jimmy Valentine," was the lure at the Shubert Theater, Brooklyn, 1 910. 18— Fr.— Ethel Clayton, Earl Metcalfe, and Harry C. Myers were to be seen in the Lubin picture, "Partners in Crime," 1913. 19 — Sa. — William S. Hart positively retires, 1919, 1920, 1921. 20 — Su. — Shirley Mason did nicely as Little Meenie in "Rip Van Winkle," with Thomas Jefferson, at the Croswell Opera House, Adrian, Michigan, 1906. 21 — — Buster Keaton smiles, 1970. 22 — Tu. — Larry Semon became a Vitagraph star, 1919. 23 — W. — Antonio Moreno fitted into the picture as Percy in "C. O. D.," at the Gaiety Theater, New York, 1912. 24 — Th. — Cecil De Mille was to be seen as Arthur Dyson in "Hearts Are Trumps," at the Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, 1900. 25 — Fr. — Hobart Bosworth, cast for one of his favorite roles, Charles, the wrestler, in "As You Like It," was at Daly's Theater, New York, 1891. 26 — Sa. — Motion pictures denounced as the cause of juvenile crime, 1910, 191 1, 1912, 1913, 1914 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921. 27 — Su. — Edith Storey plaj-s opposite E. H. Sothern in the Vitagraph picture, "An Enemy to the King," with John Robertson in their support, released this date, 1916. 28 — M. — Bert Lytell was the dashing hero, Bertie Cecil, in "Under Two Flags," Avith Jane Kenark, at the Mobile Theater, ^lobile, Alabama, 1903. 29 — Tu. — ^lary ]Miles i\Iinter scored an early screen success in the Metro picture, "Barbara Frietchie," released 1915. . 30 — \\ . — !Mar\ Pickford caused tears to flow as Dolly Golden in "The Child AA'ife," at the Star Theater, New York, 1904. ANOTHER SCREEN LITANY. From films in which "the woman pa^-s," Oh, screen, deliver us ; From near-risque farce and boudoir plays, Oh, screen, deliver us. From Fox's "crooks" and Griffith's "jays," From Sennett's bathing-girl displays — From times that bring movie-less da^-s, Oh, screen, deliver us. INTERESTING FACTS. The letters that have been written in the controversy as to whether Mary Pickford or Mary Miles Minter was the better at depicting child parts, if laid end to end, v,-ould reach from Sugar Knob, Tennessee, to Sorgum Corners, South Carolina. The fact that a star has her picture taken standing by a kitchen range doesn't prove that she can cook. ^'cry few movie cowboys have ever killed any Indians. Several persons in America have expressed themselves as not having cared for the German films they have seen. HOW TO GET INTO THE ilOVIES. Walk along a street in town — almost any street and any town will do. Afternoons or evenings are the best time. Keep going until you come across a building with signs or bright lights out front. Probably other people will be wanting to get into the movies, just as you are, and they will be passing in through the broad entrance of the building. Follow them. On approaching a little glass window near the entrance, draw from your purse a quarter, plus war tax, and deposit it on the shelf leading out from the hole in this window. In return for your money, you will probably receive a small strip of pasteboard. Toss this into the container guarded by the uniformed bedouin and pass on into the darkened room beyond. Sit down. You have now broken Into the movies ! WHAT EVERY FAN SHOULD KNOW. I. 'Qy what names are the following persons known on the screen : ]Mrs. Harold Bolster, Mrs. Rudolph Cameron, "Sirs. James B. Regan, !Mrs. Louis Lee Arms, Mrs. Thomas B. Clark? 2. What three celebrities of the stage failed signally as screen stars? 3. ^^'hat was the largest price ever paid for the screen rights of a stage plaj-? 4. What is the largest theater in the world ? 5. How many feet of film are required to make the average feature picture? 6. Does Mar3' Pickford like her curls? ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE. 1. Madge Kennedy, Anita Stewart, Alice Joyce, Mae Marsh, Elsie Ferguson. 2. George M. Cohan, Mary Garden, and Caruso. 3. One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for " 'Way DoAvn East." 4. The Capitol, New York City. 5. Approximately five thousand. 6. Does Ben Turpin take beauty naps?