Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1923 - Feb 1924)

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D What the Fans Think Continued from page 13 ones with Lila Lee and Lew Cody were trenchant character studies not only of his subjects but of himself as well. Life is but a succession of human contacts, and the more varied the persons one meets, and the more sensitive the individual is to different personalities, the fuller his life is. Interviewers have an advantage over most of us, for they are constantly meeting new people, absorbing vivid impressions, and interpreting the life about them. Frankly, I doubt if many of us would h"ve the energy, the ambition, an [ the patience it must take for an interviewer to land an interview with a sta.r. Most of us would be so self-conscious on meeting our favorites that we would bungle the meeting and come away with no definite impressions beyond the fact that the player had a mouth, a nose, two eyes, and hair. Many of us would babble foolishly about o'urselves rather than drawing the star out. Mr. Oettinger seems to be always at ease. No intellectual impasse . is too difficult for him to maneuver. The frankness of Mr. Oettinger's interviews appeals to me particularly. And I find that his revelations about the shortcomings of some of the players send me to their pictures rather than keeping me away from them. For instance, Lila Lee never interested me until I read his interview wjth_ her. But his analysis piqued my curiosity, and I decided immediately to make a point of seeing her again at the first opportunity, which I did. The picture was "The Ne'er Do Well," and I give you my word I was quite carried away by the girl's simplicity and charm. These screen plaj^ers are real magicians when they can appear so simple and unassuming in life and so vivid on the screen. I'm going to watch her in the future. And Lew Cody! Let him talk about himself all he wants to in real life; on the screen he digs deep into the character he is presenting. No Malcolm Oettinger will deny that ! Mr. Oettinger's value, it seems to me, lies in the fact that he puts no false value on the gifts of our film fair. He is inclined to underestimate their ability rather than overpraise it. He stands alone among writers^ who have almost smothered their subjects in adjectives. Naomi Randall. Washington, D. C. A Fan Critic Defends His Position. _ It is not often that I write to magazines, button the rare occasions when this happens, it is as if something inside me urges me on involuntarily. In a recent issue of your publication some one rather boldly states that we are presumptious because we dare to sit in judgment on the histrionic ability of the silver sheet's stars. He — or she — goes further and says this criticism necessitates a knowledge of the classics and the drama and at least the fundamentals of pantomime. Pern-nt^ me the liberty of answering these ridiculous assertions. Does it, to take a specific case instead of generalities, require all this training to brand Miriam Cooper as a poseur when she stares abstractedly into the camera with a naked shoulder crammed out of the neck line of her dress in "The Girl Who Came Rack?" I say: "No! Any one with the fundamentals of common sense would realize the lack of reality, of feeling!" Again, when my adored Mae Murray drapes herself against a high window with typical Robert Z. Leonard lighting and direction, is not the lack of spontaneity and realism distinctly noticeable? Shakespeare bores me to a splitting headache, Barrie invariably puts me to sleep, nifty-nine pages of "Pilgrim's Progress" was my limit, and I have never been any nearer a studio than the sidewalk outside Mae Murray's in New York, but — I, for one, presume the ability to distinguish the artistry of Pola Negri, Elsie Ferguson, Norma Talmadge, Valentino, D. W. Griffith from Miriam Cooper, Marion Davies, and Katherine MacDonald, Gasnier, and their kind. L. George Edelhauser, Jr. 842 Classon Avenue, Brooklvn, N. Y. Making Fight Pictures is Exciting Work. As I told a radio audience one night, fighting on the silver sheet was a new one for me, although at Mack Sennett's where I appeared in one-reelers for about three years, I developed a strong right arm in many a pitched battle with custard pies. When the script for the first of the H. C. Witwer "Fighting Blood" series was handed me, I realized that a strong right and ability in dodging wasn't all there was to boxing. I had done some boxing, but only enough to know how much science goes into it. I immediately engaged a trainer, with whom I work for one hour daily in a strenuous program with the punching bag, pulleys, rope skipping, shadow boxing, and from two to four rounds of actual boxing. Another feature is diet, my daily fare corresponding to that of a professional fighter in training. Our set is the mecca for all the ring veterans on the coast, who give us valuable advice in getting the realism of the arena. We have about twenty of these experts attached to our staff. Before a scene is shot, we discuss every angle, and then when we get into action other things suggest themselves as a natural consequence to strengthen the atmosphere. My adversaries are all boxers of established reputations, such as Phil Salvadore, Joe Rivers, Leach Cross, Georgie La Vigne, Jack Josephs, and Ray Johnson, and each fighter represents a different problem, for we make no two scenes alike, nor are any of my black-and-blue marks alike, either ! There is always plenty of excitement for which we don't bargain. "Petie," the dog star in the pictures, necessitates the idodine bottle always being in readiness. The shouting from the grand stand seems to frenzy him. Overcharged with excitement, only recentlv, he left his tooth prints on Joe Rivers' skin and tried to take a nip out of my gloves. I suppose he figures that it's up to him to contribute something to the action ! It's strenuous work all right, and when one fight is over — each one lasts two days — I'm glad that the next one is relegated to the future! George O'Hara. Versatility is Needed. One crying need of the screen to-day : — notice that I said one — is this : Versatile actresses. Actresses, because the men of the screen rate a higher average of versatility than do the women. Lillian Gish, for example, is wonderful in her particular sphere, but her sphere is a very narrow one : she is essentially a portrayer of crushed innocence. Norma