Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1924)

Brings you a Genuine UNDERWOOD TYPE W R ITER Advertising Section Ruth R. — Valentino did not play a minor part in Mae Murray's "Fascination." He had left his bit-roles far behind him when that film was made. It does sometimes happen, though, that a start or prominent player will appear in a scene of another production just for fun, but that only happens when both pictures are made on the same lot, except in such cases as "Souls For Sale," "Hollywood," and other films about the movies in which players from the different studios appear in their own personalities as Hollywood atmosphere. Mary Pickford worked one day as an extra in Douglas Fairbanks' "Robin Hood," the players on the Lasky lot sometimes step into a mob scene in another production, and it is not unusual for a director or members of his staff to perform a certain difficult bit that no one else that is available seems able to accomplish. If you watch closely you may see Marshall Neilan in "The Rendezvous." Emmet Flynn, while directing "Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Kodel," piloted the taxi that was in the smash-up in that film ; and practically every one of the Chaplin staff had something to do in "A Woman of Paris." Charlie himself was the man who dumped the trunk on the station platform; his assistant, Eddie Sutherland, appeared as the chef's assistant in the cafe sequence, and the masseuse who performed that clever bit was Chaplin's stenographer. So if your eyesight is quick and keen, you may see players flashing for a second in unexpected places. Harry C. — The player whose picture you inclosed is Allan Simpson, who played in "Glimpses of the Moon." He is the same man of the collar ad you noticed, as, before going into pictures, his face used to adorn advertising art. There was a picture of him in the September, 1923, issue of Picture-Play unde.r the title "Some Model Men of the Movies," but I suppose you missed out on that issue. Conrad Nagel plays Paul in "Three Weeks," and Aileen Pringle is the tigress lady. If you can't locate a copy of "Three Weeks" in any of your book stores, at least any book dealer can order it for you. Charlotte Merriam is working in features only a short time, but she is not a newcomer to the screen, as she had been cavorting in Christie, Educational, and other comedies for the last few years. Antoinette M. — I bet I can guess your favorite word. It's "wonderful," isn't it? Anyhow, I'm glad that I come under its flattering influence, along with all your other enthusiasms. Thomas Meighan is thirty-nine, and was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His wife, Frances Ring, used to be a well-known stage player, and is the sister of the famous Blanche Ring, but the wife of the famous Tommy now devotes all her time to being just Mrs. Meighan. Yes, I can understand that the fact that your name is almost like Antonio Moreno's would give you a kindred feeling for him. Tony's next screen appearance will be in Pola Negri's "The Spanish Dancer," in which he plays Pola's lover. This is the role that Tony's friends are counting on to establish him in what they consider his rightful but longwithheld place as one of our most dashing romantic actors, so be sure not to miss it. Elnora McD. — I can appreciate that you would "just love" to have a complete list of all of Wallace Reid's pictures and his leading ladies, but he played in a good many, you know, and my space is limited. However, here are some of them. Better cut out the list and save it for future reference, as it might not be printed again for a long time. In "Carmen" and "Joan, the Woman,'' he was, of course, only Geraldine Farrar'.s leading man, but in 1918 he started on his series of starring productions. They were : "Hawthorne of the U. S. A.," with Lila Lee ; "Sick Abed" and "The Dancin' Fool," with Bebe Daniels ; "Always Audacious," with Margaret Loorriis ; "Too Much Speed" and "The Love Special," with Agnes Ayres ; "The Charm School," with Lila Lee ; "Across the Continent," with Mary MacLaren ; "Peter Ibbetson," with Elsie Ferguson ; "Rent Free," "The Dictator," and "The Ghost Breaker," with Lila Lee; "World's Champion," with Lois Wilson ; "The Hell Diggers," with Lois Wilson; "The Affairs of Anatol," with Gloria Swanson, Agnes Ayres, Wanda Hawley, Bebe Daniels, and Julia Faye ; "Don't Tell Everything," with Gloria Swanson ; and the last picture he made was "Thirty Days," in which Lila Lee appeared opposite him. H. K. — I understood your letter perfectly. You write very well for an Armenian who made the acquaintance of English such a short time ago. In another year you'll be shaming some of us natives. Stuart Holmes was born in Chicago, Illinois, and Lon Chaney in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There are no Armenian actors in pictures in this country that I know of, at least not any well-known ones. There is no screen player named Remember Steddon. That was the name of the heroine in the story from which the film "Souls for Sale" was made. Viola M. — How do you achieve such perfection in penmanship? I always envy people who can make themselves understood so well without using a typewriter. You ask why didn't Rex Ingram match Barbara La Marr with Ramon Novarro in "Where the Pavement Ends" instead of Alice Terry? Well, now, I don't see how even any one as prejudiced as you could find Barbara convincing in that role of the missionary's daughter. What could they have done about the "pale star" subtitles ? In "Trifling Women," of course, Barbara and Ramon were both well suited to the characters they played, and perhaps some time Mr. Ingram will film another story in which he can cast these two together again. The latest film in which Ramon appears is "The Arab," which Ingram is filming abroad, and in which the blond Alice plays the usual white girl of the desert. This probably won't be released for some time, as it is still in production at present writing, and "Scaramouche" continus to pack them in. Doris. — Yes, I suppose Ben Lyon could be called "awfully cute" in flapper language, but I doubt if he'd appreciate the compliment. Actors, you know, would rather be praised for their art than for their "cuteness." Ben did such satisfactory work in "Potash and Perlmutter" that he has signed a nice long contract with First National and has gone to California to appear in their productions, so you probably will see a lot of him on the screen in future. His first love was the stage, you know, and although he started in pictures about six years ago he has played in comparatively few screen plays because of his continued stage work, and hence is generally hailed now as a newcomer to the screen. 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