Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1925)

120 Advertising Section piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw | A STAMPEDE j I There is something awe g 1 inspiring about a herd of cattle g 1 peacefully grazing, but how g g shall we describe the emotion g §j which is brought into play by g I the sight of that same herd g = stampeding ? g The headlong rush, heeding jj 1 obstacles as little as an ava g 1 lanche, the mad bellowing, the g J thunder of hoofs, the lolling 1 g tongues, the sightless eyes of g g the frantic animals ! g 1 Terror stricken is no name g g for the condition of the man g 1 who finds himself in the path g g of such an inexorable mass. jj g In the beginning of this story m g there is such a stampede. A jj g man and a girl are caught in it, g g and from that very moment g g there is action of the most g g thrilling sort right through to g g the end of the book. j§ g Mr. Horton has done an ex g 1 tremely good piece of work, g g No one who reads "The Man g g of the Desert" can possibly g g deny him credit for it. g | The Man of | S the Desert f ! By i 1 Robert J. Horton | I Price, $2.00 net § CHELSEA HOUSE = f9'89 SerenthQre ||pa|i| York <&y" § IllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Pet. — I suppose that's your pet name. Yes, Mary Pickford has decided on her new picture. It's to be "Little Annie Rooney," and William Beaudine will direct it. He used to be a prop boy in the Biograph studios in the old days when Mary was a star there. Doug's new picture will be "Don Q." The Pickford-Fairbanks Studio is at 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood. Poker Face. — Just a chip off the old block, I suppose. Yes, Lila Lee has returned to the screen ; she played opposite Thomas Meighan in "Coming Through." Leatrice Joy also changed her mind about retiring to take care of the new baby. She has been making "The Dressmaker from Paris." Milton Sills has been married nearly twenty years to Gladys Wynne, and they have a daughter, Gwendolyn, who is about seventeen. Milton's latest picture is "I Want My Man;" Doris Kenyon, May Allison, and Phyllis Haver play the other principal roles. I Wanna Know. — You shall know. Yes, Frances Howard has made another picture after "The Swan," called "Too Many Kisses." Richard Dix is the star. Monte Blue married Tove Jansen, a Seattle society girl, on November 1, 1924. He saw her years ago when he was a nobody and couldn't aspire to her socially. It's a real "male Cinderella" romance. Mahlon Hamilton is divorced from Alita Farnum. No, Alice Brady hasn't made any pictures lately. The last I heard of her she was touring in vaudeville. Vivian Martin has been appearing on the stage in London in "Just Married." I don't know whether or not she intends to return to the screen in the future. Dirty Face. — Shall I send you a cake of soap? Richard Dix is thirty-one; he was born in St. Paul, and his real name is Brimmer. Cullen Landis was born in Nashville, Tennessee ; he is five feet six inches, weighs one hundred and forty-five pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was divorced not long ago from Mignon Le Brun. James Kirkwood is playing on the stage this season in a Belasco play called "Ladies of the Evening." Yes, he is married, to Lila Lee, who is his third wife. George Hackathorne was born in Oregon ; he is five feet seven inches, weighs one hundred and thirty pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. No, he isn't married. He has been playing a hunchback role again in "Haunted Hands," which marks the screen debut of William T. Tilden, the tennis champion. George also appeared recently in "Capital Punishment" and in Norma's current picture, "The Lady." Miss Montreal. — Since prohibition, no one misses Montreal if he can help it. Yes, there are quite -a few Canadian stars in pictures ; of course you know Mary and Jack Pickford were born in Toronto. Norma Shearer, Pauline Garon, and Huntley Gordon all came from Montreal. Marie Prevost from Sarnia, Canada, and Claire Adams from Winnipeg, and Rockcliffe Fellowes from Ottawa. Mae Busch is Australian ; she is divorced from Francis McDonald. Gertie. — Don't get the swelled head from all your compliments, you advise! I can't afford to ; I have to wear this hat a few weeks longer. Johnny Walker wasn't named after a brand of Scotch, and I don't think the Scotch was named after him. He is married to Renee Parker ; he has been making a picture called "Lilies of the Street," which was produced under the supervision of a New York policewoman. Johnny is a native New Yorker, and unless you've lived in New York you don't know what a curiosity one of those things is. Isn't This Fun.— For you, perhaps; you don't have to write this. Yes, it's true that Colleen Moore has one brown and one blue eye, but she looks good to me. Her latest picture is "The Desert Flower." Corinne Griffith is Mrs. Walter Morosco; she has been making "Declasse." Corinne was born in Texarkana, Texas ; her address is United Studios, 5341 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood. No, Mary Miles Minter does not appear on the screen any more. Jane of the Plains. — Do your friends all call you "Plain Jane?" The last time I saw Clara Bow she had red hair ; she changes her mind about the color quite frequently. Her most recent pictures are "Capital Punishment" and "The Boomerang." Alma Bennett lives at 5953 Yucca Street, Hollywood. She played in "The Lost World"" Yes, Beverly Bayne and Francis X. Bushman are rumored to be getting a divorce. Vernon Steel hasn't been playing in pictures lately, but is appearing in the same play with James Kirkwood, "Ladies of the Evening." Bathing Beauty. — Yes, many of our current stars used to be bathing beauties — Gloria Swanson, Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, Harriet Hammond, Betty Comp»on, and Bebe Daniels used to play in comedies, but not necessarily the bathingbeauty kind. Bessie Love was born in Texas ; no, she isn't married. Louise Lovely has been playing in vaudeville for the past few years. She comes from Australia. She is Mrs. William Welsh._ Ethel Clayton has also been playing in vaudeville; the last picture she made was, I believe, "Can a Woman Love Twice?" Kitty. — I hope you' don't have claws. Yes, Doris Kenyon is becoming quite a featured player in pictures. She was born in Syracuse, New York, September 5, 1897. She is five feet six inches and has auburn hair and gray eyes. She is not married. Her recent pictures are "Born Rich," "Idle Tongues," "A Thief in Paradise," "If I Marry Again," and "I Want My Man." Ricardo Cortez isn't married. Yes, Virginia Lee Corbin is playing quite a lot of grown-up roles these days. Her latest are "Broken Laws" and "Lilies of the Street." Long, Lean, and Lanky. — Just a little fat girl — at least, I suppose you're feminine, since you ask about all the men stars. No, Robert Agnew isn't married when this goes to press, but May McAvoy may change that at any moment. Jack Holt doesn't seem to have made as many pictures of late as he used to, but you can see him now in "The Thundering Herd." Lois Wilson is the leading woman. I don't think Robert Frazer is married. He lives at 1905 Wilcox Avenue, Long Island City. Tom Mix is married to Victoria Forde, and there is Baby Thomasina, who is the family pet. Tom's latest picture is "Dick Turpin," a costume drama, most unusual for Tom. Little Boy Blue. — Jackie Coogan's latest picture is "The Rag Man." Romola. — Lillian and Dorothy Gish haven't made any pictures since "Romola;" they make pictures for quality rather than quantity. Theda Bara is returning to the screen in "The Unchastened Woman." The reason you haven't been seeing much of Ralph Graves lately is that he is now making Mack Sennett comedies. "The Plumber" and "The Beloved Bozo" are his two newest. Ralph is a widower, his wife, Marjorie Seaman, having died several years ago.