Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

Information, Please 121 Continued from page 102 Smith. — Yes, there are several Smiths hi pictures — Sid Smith, Al Smith, Anderson Smith, and several who started out in life as Smith but became, to their movie fans, Mary Pickford, William Fairbanks, and Franklyn Farnum. Pauline Starke was born in Missouri. Her latest pictures are "Forbidden Paradise," "As No Man Has Loved" — which you may or may not recognize as "The Man Without a Country" — and "Adventure," a Paramount picture, including also Tom Moore and Wallace Beery. Easter Egg. — Just a little bit stale, by now, I fancy. Alma Rubens has signed a contract with Fox. She played in "The Dancers," and has recently been working on "She Wolves," the screen version of Henry Miller's play, "The Man in Evening Clothes." Jack Mulhall appears in the picture with her — presumably in the erstwhile title role. Nazimova's latest picture is "My Son;" she was a new Nazimova, playing a mother role, withou': any antics or capers at all. Mary and Doug have been married five years ; they recently celebrated their wooden anniversary. Rolling pins and such things were handed around most profusely. Mary's new picture is "Little Annie Rooney." Doug is making "Don Q.," with Mary Astor and Lottie Pickford in the leading feminine roles. G. M. S. — I hope your first letter to me won't be your last. Ula Sharon, the dancer, does not appear in pictures, so I have no record of her history or address. Mrs. Wallie Reid makes an occasional picture; since "Human Wreckage" she played in "Broken Laws." Jack Hoxie was born in Oklahoma, but he doesn't say when. He is married to Marin Sais. His latest picture is "Roaring Adventure." Mary Pickford's real name is Smith ; Pickford is her mother's family name. Kurley Kew. — Well, we couldn't quite make connections for your answer in the June issue, but here it is as a Fourth-ofJuly present. Betty Compson was born in Salt Lake City ; I have always heard that she was left an orphan at quite an early age. I think that is her real name. M. O. H. — Holbrook Blinn has played on the screen intermittently for six or seven years, though his principal work is on the stage. He appeared years ago in "Prima Donna's Husband" and "Madonna of the Slums," and other pictures. He made "The Bad Man," one of his stage successes, for First National. He also played the king in "Rosita." His latest picture, of course, is "Janice Meredith," with Marion Davies ; he is not doing screen work at present, but is appearing in a Belasco stage production, "The Dove," in which he is starred. He has been on the stage for twenty-seven years, so he must be well into his forties, though he doesn't give his age. I think he is married. The actor who played the policeman in the screen version of "Tiger Rose" was Forrest Stanley. It is not customary to answer questions regarding the religion of the screen stars. Speegals. — By all means call me "Just Plain Oracle." Every time I look into the mirror, I realize that the most appropriate thing any one could call me is "just plain." You want me to tell you all I think you ought to know about Bert Lytell. I must say, most fans don't put their questions so discreetly. Bert was born and educated in New York, and comes from a family of actors. He told me once that he was "born in a theatrical trunk" — figuratively speaking, of course. He appeared on the stage for some years before playing in pictures. His early pictures include: "Lombardi, Ltd.," "Alias Jimmy Valentine," "The Misleading Lady," and others. Did you see him in "Rupert of Hentzau" and "The Meanest Man in the World?" You might ask a theater owner in one of the smaller picture houses in }our town to rebook some of his old pictures. Bert is married to Evelyn Vaughn, but they are getting a divorce, and he and Claire Windsor have threatened to get married as soon as he is free. Bert's current picture, "Eve's Lovers," is a modern story, so you don't need to worry that he is going to appear all dolled up like Adam. Valentino officially does not help in the direction of his pictures, though he and Mrs. Valentino always have a great deal to say about them. In fact, that is a subject of dispute between Rudolph and Ritz Carlton Pictures his present company. The company objected because the Valentinos tried to run things, and work on his picture was called off until the argument is settled. No, I don't think Rudy's beard was just to create a sensation. He was'to play a Spanish grandee in his next picture on his return from abroad, but plans were changed and he made "Cobra" instead. Ray's Sally. — Of course I don't mind your calling me Ray if you like, though it doesn't happen to be my name. Edward Burns is now Edmund ; he has been in Germany making pictures for about a year, but is to be featured in Cecil De Mille's productions for the next five years. Lila' Lee's retirement was only temporary, due to the advent of the stork; she returned to the screen opposite Tom Meighan in "Coming Through." The same is true of Leatrice Joy, who has also returned to pictures, in "The Dressmaker from Paris." Theda Bara is now making "The Unchastened Woman," her first picture in several years. Johnny Walker's new pictures are "The Mad Dancer" and "Lilies of the Streets." Wanda Hawley's new pictures are "Smoldering Fires" and "Step Flirting," a Christie comedy. Bebe Daniels was born January 14, 1901. I don't know the other birthdays you ask about. The addresses you wish are given at the end of The Oracle. Lee Wood. — There doesn't seem to be any immediate prospect of Sessue Hayakawa's return to the screen. His contract with the erstwhile Robertson-Cole Company was finished, and was not renewed. It was said then that he was going to appear in New York on the stage, but nothing came of the rumor. I don't know where you could get a picture of him now, as he seems to have dropped completely out of sight for the present. A. C. Haver. — So Pauline Garon is your ideal? And since you live in Kentucky, you seem to be a long way from your ideal. Pauline is about twenty-two and has never been married. Blonde. — No, Eugene and George O'Brien are not related, and neither are Irene and Lillian Rich. Richard Talmadge's real name is Metzetti, which makes him not even a tenth cousin of the Talmadge sisters ; Colleen Moore's real name is Kathleen .Morrison. Tom and Art Mix also sprang from different family trees — Tom is always springing from trees. Ben Lyon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, about twenty-five years ago ; I think that is his real name. John Gilbert was born in Logan, LTtah, in 1895. Yes, he and Leatrice Joy are getting a divorce ; the new baby is a daughter. Ronald Colman was born in England about thirty-three years ago. Florence Vidor's last name is pronounced Yee'dor ; Lon Chaney's Cha'ney; Lyon like the animal lion; La Rocque, La Rock; Menjou — Mon'jew. Yes, James Kirkwood played a dual role in "The Top of the World." The scene in which his two characters are seen talking to each other is made by double exposure, a frequent trick made use of in pictures. One half the film used in that scene is exposed, showing James at one side of the room. Then that half is covered and the other exposed, showing James at the other side of the room. Chia. — Some of the ages you ask for are given elsewhere on this page. Ricardo Cortez is about twenty-six and is six feet one inch in height. Kenneth Harlan is thirty and is six feet. Ben Lyon is five feet eleven inches, Ramon Novarro is five feet ten inches. Gloria Swanson is in her late twenties and is five feet three inches. Betty Bronson is seventeen, and is just five feet tall. Fred Thomson Fan. — It seems strange that a screen star should once have been a minister, doesn't it? But that is true of your favorite, and they say that he never allows girls of doubtful reputation on the set when his pictures are being made. He is married to Frances Marion. His new picture is "That Devil Quemado," the rights to which were purchased from DougFairbanks. Addresses of Players Betty Bronson, Pola Negri, Lois Wilson. Esther Ralston, Mary Brian, Neil Hamilton, Billie Dove, Betty Compson, Richard Dix. Ricardo Cortez, Adolphe Menjou, Raymond Griffith, William Collier, Jr., Kathryu Hill, Wallace Beery, Jack Holt, Greta Nissen, Florence Vidor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Kathlyn Williams, at the Lasky Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, California. Colleen Moore, at 530 South Rossmore Street, Los Angeles, California. Alice Terry, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Zasu Pitts, Claire Windsor, William Haines, Lon Chaney, Aileen Pringle, Sally O'Neil, Helene D'Algy, Renee Adoree, Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch, Lillian Gish, Pauline Starke, Eleanor Boardman, Paulette Duval, Mae Murray, and Blanche Sweet, at the Metro-Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, California. Colleen Moore, Ian Keith, Vilma Banky, Ronald Colman, Jack Mulhall, Corinne Griffith, Myrtle Stedman, Norma and Constance Talmadge, May Allison, Conway Tearle, Anna Q. Nilsson, Lloyd Hughes, and Eugene O'Brien, at the United Studios, Hollywood, California. Virginia Valli. Reginald Denny, Hoot Gibson, Margaret Livingston, Marc MaeDermott, Mary Philbin, I/aura La Plante, Marian Nixon, Bert Lytell, Pat O'Malley, Lola Todd, Art Acord, Louise Lorraine, Nina Romano, House Peters, Josie Sedgwick, Norman Kerry, and Mary McAllister, at the Universal Studios, Universal City, California. Rod La Rocque, Leatrice Joy, Edmund Burns, Jocelyn Lee, Rita Carita, Lillian Rich, Vera Revnolds, Jetta Goudal, Majel Coleman, and Sally Rand, at the Cecil De Mille Studios, Culver City, California. Also Julia Faye. Dorothy Gish and Richard Barthelmess, care of Inspiration Pictures Corporation, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Patsy Ruth Miller, at 1822 North Wilton Place, Hollywood, California. Betty Blythe and George Haekathorne, care of Hal Howe, 7 East Forty-second Street, New York City. Bebe Daniels, Thomas Meighan. Diana Kane, Carol Dempster, and James Kirkwood, at the Famous Players-Lasky Studio, Sixth and Pierce Avenues, Long Island City. George O'Brien, Alma Rubens, Tom Mix, Edmund Lowe, Charles Jones, Marion Harlan, and Earle Foxe, at the Fox Studios, Western Avenue, Hollywood, California. Charles Mack, care of D. W. Griffith, 1-176 Broadway, New York City. Allene Ray, at 6912 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California. Irene Rich, John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Marie Prevost, Kenneth Harlan, Willard Louis, Helene Costello, John Roche, June Marlowe, Louise Fazenda, Monte Blue, Sydney Chaplin, Alice Calhoun, Matt Moore, Huntley Gordon, and Dorothy Devore. at the Warner Studios, Sunset & Bronson, Hollywood. California. Robert Frazer, at 1905 Wilcox Avenue, Los Angeles, California.