Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

54 M Sign of Aquarius ''Strong, yet weak — not selfreliant — temperamental. " \KE your arrangements to be born in June if you would achieve success on the screen. Your chances are better then than in any month of the year, so statistics indicate. The opportunities f or reaching the topmost rung of the cinematic ladder are good when you are born in January, March, or April — but the greatest opportunity comes to the children of June. The most successful comedians come into the world during the latter part of spring or the early summer, when the world is smiling with the verdure of another year. The pinnacles of achievement await the children of March, April, and May, although there is not a month in the year in which at least one genius does not appear. The hardiest riders come when winter is here, and the most versatile of all the stars, in summer. There is an interesting and speculative study in the birthday records of the "movie" celebrities. It has been shown that the greatest number of persons whose names are inscribed in America's Hall of Fame, were born in the month of June. December is the worst month for opportunity, then come August and September on a parity. February is little better. To find under just what signs of the zodiac it is best to be born, I selected one hundred and twenty-five of the widely known stars. Their birthdays were distributed as follows : Four were born in December, six in September, six in August, eight in February, eight in May, ten in October, ten in July, twelve in March, thirteen in November, fourteen in April, fifteen in January, nineteen m June. Sign of Pisces 'Generous and helpful dis criminating. Sign of Aries "Bom leader, difficult to con trol— positive, self-reliant — uncanny intuitions." When Should a If you are aiming at a brilliant screen career, be careful astrology and statistics show that some months are By Dorothy Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Mae Murray, Norma Talmadge, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Harold Lloyd, and Rudolph Valentino all were born in March, April, or May — in the springtime of the year. Harry Langdon, who has made amazing strides as a comedian, did not appear until June, and Lillian Gish, acclaimed by many as the greatest of all screen actresses, was born in October. However, she arrived under the zodiac sign of Libra, whose governing planet is Venus, and her horoscope predicted that, being naturally persistent and competent, she could, through those qualities, win success. And she has ! It took years of persistency to impress her competency upon the world, but her success is achieved. New Year's Day saw the advent of Lillian Rich, Marion Davies, and William Haines. They arrived following the December slump, and all proceeded, when they had reached the proper age, to blaze their way into the spotlight of the screen. Molly Malone made her advent -on Ground Hog Day, February 2d, and "Buster" Collier on Lincoln's Birthday, February 12th. Lew Cody and Mildred Davis Lloyd celebrate their anniversaries on February 22d alongside of George Washington, while Dorothy Mackaill observes Inauguration Day with the new presidents, March 4th. Gloria Swanson isn't Irish, but she celebrates her birthday on the seventeenth of March — St. Patrick's Day. Lon Chaney, Nita Naldi, and Kathleen Key were born on April Fools' Day — April 1st. Along in the same month come the anniversaries of Charlie Chaplin. Harold Lloyd, and J. Farrell MacDonald. On All Saints' Day, immediately following Hallowe'en, Laura La Plante appeared, while Margaret Livingston and Lou Tellegen were creatures of Thanksgiving time, in November. . The fates were unkind to Joe Bonomo whose birthday occurred on December 25th — Christmas Day. He gets only one set of presents. There isn't a motion-picture star who was born on Good Friday, St. Valentine's Day, Decoration Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day, or Armistice Day. (Carelessness, somewhere!) Now then, what does the zodiac say of these screen stars? Between January 20th and February 19th, under Sign of Taurus "Strong likes and dislikesvery determined, but generous. " Sign of Gemini 'Extremist — very magneticrestless, anxious." Sign of Cancer "Difficult to understand — very sensitive— can do many things well. "