Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

14 Advertising Section New Self-Massaging Belt REDUCES WAIST -Easily! Substitutes good, solid tissue for bulky, useless, disfiguring fat, yet does it so gently you hardly know it is there. Formerly those who wished to reduce without dieting or strenuous exorcise bad to go to a pro1 e s s i o n a 1 masseur. His method brought about the desired reduction. But it was expensive and timeconsuming, and few could take advantage of it. Remarkable New Invention At last a wonderful new invention brings this same effective method within the reach of all. Tlie Weil Scientific Reducing Belt by means of specially prepared and scientifically fitted rubber is so constructed that as you wear it every breath you talie and every movement you make imparts a constant massage to every inch of the abdomen. Working for you every second, it reduces much more rapidly than ordinary massage, saving both time and money. Actually Removes Fat It does not merely draw in your waist and make you appear thinner. It actually takes off the fat. Within a tew weeks you find 4 to (5 inches gone from your waist line. You look and feel 10 to 15 years younger. The Weil Method of reduction is used by athletes and jockeys because it reduces quickly and preserves their strength. Highly endorsed by physicians. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER Write today for full description and Special 10-DAY Trial Offer. THE WEIL COMPANY, 491 Hill Street, New Haven, Conn. ' THE WEIL COMPANY, 491 Hill St., New Haven, J | Conn. : Gentlemen: Please send me, without obligation, > complete description of the Weil Scientific Reducing ' Belt and your Special 10-Day Trial Offer. What the Fans Think Continued from page 10 Name Address City .Stale i 'MAIL CLERKS WANT $1900 to $2700 Year? * W Every second week off-full p:.y . Be R.nilway Mail Clerks. Common education sufficient. Write IMMEDIATELY for free listof U. S. Government positions now open to men and women 18 up; and free sample coaching. 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And YOU can easily learn cartooning at home — no matter if you've never touched a drawing pencil. Write for interesting FREE Book describing our easy simplified method. Also details of special Free Outfit Offer! Sen 1 postcard today to Washington School of Cartooning, Room Z31-D, 11 13 -15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Mae Marsh pretty, and Mary Pick ford sweet and homelike, but Norma with her winning ways and pleasant smile, is too lovely to compare with any other screen stars. / defy them all! They can't compare with Norma! She was also wonderful in "A Slave of Fashion," and every one I know saw it at least six or seven times — / did, anyway. A College Boy. Princeton, N. J. A Kind Word for a Writer. The one and only time I was in Hollywood I met Myrtle Gebhart. She is so tiny, so gracious, and so interested in her fans, that you just can't be stiff or formal with her. She lives up to your expectations, and going away you hope fervently that you've lived up to hers. She is the one writer-person I know — and most awfully nice she is. Virginia Ferguson. 919 Lincoln Street, Station A, Bakersfield, Calif. Ready for War Pictures. I have just seen the film "Havoc." It's a war picture from beginning to end, with fighting, killing, and the effect of war on the lives of the leading characters. I went to see it, wondering how the public would take it, and whether I, myself, would enjoy a picture bringing back all the horrors and memories of the war. I came out at the end, deeply stirred and with patriotism swelling inside me. The theater was crowded, and the majority were men, old and young, and many of them ex-soldiers and sailors. Near our row sat five men in khaki, one with only one. leg, and using crutches. Did they enjoy the picture? With all their hearts. They laughed at the lighter comedy parts, and shouted at the thrilling scenes, until we all began to laugh and cheer, and it did us worlds of good to hear them. The picture was splendid, for the proof lay in the audience. Laughs, shouts of joy, and tears. I confess to the weeps myself, and saw more than one handkerchief appear, and I think that is enough praise for any picture. I fully believe that pictures, good ones, I mean, depicting life during the Great War will be welcomed and enjoyed by the public, and I am waiting anxiously for "The Big Parade." Elinor Garrison. Olympia, Wash. The Magician of Laughter. The audience is quiet. Not a noise in the vast theater. Why the sudden hush? The Great Magician approaches. Those who have witnessed his performances before smile to themselves in delightful anticipation. Those who have not — ah — they sit in silent expectation ! Is he not the great genius of all times? The light flashes on. The door opens and in walks a short slight man with a peculiarly humorous face. Surely this is not the great one? But behold — he raises his high silk hat and his lips part in the most delightful grin the audience ever witnessed. As he unfolds his bag of tricks the audience roars with laughter. Laugh? You say, laugh? Whoever heard of laughing at a magician? But, hold, can't you guess? He is the magician of laughter. This little man holds the key to every bit of humor in your hearts ! It does one good to glance over the audience. Look there in the corner. That old war veteran is chuckling to himself. There a child is shrilling with glee. The plump woman is actually shaking with laughter. Even the stern, melancholy man in the third row is trying vainly to hide a smile. The whole crowd is one at last. Who ever thought, Raymond Griffith, that you would become an ideal magician? You have, and with bells on. Every time I see you I feel so gay that I could jolly well put you in your high silk hat and bundle you off to my home to keep me gay throughout eternity ! Roma Hollingsworth. Curtis Field, Building 56, Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. A Word of Reproval. No one asked my advice, but I am offering it, anyway. Here it is : I advise every picture player to stop, completely and at once, the practice of sending photos to the fans. The letter in the November Picture-Play from the fan who has a collection of over nine hundred so exasperated me that I decided to speak a word in de. fense of the stars. Why, in the name of reason, does a fan want such an enormous mass of pictures? It's a gross imposition on the stars, but some people haven't brains enough to realize it. One boy wrote to me about his great collection. He had fiftyseven pictures of Mr. Novarro alone ! Poor Ramon ! For the writer who inspired this outburst I have a great contempt. She detests Mr. Valentino and refers to him with vulgar familiarity as "Rudie." Yet she asks for and accepts his picture for which she returns nothing but ingratitude. As for the letter which so pains her, his secretary undoubtedly wrote that by mistake. Another thing: at twenty-five cents each, her pictures would cost more than two hundred and twenty-five dollars. How many of these did she pay for? I consider myself a good fan, yet I have only three pictures. A large one from my favorite of favorites, Mr. Barthelmess. It is autographed to me personally, and I have it beautifully colored and framed. Reginald Denny sent me two nice poses, personally autographed to me, because I wrote about him in Picture-Play. And Malcolm MacGregor sent me a nice autographed picture because I wrote him a letter of constructive criticism ! All the magazines publish beautiful pictures of the players, so if the fanatics must collect, let them collect these. Madeline Glass. 750 South Rampart Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. Two Girls Who Like the Cowboys Best. As I was looking over your magazine in the "What the Fans Think" department, I noticed that every bit of the praise was given to the society players and not a cowboy got a bit of praise. Well, I will give you my idea of a hero. I think there never will be a finer picture than a Western picture. I have seen a great many Western plays and I want to see more. I love to see Hoot Gibson, Jack Hoxie, Tom Mix, Jack Perrin, and all the cowboys play. I love the cowboys and I would like to know all of them. Edna de Armon. 2220 Park Avenue, Kansas City Mo. Why does every one rave about Novarro, Gilbert, Lyon, and Valentino? Of course, every one for his own choice, but give me Tom Mix, Jack Hoxie, Fred Thomson. Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, and Richard Talmadge. Continued on page 111