Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

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Send me your New Special Offer; Free Booklet of Aaluahle Typewriting Information; Tour Catalog; and Free Trial Plan with no obligaton to me. n Name Address Employed by Advertising Section company will know where to forward her mail. LUCILLE T. — Have I ever touched Ben Lyon ? I should say not — never borrow, is my motto. I have shaken hands with him, if that's what you mean, but I assure you, I felt just the same afterward. So you "squeezed" the man you were with, in your enthusiasm at seeing Lloyd Hughes on the screen? I'm sure you must be a nice girl to take to the movies. According to my information, Lloyd is twentysix. I don't think he and Gloria Hope Hughes have any children. Madge Bellamy is not married. Marie Prevost is Mrs. Kenneth Harlan. San Antonio Booster. — I should say you are a booster ; you must be president of the chamber of commerce at the very least. Or perhaps you're trying to sell lots. Where did you hear that San Antonio was the home town of May McAvoy? In her biography she gives New York City as her birthplace. Robert Agnew went to school in San Antonio, but he was born in Dayton, Kentucky. I'm interested to learn that Marguerite Clarke is now living in your city. Yes, I knew "The Warrens of Virginia," in which Martha Mansfield met with her fatal accident, was taken there. The addresses you ask for are included in the list at the foot of The Oracle. Matt Iuka. — Yes, indeed, I'll answer a few more questions for you. I've often wondered what I'll do when I've used up all my answers. Virginia, Lee Corbin gives her birth date as 1912, so you see how right you are — it hasn't been long since she played kid roles. Baby Marie Osborne seems to have retired from the screen definitely, but perhaps she'll play again when she has completed her education. Johnnie Walker's pictures include, "Over the Hill," "Fantomas," "Plav Square," "My Dad," "In the Name of the Law," "Captain Fly-By-Night," "The Third Alarm," "The Fourth Musketeer," "Westbound Limited," "The Mail Man," "Children of Dust," "Red Lights," "The Spirit of America," and "Lilies of the Streets." As far as any one knows, the engagement between Constance Talmadge and "Buster" Collier is quite definite. Aussie Sydney.— Your "bag of questions" was an extremely interesting one, and it proved to be well stuffed with information as well. For instance, I did not know that Louise Lovely and her husband, William Welch, were making pictures out there in Australia, and I'm sure the fans will be glad to hear of it. The last picture that I know of in which she played here was "Life's Greatest Question;" she was appearing on the vaudeville stage for several years here before her current venture in Tasmania. I knew that Pauline Frederick was appearing on the stage out there, as a report came from there that she was engaged to her leading man — but you know how those Turners are ! Yes, Sylvia Breamer retired from the screen when she married Harry Martin last November. I can't recall any Australians in pictures besides those you mention. Gertrude Astor was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Her first screen role was in Mary Pickford's picture, "Through the Back Door." Her early pictures also include, "The Great Moment," Gloria's "The Impossible Mrs. Bellew," "The Ne'er Do Well," "The Wall Flower," "Rupert of Hentzau," "Lorna Doone," "Alice Adams." She is five feet seven inches tall, and is a blonde with gray eyes. I have added her address to the list at the end of The Oracle. Mary Miles Minter seems to be definitely out of pictures ; she has become somewhat too plump for screen purposes. Mary Parker. — Unfortunately, I can't help you this time. .The bridegroom in "Paths to Paradise" appeared for such a short moment in the* film that he is not listed in the cast. He was evidently an extra, who was given that slight "bit" to do. Question Box. — So you're "just full" of questions? I don't know' of anything more harmless to be full of — especially if you carry them well. No, Rod La Rocque isn't married — you wanted me to tell you something interesting about him. Did you see him in his first De Mille production, "The Coming of Amos?" After that was completed, he went to work in "Brave Heart," from the stage play "Strongheart." But they had to change the title because it would never do, in movies, for Rod to get all mixed up with a dog. Rod was christened Rodrique and has a sister Mo.iique — quite unique, don't you i. ink? He was born in Chicago ; he is six feet three inches and & brunet. Yes, there is a screen actress named Catherine Bennett, but she is not a star. She is a leading woman who plays for some of the smaller companies — opposite Fred Thomson, for instance, in "The Wild Bull's Lair." She is a very beautiful blonde, and is Enid Bennett's sister. If you are thinking of a woman screen star, perhaps you had in mind Constance Bennett — who isn't exactly a star, either, but is featured. She is the daughter of Richard Bennett, well known on the stage. Betty Compson's latest pictures are "Eve's Secret," "Paths to Paradise," and "The Pony Express." The latter picture marked the end of her contract with Famous Players, and, as this is being written, it has not yet been announced what she is to do next. Some screen stars are under contract to a single company — which usually means that they draw a salary every week whether they are working cr not. In this case, when their companies have no picture for them to play in for a few weeks, they are "lent" to other companies for one picture or so. The trouble with a contract arrangement is that, unless a plaj-er is a big star, he frequently has no choice as to the roles he plays, but has to take what is assigned to him. For this reason, many players sufficiently in demand to be sure of getting work, prefer to "free-lance." That means they are engaged by different companies for only one or two pictures at a time, and thus are enabled to turn down any roles which do not please them. Under this arrangement, of course, they frequenth have idle weeks when they draw no salary at all. I have seen no announcement of Billie Burke's return to the screen, although since her husband, Flo Ziegfeld, has threatened to produce pictures, it is quite possible that she may appear in them — I rather doubt it, however. Most of the biggest screen stars couldn't attempt to read and answer their fan letters, as they get hundreds of them a week, so it requires the entire working time of a trained secretary to answer them. Alberta Vaughn is only about nineteen, so her screen rise has been quite meteoric. Nelson B.— All the Mack Sennett bathing beauties can be reached at the Mack Sennett studios, the address of which you will find listed below — after Ralph Graves' name. I don't recall the names of many of them, but three of them are Alice and Marceline Day, and Marion MacDonald. Gwendolyn. — Yes, Lon Chaney was quite wonderful in "The Phantom of the Opera;" his make-up was the most gruesome yet. That's really a queer achievement, isn't it — to be able to make up as the ugliest man in the world? Mary Philbin plays opposite him in this picture.