Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

8 What the Fans Think Deploring Scant Attire I DEPLORE the fact that some of the younger stars seem to consider it necessary to pose for so-called "art" pictures — dressed in a small scarf or something of the sort. I have heard a great many people speak of this. I am thinking of Esther Ralston in particular. I have always been fond of her until recently when I saw pictures of her in nearly every fan magazine, attired so scantily as to appear almost nude. My liking turned to disgust, and I don't care whether I ever see her again in pictures or not. I am in no way a prude, and living here near the center of the movie industry, I know that most of the girls in pictures aren't any different from girls in other lines of work, and that there is no more reason for an actress to pose in that fashion than for a clerk or milliner to do so. Practically every girl I know feels the same way about this. Marie Price. San Pedro, California. A Startling Discovery I've made a startling discovery — PicturePlay is a mine of information ! I have been away to school in the East for two and a half long months. Before that, I could recite all the latest contracts of the stars, their latest husbands — or wives — and even their favorite breakfast foods. But what a change ! I found, when I got home for the Christmas vacation, that while I had been learning things of perhaps more importance, I was so rusty in my knowledge of movies that it wasn't even funny. Immediately, I started to get busy and brush up. I bought a new Picture-Play and actually digested' everything, from cover to cover. Let me say that as a news collector, Picture-Play is a wonder ! I never realized that it contained so much. I felt as though I almost knew as much as I did before. A College Fan. Mansfield, Ohio. A Word to Ben Lyon I want to give a reassuring word to Ben Lyon and to Ben Lyon's fans. Don't take Trix MacKenzie's letters too seriously. I don't think she takes them so herself. She is a great little battler, and has always taken a keen enjoyment in starting something. I think her letter panning Ben Lyon was just a bid for another of those hot controversies in which her name is mentioned several times. Even I have gratified her, though I begrudge it to her. Louise Morgan. 449 West 123d Street, New York City. A Word to Ramon Ramon, I have just seen "The Midshipman." It is the best work that you have done for some time. I hope that you will be cast in more such comedy parts. I am sure that you will make many more fans. You have the profile of a sheik, but when you look at any one full in the face you have a very boyish face. You are not the sheik type. I hope that you will not be cast as such. It will be the downfall of our Ramon if you are. if they do plan to cast you in sheik roles after "BenHur" has made a great success, please grow a mustache. I am sure that you will be more handsome with a mustache. 226 East Mill Street, Charles Manx, Jr. Staunton, Illinois. Thoughts About the Stars Ben Lyon — Oh, how I miss you to-night! Lois Wilson — Before I die, please become a star. Alice Joyce — She is back, but all I see is her new bob. Corinne Griffith — Those lips, those eyes ! Dorothy Mackaill — Not so pretty, but she can act. Mrs. Wallace Reid — I want to see more of her. John Gilbert — I just can't get over it ! Leatrice Joy — Oh, why did you leave Famous Players ? Carmel Myers — My favorite. Pola Negri — A great actress. Vilma Banky — Has most of our American girls beaten. Baby Peggy — Where is she? Tom Moore — I just adore that man. Mary Philbin — I just adore her. Ricardo Cortez — It won't be long now! Richard Dix — I shall never forget "The Vanishing American." Reginald Denny — A second Wallace Reid. Clive Brook — He's what I call a gentleman. Robert Frazer — He is what I want my husband to look like. Roy d'Arcy — I just love that villain! Belle Bennett — The unforgetable. Pauline Garon — Should be in Colleen Moore's place. Helen Ferguson — I am glad she married Big Bill. Wallace Reid— He should have his picture put in the Hall of Fame. Dorothy Phillips — She came back at last. Bessie Pauline Evry. 1300 H Street, N. E., Washington, D. C. [Continued on page 10}