Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

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Every fan who has had a missive from Bebe will understand my enthusiasm. It's a grand and glorious feeling hearing from a player you adore. And when that player writes in the chummy and intimate vein that Bebe does — well, I just haunt the mail box! I consider it an honor to receive an epistle from any star, for I realize the mental and physical strain of screen acting. I'm sure writing and dictating letters is no one's idea of recreation, least of all a picture player whose fan mail is in the hundreds — or thousands. Yet, a star of Bebe Daniels' magnitude manages to answer many of her fans' letters. Do you wonder few stars have as enthusiastic a following? Bebe is ever praising her fellow players, and lauding the good work of some beginner. And I do wish the fans could read her humorous description of the day she worked as a telephone operator to get color for her role in "The Crowded Hour." I can readily Understand why Bebe is the best-liked star in the studios. She is real. Another star of equal charm as a correspondent is Helen Ferguson. Helen is ever so friendly and sincere. Incidentally, Helen wrote me she is a faithful reader of "What the Fans Think" department, and finds the fans' opinions very helpful. Imagine a star sending a fan an announcement of her marriage and an "at home" card! Helen did that — need I say more? I am very proud of that proof of Helen's friendship. I have also received a three-page letter from Lillian Rich, who is no less sweet than Bebe and Helen. Gertrude Short is another player who is not too busy to answer a fan letter. Don't condemn a star when you fail to receive a reply to your letter. Players do appreciate fan mail. Whether or no they answer you, your praise or honest criticism, your helpful encouraging note may mean more than you realize in bolstering up their enthusiasm when that "Oh, what's the use?" feeling comes over them. Keep on writing to your favorites — you can take it from Bebe and Helen that your letters are welcome. Dorothy Lubon. 2064 Vyse Avenue, New York City. I had always thought that if one were really sincere when writing the stars, the latter would at least send a personal autographed photograph, if not a letter. Accordingly I wrote a letter to my favorite, Anita Stewart, who since 1917, when I first saw her in "A Million Bid," has held first place in my heart over all other stars. To me she is the most beautiful, the daintiest, the most adorable, and one of the best actresses on the screen, and I had imagined she was among the sweetest and most charming in real life. And so, as I said before, I wrote her a most eulogistic letter, and composed a verse about her — not real poetry at all, for I am not that brilliant. I did not ask for a photograph, for I have a beautiful one of her which she sent upon request about five years ago ; but I did think — and hoped— that she would send me a personally autographed photo and perhaps — but only in my wildest dreams did this thought persist — a letter from her. There was no response from her. None whatever. Imagine my keen disappoint ment. Am I to believe that Miss Stewart is not the gracious, charming, sweet, democratic person off the screen which I had always thought her to be? On the other hand, I found Irene Rich all that I had thought Miss Stewart to be: she sent me a lovely personally autographed photo, and even addressed the envelope. I am wondering how Mary Brian regards her fan mail. I have written her a most sincere letter of appreciation of her work and I am wondering if I will receive a letter, photograph, or no response whatever — but somehow I expect the last named — for if Miss Stewart would disappoint me, why not Miss Brian? A Disappointed and Disillusioned Fan. Dallas, Texas. A Bouquet for Clive Brook. Here is a bouquet for Clive Brook. He is the one actor, outside of Lewis Stone, whose name in the cast will pull me in to a picture, but I don't see any of the fans mentioning him or giving him credit for his work. If those of us who like him do not wake up and let the public and producers know about it, we will wake up some day to find out we haven't got any Clive Brook any more. Muriel Young. 3522 Michigan Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. Praise for Meighan. If Thomas Meighan was under water with only his head emerged, we would go to see his pictures just to see him smile. We would like to see him in a dressed-up affair, but he looks good to us in a coal mine, prison cell, or any old thing. His pictures are always clean and wholesome. From a Bunch of Meighan Fans, from old Vermont. Burlington, Vt. From An Eleven-year-old Fan. I am eleven years old and have read Picture-Play for some time. Of all the actresses I consider Colleen Moore the best. I see all of her pictures. I saw "Sally" twice. I think Lloyd Hughes is the best actor and the handsomest on the screen. The following are my favorite actors and actresses : Lloyd Hughes, Richard Barthelmess, Antonio Moreno, Ramon Novarro, Neil Hamilton, Ben Lyon, Thomas Meighan, Colleen Moore, Mary Brian, Esther Ralston, Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Pola Negri, Marion Davies, Dorothy Mackaill. I like Picture-Play best of all. Laura Edwards. 5107 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Not to be Compared. Quite a few controversies have come to my attention concerning the "perfect lover" — Valentino. Poof! Will any one tell me any picture in which he didn't dance the tango? In which he wasn't sheikish, and didn't "hog" the whole film? If his is an exhibition of perfect loving, all I wish to say is, I'd rather stay unloved than be perfectly loved. Some fans, in their letters, compare him with Richard Barthelmess, while another says they are both her favorites. Neither is mine, yet may I say this : It is an insult to Barthelmess to compare Valentino with him. Barthelmess is incomparaable. The Prophet. 33 Salem Street, Worcester, Mass.