Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1926 - Feb 1927)

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MY GUARANTEE "XT this is not the best ten cents) worth you ever saw your dime bach by FIRST MAIL,'9 MADAME WILLIAMS.DK 44, Buffalo, N. Y. What the Fans Think Continued from page 112 But in some instances Mr. Oettinger has strange ideas of acting ability. His list of actors who "cannot be matched by the sisters of the silver sheet" is : Richard Barthelmess, John Barrymore, Charles Chaplin, Raymond Griffith, Adolphe Menjou, Conway Tearle, Ronald Colman, Lewis Stone, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts, George Fawcett, Raymond Hatton, Wallace Beerv, Alec Francis, Henry B. Walthall, William Powell, Marc McDermott, and Ernest Torrence. It has not been my pleasure to see Raymond Griffith, Henry B. Walthall, or William Powell on the screen, so I cannot discuss them. Of those others, four seem to have got in through other channels than plain acting ability. The four are Charles Chaplin, Conway Tearle, Ronald Colman, and John Gilbert. It seems, in and around Hollywood, to be the right thing to consider Mr. Chaplin the high priest of acting and a genius to boot. Not being a highbrow, nor yet a "yes man," but merely one of the millions who in former days provided the said Mr. Chaplin with the money which now enables him to pose as anything he wishes, I venture to say that he is a personality, the greatest in pictures, but not an actor. Why Mr. Oettinger included Conway Tearle and left out Milton Sills is hard to fathom. If Mr. Sills is a "wooden Booth"— Malcolm's own _ words — then so is Mr. Tearle, for there is very little difference between these two gentlemen, as far as acting is concerned. Ronald Colman is always delightfully Ronald Colman, nothing less, nothing more. I do not say John Gilbert is not a good actor. He is, but no better than Ramon Novarro, whom Mr. Oettinger left out because he couldn't see his personality and, therefore, considered him no actor, which goes to prove that Mr. Gilbert's personality is stronger than his acting ability. One other thing before I finish — -Mr. Oettinger says Mary Pickford as an actress is in the same class as Mae Murray and Constance Talmadge — and that is a long way down. Miss Pickford is one of the two great actresses of the screen. For a woman over thirty, who has twice been married, to play, and play convincingly, the role of a little girl, is something worth thinking about. It is all very well to argue that Miss Pickford has the figure and legs of a very young girl, and that she is a type actress, but she doesn't merely look young, she acts young. And the mere fact that her role is usually that of a child, no more makes her a type than Norma Talmadge is a type because she usually plays the part of a young woman. Anyway, can Mr. Oettinger point out one actor who has been twice married and is more than thirty years old and yet portrays little boys on the screen? Estelle J. Thompson. 397 George Street, Brisbane, Australia. Something Radically Wrong. Malcolm Oettinger's criticism of Ramon Novarro in the August Picture-Play is disgraceful. It is a malicious thing to attack a young man through the medium' of a popular magazine. I, for one, am tired of reading these uncalled-for attacks on the stars. There is something radically wrong with people who write with such intolerance. Are all Americans intolerant? Have they no sense of fair play? It would be extremely boring if the actors were all John Gilberts and Adolphe Menjous, much as I admire these two stars. As for Ramon Novarro, he is above reproach. I have never missed any of his films, and I can truthfully say that he gets better and better with each one. He also has a fine personality, and one can tell at a glance that he would be incapable of any mean or petty action. Mr. Oettinger, I have ceased to value your opinion, since in your list of great actors you have placed Conway Tearle. Ann Veronica. Melbourne, Australia. More About the Foreigners. Since I jumped to the defense of the foreign players here in America I have received good letters and also many cowardly letters from cowardly writers. A letter from "Jack" — no other signature or address — advises me to "stick up for my own, and not say they cannot act," and several other things, which only proves that misunderstandings in this world are due to the fact that most people don't half read what they see. Americans certainly can act, but so can the foreigners — Chinese, Arabs, Turks, and the like — brown, black, red, white, and yellow. We want art and good acting! What on earth does it matter to us where an artist comes from, so long as we are thrilled and entertained? For a long time I thought Ronald Colman was an American; I hear he is English or Scotch. But that fact does not diminish the wild joy I experienced in watching him in "The Dark Angel." Why waste time figuring out who and what they are! If they give good performances, that should be sufficient. Elsie Larsen. 1938 Madison Street, Chicago, 111. With Compliments to Vilma Banky. Some four or five years ago I used to write to "What the Fans Think," and now, after this lapse of time, I would like to burst into print again — this time to sing praises to and of Vilma Banky, the latest and greatest of them all to cross the film heavens. Although her performance in "The Dark Angel" was so vividly real — a part no American actress could have got so much out of, with the exception, perhaps, of Norma Talmadge — I notice several fans suggesting that Vilma pack up her traps and depart to Europe on account of her being foreign. Now what would the screen consist of if all the artists who were born outside the U. S. A. were asked to depart? Where would Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Anna Q. Nilsson, Norma Shearer, Pola Negri, and many others be? And who would fill their places? So I would suggest that those fans who suggest that Vilma Banky be returned to Europe give a thought as to where the screen would be if all artists of foreign birth were barred. If Vilma Banky is given good material to work on, I prophesy she will soon make Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swanson, and a few others look to their laurels. Kiwi. Box 1739, Auckland, New Zealand. Welcome to Victor Varconi. Welcome, Welcome, Thrice welcome to Victor Varconi. A face and figure of grace and beauty, A poise and dignity that is exquisite. An atmosphere that stamps true manhood, Eyes of the radiance of the spirit.