Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1927)

21 the Stars Have Received that are constantly pouring into the studios, some esting extracts from some of these are here given. R. Hall wrote back to him asking for his bank reference, but never received a reply. I hope he got his thousand." Ben Lyon, who pays close attention to his fan mail, offers a pathetic letter, which touched him enormously. "I suppose," it read, "you will think it rather queer my writing you, because I am an old woman. In fact, I have seven grandchildren. "I am asking you to send me a picture of yourself. Any old kind — but I'd like to have one w here you're smiling. I had a boy — my youngest child and only son. But he, like many another true patriot, now lies in France. He was only twenty, and had just started to college when he left for France, and now ■ "He was a bonnie lad. He had twinkling eyes and a sweet smile like yours. May you always keep it, my boy. "When I first saw you, 'twas in 'Painted People.' I thought you were David come back to life. You look exactly like him, and that is why I want your picture. You, like David, seem to bubble over with youth. It did me good to see you in every one of your pictures, sonny. You were so fine and manly looking. Please forgive me all my prattling and A farmer wrote Richard Dix asking him to go surety for him on a thousanddollar loan. Betty Blythe received an astonishing letter from a fan who thought he would make a good leading man for her. send me — a please smile." Sam Hardy received an odd letter from a farmer up in Connecticut which deserves a place among the unusual ones. "I think," says Hardy, "this man must have been reading the stories in the tabloid newspapers about the fast life the movie people are supposed to lead." He wrote, "Up here in Connecticut we are all proud of you, Sam, seeing that you are one of our native sons. For that reason I know A fan wrote Lewis Stone insisting that the star's whole family as well as himself belonged to his public. you will not object to a little advice from a farmer of your own State. You are making a lot of money now. Just remember that some day you may not make so much, so put most of it away in the bank. A bank account is your best friend when you grow old — I know." Warner Baxter says his most singular letter was received from a young lady who wrote, "Please, please, Mr. Baxter, tell me in confidence if you get a real thrill out of your movie kisses. Another girl and I have just had a terrible argument about it. She says you do not get a thrill — I say you do. Which of us is right ? We each bet a dollar and want to know who is the winner." "Who did win?" we asked. "What have you?" answered Baxter. A unique letter was received by Mary Astor. • It seems that Mary had allowed her picture to be used in connection with an advertisement boosting a certain tooth paste. Apparently the advertisement had been creating interest, for a feminine fan wrote, "I have a difficult time keeping my teeth white. I see by the inclosed ad that you keep yours white with this paste. Do you, honestly ?" A man out in California wrote Lewis Stone asking him why he objected to having pictures of his family published. "I think that not only you, but also your family belong to your public," wrote the man. Just after "The Lost 'World" had appeared on the screen Bessie Love received a letter from a woman in Scranton, Pennsylvania, who wrote, "Where in the world did you find those prehistoric animals ? I thought they had all died a million years ago." We have saved until the last two letters which we consider to be two of the most unusual. One is a letter to Milton Sills from a woman in the outskirts of Philadelphia. The other is a letter received Continued on page 100 A young lady wrote Warner Baxter asking if he got a real thrill out of his movie kisses.