Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1928 - Feb 1929)

102 Information, Please DIZZY. — And just because you're dizzy, you want to make me dizzy, too, with all those questions. Yes, you're right, I probably will look tired when I finish ; but I did before I started. These late parties ! Edmund Goulding directed "Love." I imagine Buddy Rogers and Clara Bow get more fan mail than any of the other stars. Yes, Buddy played in "So's Your Old Man.' The young girl in that was Kittens Reichert. Katherine MacDonald is the tallest actress I can think of — five feet eight. Of course she no longer plays. Alma Rubens, Betty Blythe, and Jane Novak are all five feet seven. No, I don't know of any stars with birthdays December 6th. Virginia Lee Corbin's is the 5th. William Boyd was born in Cambridge, Ohio ; Warner Baxter in Columbus ; Dorothy and Lillian Gish in Dayton and Springfield; Gertrude Astor in Lima; Ralph Graves and Alice Calhoun in Cleveland; Earle Foxe in Oxford. Rex Lease Admirer. — It took me quite a while to obtain information about Rex Lease. He free lances, and therefore no company keeps a record of his biography. Hence the delay with your answer. However, I found out this : He was born in Central City, Virginia, February 11, 1903. He was on the stage since he was six years old, except for an interlude at Ohio Wesleyan College. In movies since 1924. Married to Charlotte Merriam, but a divorce is pending. Hay. — My life is blighted with disappointment, because I cannot add to your . knowledge of Voya George. All I know about him are the facts given in June Picture Play in the item to which you referred. He is a minor player and I have no way of looking up his next picture. Ann Little retired from the screen years ago and, I assume, is leading a quiet life, as no one hears of her any more. Dorothy Helgren. — One more letter added to my collection is like throwing a bucket of water into the ocean. So — now that we're acquainted — James Hall is still married, I think, to Renee Hamilton, though they have been separated for several years. I believe she still lives in New York. And, since his marriage is all spoiled anyway, you surely couldn't expect Jimmie not to go out at night, could you? It takes about four months to see your answer in print in this department. Picture Play had to stop announcing new fan clubs, because so many fans organized them on an impulse, and asked to be announced, that they began to fill up the entire answer department. However, I'll keep a Tecordi of your name, and when some one asks about a Bebe Daniels club, I'll refer them to you. Ivan Granvill. — You put me in quite a quandary ; all the players, whose addresses you ask for, play first at one studio and then another, so that it's impossible to keep track of them. Percy Marmont has been making pictures for Gotham at Universal City, California. He is in his late thirties or early forties — he doesn't give his age. He is married and has two little daughters, Pamela and Patricia. Susan Fleming left the screen after only one picture, "The Ace of Cads," and has dropped out of sight. Viola Dana and Lillian Rich can both be addressed just "Hollywood, California." In fact, I have been assured by stars themselves that that address always reached them. Frank. — Martha Sleeper is easy to reach. Write her at F. B. O. — address in the list at end of this department. Caryl Lincoln works at the Fox studio; her next picture is "Hello, Cheyenne." Marion Elizabeth of Washington, D. C. — By all means, write again, though how will you have any questions left to ask, after this present carload? James Hall's new picture is "Hell's Angels." See Dorothy Helgren.. 'William Powell was born in Pittsburgh, July 29, 1892, Emil Jannings in New York City, in 1886. Louise Brooks was born in Wichita, Kansas, about twenty years ago. She is five feet two, and weighs 120. I think that is her real name. Florence Vidor is five feet four and weighs 120. Carmelita Geraghty was born in Rushville, Indiana. Lina Basquette was born in San Mateo, California, and is twenty years old. . Ruth Taylor is twenty and was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mullan, Bombay.! — You certainly do keep up with all the stars, way out there in Bombay! Laurette Taylor is married to J. Hartley Manners, playwright. I haven't her personal description, as she is really an actress of the stage, rather than the screen. Lilyan Tashman was born in New York — she doesn't say when — and is a blue-eyed blonde. Height, five feet five and a half, weight 116. She is Mrs. Edmund Lowe. Louise Lovely was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1896. She is a blonde, five feet two. Divorced from William Welch. Louise Lorraine was born in San Francisco, October 1, 1901. Brunette, five feet one. A divorce from Art Acord is now pending. Lupe Velez was born in Mexico City, July 18, 1908. She is a brunette and unmarried. Larry Semon was born in Mississippi, in 1880; he is married to Dorothy Dwan. Lee Moran is married to Bernice Sibeck. He was born in Chicago, is five feet ten and blond. Lowell Sherman is in his forties, is being divorced' from Pauline Garon, and was once married to Evelyn Booth. Leon Bary was born in Paris, and is divorced from Marie Francoise. Leah Baird — not Mr. Leah Baird — is Mrs. Arthur Beck. She's a brunette, born in Chicago. Is this a gag, or do you really only have favorites whose first names begin with the letter L.? Dorothy. — Probably you feel a little better, after getting all those questions off your mind ! Olive Borden was born in Norfolk, Virginia. No, I don't think Norbert Lusk is prejudiced against her in his reviews. Olive has many admirers, because of her looks, but few of them think she can act. Sorry, I don't know whether Harrison Ford is a good dancer. I do know that he's very shy with women ; his conversations with them are usually limited to "Yes, ma'am," and "No, ma'am." Reginald Denny and his wife procured an interlocutory decree of divorce, which becomes final a few months from now. Charlie Farrell is very much alive, and Leatrice Joy recently finished in "The Bellamy Trial." I hadn't heard she was ill, but obviously it couldn't have been serious. I don't know Billie Dove's salary. Stars' salaries, when made public, are so exaggerated, that I don't attempt to keep a record of them. The record would be too inaccurate. I think Gloria Swanson's father is dead ; it's my impression that he was a major in the army. Conrad Nagel is American, born in Iowa. H. B. Warner is English and played on the stage, in New York, and on tour, before going into movContinued on page 111