Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1928 - Feb 1929)

102 Information, Please LOUVERNE LA TOURRE.— You're one of the fifty million that can't 'be wrong, I see ! To start a fan club, write and ask the stars' permission to include them as honorary members, then get a group of your friends together, as a beginning, and procure new members through movie magazines. Norma Shearer has a brother, Douglas, and a sister — and there may be more of them. I can't answer questions about stars' religions. Yes, Norma uses her real name and so does Dick Barthelmess. Billie Dove was christened Lillian Bohny. Loretta Young was born in 1912. Norma Harrington. — If you think you're "awfully inquisitive," just take a look at some of the other answers on this page. This is curiosity month ! Ralph Forbes' hair is a golden brown. As to your wish that Metro-Goldwyn make him a star, you're out of luck — and so, I suppose, is he. His contract with them has been concluded. Loretta Young is with "First National. John Boles is now playing in a Vitaphone film, "The Desert Song." Grant Withers was born in Ashland, Kentucky, about 1904. Nils Asther's birth date was January 17, 1902. I don't know the day of Garbo's or Adoree's births. Catheryn Taylor. — Yes, indeed, you may have a list of fan clubs if you send a self -addressed, stamped envelope. You don't tell me what stars are honorary members of your Theatrical Fan Club. I have only space to mention clubs in honor of stars specifically asked about. Lupe Velez is with United Artists ; Martha Sleeper and Sharon Lynn with F. B. O. Martha is eighteen. Sharon about the same. A. M. Johnson. — Sorry, my waiting list is so long I couldn't get to your letter in time for the October issue. Ramon Novarro was born February 6, 1899. No, he doesn't go with girls much. Metro-Goldwyn handles his fan mail for him, I suspect. Joan Crawford was born in San Antonio and lived in Kansas City, Missouri. She is twenty-two. As this goes to press she and Doug., Jr., have announced their engagement and there are rumors that they already are secretly married. And if you ask me, I think Novarro gets a tremendous lot of publicity. Jackie Coogan Admirer. — You'll be glad to know that your favorite was a sensation in his personal appearance tour with his father, on the Publix circuit. I don't know whether Jackie still sends out his photos or not ; the Coogan home is at 516 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles. He attended Urban Military Academy last winter. Clara Bow and Buddy Rogers are both Paramount stars. It is customary to send twenty-five cents, with a request for a photograph. Juanita Custer. — Copies of Picture Play for the past year or two can be obtained from this office, by sending twentyfive cents for each issue requested. Billie Dove is twenty-five years old, Clara Bow twenty-three. I understand that photographs of Valentino may be obtained from his former manager, S. Georr . Ullman, Hollywood. Erna. — Yes, Erna, send a quarter when you ask for a star's picture. Nils Asther is with Metro-Goldwyn. Angel A. — That's a good one! Has Clara Bow's hair always been red ! It's been every color except green and blue. She tells me it started out red and she dyed it black. No, Pola Negri is not a blonde, but wears her own hair. May Allison was born in Georgia, Ivy Harris in New Orleans. Ivy is twenty-three and her newest film is "Just Married." Marian Nixon is twentyfour. Leatrice Joy was born in New Orleans thirty-one years ago. Her real name is Leatrice Joy Zeidler. Gloria Swanson uses her own name. Bebe is pronounced Bee-bee. No,_ indeed, William Desmond is not dead ; his new film is "The Mystery Rider," a Universal serial. Gwen Lee was born on November 12th. Dot. — What a lot of curiosity you've got ! See Angel A. above. No, Jack Holt did not play in "To the Last Man" ; Richard Dix was the hero. Richard has a fan club; headquarters with Harold Revine, 179 Arthur Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Mary Brian Club, Clara Fochi, 53 Villa Avenue, Yonkers, New York. Mary was born in Corsicana, Texas, February 17, 1908. Five feet tall, weight 100, brunette. First film, "Peter Pan." She and Dix have both played in too many pictures to give a complete list of them here. Fred Thomson is very much alive, and I'd like to know where these whispering campaigns start anyhow. Ivan Mosjaukine was with Universal for one picture. Yes, William Boyd's hair is gray. I'm sorry, but the cast of "College" does not use character names — it says A Girl, Her Friend, and so on. Jack Daugherty is now playing in a serial, "The Vanishing Western." Walter Pidgeon is a free-lance player; just "Hollywood, California," would undoubtedly reach him. Grant Withers is now with Warner. Fruryne. — I don't think I've got your name right, but it's the best I can do. Greta Garbo — born, Stockholm, 1906. Blonde, blue eyes, five feet six, weight 125. Speaks English with a strong Swedish accent and doesn't like many people. Yes, she and John Gilbert are together often. John was born in Logan, Utah, July 10, 1895. Black hair and eyes, five feet ten, weight 160. Cleopatra. — You just want to make life hard for me, I can see that. Paul Guertzman, Jesse L. Lasky's new Russian "find," hasn't appeared on the screen yet, so his official biography has not been compiled. He is fifteen. As to Mr. Lasky — producers don't give out their ages, heights and weights, and so on. Yes, I think going on the stage is the best way of getting into the movies, because stage work gives you the chance to develop personality, to make a reputation, and to meet movie people, so that screen tests are possible to obtain. Thanks for the compliment to Picture Play and my department. Margaret Erurn. — So your three R's are Richard Barthelmess, Ronald, and Ramon. You have very diverse tastes, I should say ! The heroines you ask about are as follows : "Tol'able David," Gladys Mulette; "Amateur Gentleman," Dorothy Dunbar; "Drop Kick," Barbara Kent; "The Idol Dancer," Claire Whitney. Ronald Colman played opposite Lillian Gish in "Romola" ; Doris Kenyon was the heroine in "A Thief in Paradise," May McAvoy in "Lady Windermere's Fan," though Irene Rich had the more important role. Wasn't "The Flower of Spain" one of the tentative titles of "Two Lovers," in which Ronald and Vilma Banky costarred? Continued on page 115