Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

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101 Information, Please A DIZZY FAN. — If you're dizzy, just **■ asking a few questions, you should see the way I reel around! I enjoyed the little verse; the meter is a 'bit off, but I'm sure the intentions were good. Gwen Lee is five feet seven. And there's good reason for not publishing more pictures of Louise Brooks ; her Paramount contract expired and she has more or less left the screen. Her last pictures were "Beggars of Life" and "Canary Murder Case." Gladys Walton retired about five years ago, after her marriage to Henry Herbel ; she makes an occasional picture. "The Ape" was her only 1928 appearance — a quickie. A Barry Norton Fan. — His army of fans is constantly growing. Barry was born on June 16, 1905. He's a half inch under six feet and weighs one hundred and seventy-four. To join his fan club, write to Robert Chastain, 1002 Brushy Street, Georgetown, Texas. Madge Bellamy was born in 1903. No, Conrad Nagel does not wear a toupee. As to the photos displayed in theater lobbies, I never thought much about them, but I suppose they are sent on to the next theater showing the film. Ask your theater manager if it's possible to 'get one. Violin Jack. — You ask me if I'm "Smart." If I said yes, I'd seem conceited; if I said no, I'd be a liar. So Mary Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas. Her hair is dark brown. Charles Rogers was born in Olathe, Kansas. They're both single. I think Paramount answers their fan mail for them, if you send the dime or quarter for photos. "Some One to Love" is their latest picture together. Carl Davidson. — Thanks a lot for the holiday card. Yes, Santa was very good to me. Ginger Ale. — So you sat up all night thinking of questions to ask? But night owls are usually such wise birds ! Anna Q. Nilsson was divorced several years ago from John Gunnerson. She doesn't give her age. Neither does Jetta Goudal, who shrouds herself and her personal history in mystery. Jetta is not married ; Clara Bow and Phyllis Haver are also unmarried. Phyllis is thirty. Richard Barthelmess has his thirty-fourth birthday this May, and Billie Dove has her twenty-sixth. Billie is Mrs. Irvin B. Willat. Lois Moran is twenty ; Janet Gaynor, twenty-two. Pola Negri is the Princess Serge Mdivani, by marriage. Evelyn Brent is Mrs. Harry Edwards. Ronald Colman is thirty-eight and is being divorced from his wife, Thelma Ray. Nils Asther was born in Sweden in 1902. Florence Vidor has dark-brown hair. John Barrymore was born in 1882 ; Jack Mulhall, in 1892. Cynthia Darrow. — I see we agree as to favorite actors. Mine is Richard Arlen, too. To join his fan club, write to Frank W. Leach, 4 North State Street, Concord, New Hampshire. Dick is six feet tall, and is twenty-nine years old. Clara Bow is twenty-three and is five feet three and one half. To join a fan club for her, write to Louise C. Hinz, 2456 Sheridan Avenue, Detroit, or to Romolus Gooding, 93 Broad Street, New Berne, North Carolina. Molly O'Day was said to be twenty pounds overweight at the time of her operation ; her weight when she started in films was one hundred and eight. She is five feet two and one half. No, I can't say she's one of my favorites. Yes, Josephine Dunn is — I've known her for years. Lawrence Gray free-lances, but he plays in many Fox films. It's almost impossible to get photos personally autographed. Twenty-five cents is the usual sum to send with your request. Paramount sends five-by-seven photos of their stars for ten cents. Alison. — Carol Dempster is no longer on the screen, but I think just Hollywood, California, would reach her. Cullen Landis is five feet six and weighs one hundred and forty-five. He is now in vaudeville. He doesn't give his age, nor does Harrison Ford. Harrison is about six feet tall. The Mary Philfoin Correspondence Club has headquarters with Miss Mae Beyer, 1018 North Winchester Avenue, Chicago. There was a story about Mary Philbin in Picture Play for June, 1928. Poetical Joe. — And very good poetry, too ! It lends just a dash — a soupcon — ■ of novelty to this dull job, to get a set of questions in verse. If there were space, I'd hurl answers hack in the same vein. Alice White's hair, like a woman's mood, is very changeable ; but I understand her new contract forbids her trying new colors without First National's consent. Audrey Ferris is five feet two; weight, one hundred and three. See Cynthia Darrow and Ginger Ale. Mary Brian is five feet and weighs one hundred ; Joan Crawford, five feet four; weight, one hundred and ten. Dolores Costello is twenty-three; Anita Page, eighteen; Lina Basquette, twenty-one. Norma Talmadge gives her birth date as 1897. Senor Burton E. Andruz. — Dorothy Sebastian was born in Birmingham, Alabama, April 26, 1905. She has brown hair and eyes. No, she is not married. She plays at the Metro-Goldwyn studio, and her latest release, at this writing, is "A Woman of Affairs." Nils Asther has no new leading lady ; he is cast opposite various women stars — Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, and so on. As to whether he ever played in a war picture, "The Blue Danube" would probably foe so considered. Keith Fassett. — I hope you'll continue to be a steady reader of Picture Play, though you do ask hard questions about serials, the casts of which are never sent out as feature-film casts are. Yes, Kathleen Myers does seem to have retired from the screen. She played in one quickie this past year, "A Gentleman Preferred." Rex Lease is not serializing at present; he is playing in quickies. "The Younger Generation," "Making the Varsity," "The Speed Classic." Yes, Franklin Farnum has left the screen. The leads in the Pathe serial "The Fire Detective" were played by Hugh Allan, Gladys McConnell, and Leo Maloney. Since five or six foreign films are released in this country every week, the newest one, by the time this gets into print, would be hard to guess. Wesley M. Clifford. — Your question about Clara Bow's films is rather puzzling. "Who directs her company?" Every one. "Three Week-ends" and "Red Hair" were directed by Clarence Badger ; "Wings" and "Ladies of the Mob," foy William Wellman; "The Fleet's In," foy Mai St. Clair, and so on, different directors for different pictures. Victor Seastrom directed "Masks of the Devil." Continued on page 120