Picture Show (May-Oct 1919)

zo Have you ever laughed over any incident that has happened when you have been watching the pictures? If so, write it down and send it along for this page. We want to laugh too. Half-a-Crown will be sent to the sender of any story that we print. No copy can be returned, and the Editor's decision must be final. Address Film Fun, "The Picture Show," The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street. E.G. 4. HALE HAMILTON, the Metro star, recently journeyed to a popular watering-place for a day's outing, hut almost as soon as he arrived he was caught in a crowd. It was a very hot day, and the actor quite lost his temper when a flashily dressed man jostled him roughly into the gutter. Hamilton was just on the point of retaliating with interest when the man suddenly stopped pushing and turned to the film star with a grin. " Do you mind telling mc your name ? " asked the stranger. " I've seen you before." " Hale Hamilton," replied the Metro star. Into the other's eyes flashed instant and admiring recognition. " Didn't you act on the stage in ' Get-RichQuick Wallingford ' ? " he questioned. " Er — yes," confessed Hamilton. "Well," said the stranger, "if that's the case, here's your watch. 1 haven't the heart to keep it ! " So saying, the crook pressed a gold timepiece into the star's palm, and before the astonished actor could recover from his sur prise, the man had vanished in the crowd. Now, it was not the crook's strange behaviour that puzzled Hamilton so much as the fact he had left his watch at home ! She Liked It. PEGGY HVLAND. the dainty Fox star, declares she will become a mule tamer if ever she leaves the films. When she was acting in "The First Man," in the woods of Northern California, she had so much experience with mules that she could ride them bare-backed as easily as she could a horse. "I love mules," she declared. "They're such passive old things — providing you treat them with kindness." One day, however, her courage was put to the test — she had to be jolted out of a trap. The mules not only ran, but they bucked, and when Peggy was thrown out of the vehicle her only comment was : " Jolly fun ! I say, let's do it again ! " And they did ! THE ADVENTURES OF MUTT AND JEFF. Mutt and Jefi find a pocket-book. When the constable catches them Jeff has an inspiration, " but Mutt is caught. Jeff gets his reward, but Mutt suffers the penalty. Mr. BUDD FISHER, the creator of "Mutt and Jeff," has every right to the claim of the world's most popular cartoonist. For years his drawings have made millions laugh in America. To-day, through the medium of the cinema, he is almost as well known in England as in the States. He is the Charlie Chaplin of cartoonists. , The aOui e pictures are lalen from the film by permission of the Fox Film Company. The Picture Show, June 21st, 1919. MISS LOUISE FAZENDA, the sprightly screen comedienne. Don't you admire her original style of hairdressing ? Cood-Byee ! IT was a very tense moment in a great film drama. After several reels of exquisite agon}', in which the unhappy heroine had been '' double crossed " by the darkhaired villain, and the youthful hero had been duped by the same unholy personage, the villain took it upon him to really become a nice person in the last few moments, and it is his hand that not only begs forgiveness for the past, but links both the hero and heroine in Holy Matrimony. After this " sob " act, and during a ten.sc moment when the whole house waits with bated breath for the final end to a great play, the villain, lying limply in a large chair and looking up at a reverend priest, is about to die when a youthful voice in the threepenny part suddenly breaks the pregnant silence with: " Good-byee ! " Not Her Hat. SPEAKING about children, the other day I was at a certain large picture house with, seated next to me, a bright-eyed youth of some ten years. "Can't see the pictures for that lady's' hat ! " he said intensely to his next-door neighbour. Then he leant forward. " Would you mind removing that hat, miss ? " he pleaded. Dramatic pause, and then : " It is not my hat — it's my hair." Collapse of both myself, an interested; spectator, and the small boy. Charlie's First Funny Suit, HAVE you heard how Charlie Chaplin obtained the effect of his world-famous costume on the .screen ? It was told: by Mr. Fred Goodwin, the film actor who,i four two years, was Mr. Chaplin's Press agent, in a lecture on the great little comedian. It was when he was acting for the Keystone Company. He was searching through the wardrobe room, and found a battered bowler and a tight morning coat. He could discover no trousers that would do. So he consulted " Fatty " Arbuckle, the famous film comedian. " What about a pair of mine ? '' .said Fatty. He is a very big man, and that is the secret of the famous Chaplin " bags." The boots were also obtained from the same source. Chaplin took off the heels, and so the celebrated shuffle wa.s born. The little moustache was added with some idea of satirising an aristocratic dude. The Jester.