Picture Show (Oct 1920 - Apr 1921)

Picture Show, December 2511:, 1920. 0 Famous Readers of the " Picture Show. No. 50— BUSTER KEATON. BUSTER KEATON, Hie man who makes ua laugh, takes his copy of the Picture Show very seriously. He reads it through very carefully each week, ami you can see lio-.v interested he is by his tense expression when the Picture Show camera caught him in tho photograph above. My Christmas Wish for You. CHRISTMAS DAY once again, and once again I wish you the old yet ever new wish, a happy Christmas. This is tho second Christmas 1 have been able to greet yon. and my friends have grown in number since last ' year, and next year I hope to number many more, for the Picture Show has a wonderful list <>f fiue things to come — to please old readers, and to welcome new. — ♦+ — From Filmland to You. ALL your favourite cinema stars send yon greetings, too. Our centre pages were not nearly big* enough to contain them all. To ensure them reaching 5011, tho Picture Show was chosen as postman, for the senders did not know your addresses, but knew you would find their wishes if they were in the most popular of cinema papers, the Picture Show. Next week one of our art pages has been converted into a beautiful calendar. It is a calendar that is worthy a place in any room. You will, I know, be delighted with it. A Fine Ghost Yarn. I KNOW all hoys like Christ mas stories, and there is n fine ghost yarn in this week's Boys' Cinema." Tell your brother. Also that the Tom Mix yarn about the Wild West in this number is more thrilling than ever, v. hich, those, of you who are reading them will agree with me, is saying something. More Christmas Fare. Til!-] " Girls' Cinema " also has some splendid Christmassy articles in. this week ! Marguerite Clark — who, -as you know, has earned the name of the " Fairy of Filmland " — tells us how she gained this name, and how other tiny girls can add to their popularity. There !j also a fine page of fancy dresses from filmland, a d other seasonable features, to say nothing of itregory Scott's Christmas letter to you all. It you aro a girl, you cannot afford to miss the ii umber. Mary Pickford's Christmas. MARY PK'KFORD told me when she was over here that she has never yet been parted from her tnothci on Christmas Day ! "Time was when my little old stockine wasn't so very full, but mother always made some sacrifice to put away just a little something in that little worn stocking, ' she said. '■ Every Christmas is about the same, but. avei-y Christinas brings a new happiness — at PhoWrapK? and Par ayrapK? of Pictures , Phyt and Players least, it seems new. 1 have just as much fun opening my packagos as I did when I was a tiny little girl. If they come in ahead of time, I look at them, shake them, turn them over and over and guess until I am guoss-less. Then, when the packages aro oil opened, and the tree is stripped of all its mystery, mother sits down in a big chair by the fireplace, and I creep up on her hip ami snuggle down, and wo ha\e a little heart to heart talk about Christ mases passed and gone, and mother's eyes grow very wet, just with tears of joy and thankfulness. " And now my little namesake, Mary Pickford Rupp, is old enough to enjoy Christinas with U3, and we all try to mother her." — » » ■ William Hart to Pay Us a Visit. WILLIAM S. HART has stated his intention of visiting Europe after finishing tho pictures in the contract which ho has mado with Famous-Lasky. He says he has got a hankering to sec England a";ain, for he has not been over here since he was a boy. Big Bill did not get much of a reception when he came over before, but now he 'S known to • so many millions over here, his welcome bids fair to outvie that given to Mary and Doug early this year. — ♦+ — To Keep Fit. WILLIAM FARNUM owns one of the most productive farms of its kind on Long Island. He works early in the morning, or during the late evening, whenever he can be spared from the studio. ' He believes in working until he is dripping with perspiration, after which he takes a cool bath, 'and, if it is morning, ho says he can get through the day iu comfort. A Dream Come True. CORINNE GRIFFITH says that even when she was a schoolgirl, she dreamed that some day she would bo a star; even in those days she was noted for her accomplishments as a dancer, and her acting in the school amateur theatricals. Then came her rise to stardom in two brief years in the Vitagraph Company, with whom she i3 still starring. You ,can see her now in a very strong photo-play with Maurice Costcllo in " The Tower of Jewels." A Real Thrill. FOR one of tho thrilling scenes in tho coming new Vitagraph production, " Dead Heti Tel! No Tales," a big sailing vessel, which figures prominently in the earlier scenes of th»i picture, was blown up for an incident later in the play. In this we aro to see Kathleen Calvert. Percy Marmont, and Holmes E. Herbert in the principal roles. — +-*■ — Famous Novelists and the Screen. ELINOR GLYN, the author of " Thrco Weeks," has joined the Paramount forces, and will henceforth employ her pen solely in tho making of motion picture stories. Two other celebrities who have recently joined (he film colony are Sir Gilbert Parker, author, Bnd Penhyn Stanlaws, the world-famous artist. Not Healthy for Colleen. COLLEEN MOORE has been reading the papers. In consequence of which she now hesitating about her proposed trip over here next year. She was counting on an extended holiday in Ireland, and enjoying a well-earned rest in the country where most Of her ancestors lived, and where she still has relatives. But after reading the news from Ireland, Miss Moore has decided that Ireland is not tho place for a rest Did You Know ? LIONEL BARRYMORE is now hard at work on " The Truth About Husbands." which is based on the play "The Profligate, which was originally presented in London with Sir J. Forbes-Robertson and Olga Nethersole in the principal roles. Are You Screen Struck. " rT"*HERE would be fewer screen -struck J[ girls," Henry King, tho famous director, says, " if it were known how intensely the successful screen players labour at their tasks. They have heavy responsibilities, their time is not their own. nnd they have almost no leisure, except fitful holidays, to enjoy the financial fruits which may come to them. '" Hard knocks, and tireless work on the treadmill have put them where they are. They havs suffered discouragements and worked for small p ly in the days when salaries were meagre, and uncertain at that. Nervous prostration from hard application is often their lot." Coming to England. KEELY EDWARD is being sent from Los Angeles with a comedy troupe to France and England, to make funny films of two-reel length. The idea is to make films in England base I cm the famous old English comedies, and tho i cross and make French h rces in and aroint I Paris. The company, which is being sent bv the Special Pictures Corporation, will spen I some months over here. DOROTHY FANE, appearing in " Blood Money" and " In the Night," two of the latest Granger-Binger productions. FRANK DANE, who has appeared in pictures over ten years. We shall also see him in " Blood Money " and " la the Night " COLETTE BRETTEL, appearing in the Ideal film, "Wuthering Heights " and also in " Blood Money," the Granger-Binger film. ARTHUR CULLEN, the popular heavy lead, is known as Tony to his friends. He also appears in the detective film " Blood Money."