Screenland (Nov 1925–Apr 1926)

rhe FAN LETTERS which won the GlFTS from the VtARS" ((The fens who profit most by the J °^ movies see in each success a f^O f? t P r t f stimulating example and in ^ J /'J evefy beautifui personality an encouraging ideal. GLORIA SW ANSON'S BAG won by Dorothy J. West 250 Roper Street Mobile, Alabama 1 ,/Gj0napnekVer ^appoints. Never once, since she set her foot on the bottom rung of the ladder has she faltered. Each new picture a new achievement. Each new role better than the last." ESTHER RALSTON'S HAT won by Evelyn H. Murray 3024 Parkwood Avenue Toledo, Ohio "Did you ever notice that adorable uplifting of one corner of Miss Ralston s mouth when she smiles? Or the pertectly darling way she turns her head to one side when she looks down? I have practised and Practised and practised until now I can almost perfectly imitate these mannerisms." practised, and practised, NIT A NALDl'S SCARF won by *Narad Serriov P. O. Box 8794 Miami, Florida "She is the most magnificent animal I have ever seen— an embodiment of the tiger, the cheetah the pumavelvety, sleek, and brushed but likeiy at any minute to revert to the jungle." ' puma— NTTA NALDI'S COMB won by Leola Grace Miller 213 Howland Street Freemont, Ohio "Lives there a man with soul so dead who ne'er hath said 'There is a Woman!' as he gazed upon the feminine ovelmess of our own Nita Naldi, who has not felt the lure of those luminous dusk^ pcols so alive so vibrant with love and romance? ' F^-o^ *>u anve, LOIS WILSON'S MIRROR won by Vera E. Heffler 35 Mott Street Halifax, N. S., Canada "Richard Dix and Lois Wilson work so harmoniously in their 'reel' life that I have often wondered if Ricnard ever realized what a dear little wife and sweetheart Lois might make in 'real' life." wondered BEBE DANIEL'S FAN won by Alice Carr Mooresville North Carolina When I reached home after seeing 'The Crowded Hour,' Bebe's valiant struggle .still in my mind and confronted her serene, smiling face in a frame on my dresser, I broke down and cried She S so real and human I cant believe her pictures aren't true. I laugh when she laughs, and weep when she weeps" GLORIA SWANSON'S BUCKLES won by Elizabeth Hooper 2015 19th Street Nashville, Tenn. rnr,"GsTa STlnS°rnfiS ,the etemal f^minmJe makin§ the men in her audiences Galahads and the women imitamotherho'^Vonfied" * and ^ ^ «* ^ P-sonified, girlhood exemplified ESTHER RALSTON'S DRESS won by Aline Mann 1244 South Third Street Louisville, Ky. "Dear Esther Ralston, you were so perfectly Mother Darling. I think we loved you so because each of us saw in you our own idealized mothers You were so exquisitely beautiful, and there seeme tc surround you always that wonderful motherly air. You were a Dream Mother, and I loved you " surround CAROL DEMPSTER'S SHOES won by Elizabeth Arlen Kirkwood Missouri "Carol Dempster i,s potentially the greatest actress on the screen. Lovably human and versatile Her waif of the sawdust a delightful fascinating witch, wistful and cowed one moment, fighting hke a h tie demon the next, and then suddenly bubbling over with laughter and winks and hugs." BEBE DANIELS' DRESS won by M^garet Dale 1022 Kirbv Building Dallas, Texas never bad"" ^ ^ * ^ ^ th°UShtful and unselfish ^ger and forceful, peppy and devilish, yet ESTHER RALSTON'S SCARF won by Nancy E. Carlock West Swanzey New Hampshire Sometimes I doubt that you are real, that you are flesh and blood like the rest of us It seems almost I' y°neemdgyourn ^ ^ ^ ™ S£e y0U ^ Please don't, Esther. We * This was the best of all the .letters received in these contests.