Screenland (Nov 1928-Apr 1929)

SCREENLAND 89 Mary Pickford's Gift (Continued from page 28) away because she felt so sort of tired'like. The next show came and went, and Mr. Johnson knew that something must be wrong. "Never you mind if you miss a couple of her pictures," I heard him say, as she sat propped up in bed. "Your Mary's in Europe now, but it wouldn't surprise me one single bit to have you hear from her any one of these fine days." Then it came — a post card — name and address fixed exactly right: "To dearest Grammy Shauer, with much love from Mary Pickford." On a certain morning, in gay New York, the papers told of how Mary Pickford would arrive that day in town; how, between boat-docking and train-leaving time, she had two hours in which the city meant to pay her homage. In all the great big city of New York, our Mary chose the bedside of her staunchest fan. And so, when 'the Little Princess' was to offer a Christmas gift through Screenland Magazine, I felt the chance had come when I might tell the year-round Christmas story I have known. Sitting on the Coquette set at the United Artists Studio, beside Miss Coquette, herself, 'America's Sweetheart' hadn't the slightest idea that our 'interview' was all settled in my mind; she hadn't the slightest thought that sitting beside of her was Grammy's daughter's daughter, who knew entirely about the everChristmas spirit in her heart. She wanted to give a nice desk set, she said, because she felt that everybody, boys and girls together, would like to have it for their rooms. The vanity case she had given some time ago didn't include the boyfriends to such a nice extent, and particularly for Christmas, she decided folks would need a desk set very much to write those many, many Christmas 'thank you' notes of joy. I agreed, and asked her what she'd have me ask her friends. She said she'd like to ask a question that she really needed answered by her fans. She had thought about it a great deal, and had decided that she must know what were the opinions of her fans about her voice. In her mail, so many friends of hers have told how delighted they will be to hear her voice in these new talking pictures, but very few have said exactly why. She wants to know, for talking pictures are so new, and with you fans her final judges, she knows that what you have to say will be the greatest help that she could have. '"Why do they want to hear me talk?" Mary Pickford said to me. "I suppose they are just curious," I laughed, with a twinkle in my eye, "or maybe they think that such a little girl as you are hasn't any voice at all!" "No," said Mary, rather more seriously than I had expected, "maybe they have seen me so much on the screen that they are tired of me, and want to hear my voice to have a change." That was too much for me. 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