Screenland (Sept 1922–Feb 1923)

RS347A1 V ftJiywooi Screen land cuifi 7 Vol. V No. 4 SEPTEMBER ISSUE — 1922 MYRON ZOBEL, Editor SYL. MacDOWELL, Associate Editor COVER DESIGN— From Oil Portrait of Wm. S. Hart, by C. E. Ruttan — from Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles THE EDITOR'S PAGE — Timely Screen Comment 9 PERSONALITY GLIMPSES— Portrait Gallery Guy Bates Post, Douglas MacLean, Enid Bennett, Lois Wilson, Margaret Livingston, Barbara Bedford, Betty Blythe. SECRETS OF THE STARS— Intimate Episodes 17 by Patrick Tarsney SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD !— Aerial Travelgraphs 19 THE RUSH TO THE RESCUE— A Short Story 22 by Louis Weadock LITTLE HINTS FOR BOOKLO VERS— Reviews of Current Books 25 MY TRIP ABROAD— A Remarkable Diary 27 by Charlie Chaplin BEHIND THE CAMERA WITH ELINOR GLYN 32 — Life History of a Photoplay by Melvin M. Riddle CONFESSIONS OF A STAR INTERVIEWER 35 by Still Another One of Them OPIE READ MEETS DOUG— Overheard on the Set 37 by M. L. Russell THE LOVE PERATE— A Serial Story 38 by the Stars LITTLE HINTS FOR PLAYGOERS— Reviews of Films 41 SHOULD STARS HAVE MOTHERS?— An Article 44 by Harry Carr »\' BEHIND THE SCREEN IN HOLLYWOOD— Pictorial 46 THE SAME LITTLE TESS— Mary Pickford's New Picture 47 BUNGALOW BOULEVARD— Close-ups of Hollywood Homes 50 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH MY STORY ?— Scenario Criticisms S YOUR OWN PAGE— What Readers Say 54 Published Monthly by Screenland Publishing Company Publication Office: 460 Fourth Street, San Francisco, California Administrative and Editorial Offices: 5540 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California 'Myron Zoeel, Pres. Louis M. Lissner, Vice-Pres. Frank Asmeh, Treas. Svx. MacDoweh, Associate Editor Lioyd Tune, Advertising Manager Yearly subscription price, $2.50 in the United States and possessions, Mexico and Canada; in foreign countries, $3.50. Single copies 25 cents. Back numbers 30 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 15, 1922, at the postoffice at San Francisco, California, under the act of March 3, 1879. Previously entered as SCREENLAND Magazine, August 27, 1920. Copyright, 1922, by SCREENLAND Publishing Co. All rights reserved. (Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.) Address all communications to 5540 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California, Could You Write a Letter as Good as This One? rpHE following is one of the descriptions of Hollywood sent to the Essay Editor in the contest announced on Page 20 of this issue. SCREENLAND has paid the writer five cents a word to publish this letter. The Essay Contest is now at an end, but every month in SCREENLAND you will find many contests of many sorts which may bring you an expected check. Another essay will appear in SCREENLAND for October. MY IDEA OF HOLLYWOOD By MRS. J. L. RICE, 5322 Calumet Ave., Chicago, 111. NOONTIME in Hollywood ! I would stand near Frank's Cafe (which I have heard is the noontime rendezvous of the great and neargreat of filmdom). I imagine that I would see a few extras strolling around, eager to be noticed. I would probably look in vain for the familiar faces of stars I have always longed to meet. Where is Rodolph Valentino? Why don't I see him posing on Hollywood's busiest corner? I would wait around an hour or two, but would leave, disappointed. Somehow the stars have failed me. I have seen only tourists, all bent on a "star hunt" * » * The Boulevard is lined with cafeterias, open grocery stores where one is delighted by all manner of fresh fruits and vegetables on dis.play, two or three churches, bustling stores and offices, automobile show rooms, but, alas, where are the stars I have always dreamed of as promenading the avenue or whirling by in huge, flashy cars of expensive make? I probably would see several brightly-painted cars, but they would not belong to the really great stars. Cars purchased on the installment plan by actors and actresses who strive to live up to the tourists' idea of their wealth and magnificence. » * * Night in Hollywood! I would visit the three or four hotels and cafes where the motion picture people are believed to congregate. My search is rewarded. I see a famous star and her husband decorously dining, as properly and unostentatiously as anjL-prosaic married couple! I hear the dainty 4ai3y laughingly explain to ». friend that their cook left to get married. Just like anyone's cook might do! The streets and homes of Hollywood I imagine are lovely as befits the pretty little town. Spanish and Moorish and Colonial bungalows, set in beautiful green lawns, adorned with flowers, with here and there, no doubt, more pretentious homes, belonging to some retired capitalist from Kokomo or Peoria. * * * I imagine that L as we'l as millions of other fans, would be disappointed in Hollywood. Is it a busy, happy little city, or is it a huge den of unrestricted vice? I am inclined to believe that the former is the real truth.