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OE a aes Fa ee Fae ge eer rr: PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE—ADVERTISING SECTION . —————————————_—<$L<LFK<L_<€€€<€<€<€—F—P@a])hWhOh)Wo—— IG 0 |LETTERS FROM READERS Williston, N, D. Editor Protorray Macazixe, New York. Dear Sir:—Was glancing over my Prroto- PEAY Macaztne this morning and caught sight of the headlines of an article, “You Cannot Learn Movie Acting By Mail,” Now I must admit that I was stung by this some years ago, myself. But no casting director ever bad the chance to laugh at me, for 1 never finished the course. Lf there is anything I can do to assist you, please let me know, and use this note wherever you like. Sincerely yours, Atrren Vorr 7o5 So. I St., Tacoma, Wash. Editor Puotoriay Macaziwe, Dear Editor: Human being® are queer creatures, aren't they ? For instance in the March issue of your magazine is a most wonderful article by the supreme lover of the screen (for the present) Rodolph Valentino, concerning love and women, Mr. Valentino defends the gentle art of loving. For the cave man he has no use. Especially, docs our beloved American come in for his share of criticism. He is depicted as being an impossible lover. He nags, He fails to please hic wife, May I at the risk of being thought unladylike, my “Rot”? The American man suits not only his country women but women of other coun- trice as well, He does not nag, and he does pleace, Becauze he isn't always waiting in some secluded corner to carry on a sly love affair, he is called an impossible lover. At least he is not that one thing we American women abhor—sly. Foreigners weary me. Personally I prefer Conrad Nagel, a typi- cal American, to all the Latin lovers on the screen. I note his stardom predicted in your late:¢ issue. He deserves it more than any other actor on the screen. His acting shows him to be quict, well bred, and intelligent, and I have always felt, since seeing him in “Red Head,” three years ago, that his was one of the magnetic personalities of the screen, And may T say in closing, that charm, pote, magnetism and, above all, good breed- ing, are going to be the deciding factors of your New Faces contest. Beauty is sec: ondary to these. Sincerely’, Joan CLAYRORNE, Hollywood, Cal, Editor Prrorortay Macazine, Dear Editor: In reference to Mr. C. H’s fof New Or- leans) contention about Mr. Ingram’s pro- duction “The Four Horsemen of the Apoca- lypse’ which appeared in Proroptay of February 1922, I bez to say that Mr. C. H, is entirely wrong. Julio, as the son of a Frenchman and though born in a foreign country, ia not to be Jooked at, strictly speaking. a5 a forcigner, it being considered from the standpoint of the French Government, which decs not of- fidally recognize the foreign naturalization of any Frenchman, nor any of his sons. Born in a forcign country a Frenchman's son may keep on as a foreigner, but should he please to claim himself as a Frenchman, be is by this very fact registered as French, enjoying all his citizenship rights, providing he docs his military duties. Therefore, Julio enlist- ing, was becoming a Frenchman and had to tdaen serve in the Regular French Army and not at all in the Legion Etrungere, Very careful to surround himself with the required technical talent for his pictures, Mr. Ingram engaged precisely a French Non-Com (myself), born in Paris and living in America since twenty years. When the war broke out I was one of the first to answer the call, As such I lived nearly three years in the trenches and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre, Needless to say I must know something about the uniforms worn by the French, Allied and foreign armies, With besides ten years’ practical experi- ence in the moving picture business under masters by the names of D. W. Griffith, C. B. de Mille, and others, up to the present celebrities, I may say without any boasting that I am entitled to qualify as a technical man for certain pictures. Trusting that you will sce fit to insert the present rectification in the next copy of your very valuable magazine, with my thanks, I beg to remain. Yours very truly, Evcext Tovver Assistant to Mr. Ingram, Metro Pictures Corporation. Clearwater, Fla Editor Pxororpray Maca2zine, Dear Sir: I have read with enthusiasm the review of Von Stroheim’s "Foolish Wives” published in the current Puoroptay, and hasten to congratulate you upon it, It exactly ex- press my own feelings about this picture and I am detighted that at last proper pub- icity is being given to this most objec- tionable feature, I can only add that it is my sincere hope that others will follow your couragcous ex- ample and that the picture will be with- drawn in response to public opinion. Yours always sincerely, Niva Wricox Putnam Alexandria, Va. Editor Prrororptay Macazine, Dear Sir: Recently IE saw “Tol'able David” at the Metropolitan Theatre in Washington, D. C. E thought it the greatest picture I had seen since “The Birth of a Nation.” The next day I bought the February number of your magazine. hoping to find some revicw or uppreciation of the picture, I was delighted to find your review of it on page 64 and to find that you agreed with me in thinking it a great picture, a masterpiece. I only wished that your review had been fuller, much, much fuller. One sentence in the review struck me: “See if you can't prove to the doubting magnates that you do appreciate fine things on the sereen.” This had been my feeling, too, that I owed it to the makers of the picture to express my appreciation. I did not know any other way of doing it than to write them (and, of course, to tell all my friends te sec the picture), So I sat down and wrote a letter to the producing com- pany, a letter which very poorly expresses my admiration. 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