Photoplay Magazine Cover — page 71: what you’re looking at

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ee De Gee Eowarp F.—There, there! I didn’t mean to offend you. What have I done, what have I done? With the best of intentions, as usual, [ have made you mad, The only teason that I can see is that I said I had a red-headed typist—and you don't like red hair. However—that is Joseph Schenck’s real name. _ Bearerce B. K., New York Ciry.—Aiter telling me all about the grand spaghetti and on meringue pie you can make, you say, T await with bated breath an invitation to dinner, or at least a promised hamper of f ies—just like the girlies always get in the boarding school books at Thanksgiving time. “And while you are sweltering in your hall bedroom, remember I am waiting Resatiently for information about Lowell Sherman.” Well, Lowell's most recent pic- ture was “Grand Larceny” for Goldwyn—a fetching tithe, isn’t it? { Barsans.—Oh, come, come! You are put- 1 me in the mental class of the Bella Coola people. Have you, or Robert Bench- ley, ever heard of the Bella Coola-ists? I'm sure you would both love them. They were, and are still, I believe, heathenish red-skins who worthipped the One-Who-Must-Be- Worshipped—the Sun, But they were a trifle crude, for all that. Yet you expect me to be up to date on Ralph Graves’ Matrimonial status. As it happens, I am versatile. Ralph is married to Marjorie Seaman. He was the older, Charles Mack the younger, brother in “Dream Street.” Carol Dempster is about twenty. ‘ Hetexn.—Thank heaven you are a dear Sweet child, and believe in letting who will be clever. And a lot of them will. Or make an awful effort. You say you have become Spoiled because you can't get along without Purororsay (note to Editor: Helen added, “and in particular the Answer Department") nd that you are going to subscribe to it until you die. Betty Compson’s first emot- ng was done with the aid of a violin she Yayed herselfin vaudeville. She was with Christie comedies before George Loane fucker’s ‘Miracle Man” made her famous. fow the is a Paramount star. Charles Ray “The Barnstormer,” "Gas, Oi! and Water,” d “The Deuce of Spades.” ——— SSA SSS SSO Pee ‘ Pow sd ; OU do net have to be « subseriber to Photophy ea? | Mapazine to get questions arywered in this Depart- SNS tent, ft is onky required that you avodd questions thac would call for unduly long anewees, soch as synogees of plays, or carta of more chan ofe play. Do tet ask questions touchiny religion, scemario writing or studéo corployment. Studio addresses will por be given in thes Department, because a complete lie of them is prented elsewhere in the magazine each month. Write on only one side of the paper. Sips your fill name and address; only initials will be published tf requested, If you desire a personal reply, enclose self- iedresied stamped envelope. Write to Questions and Answers, Photoplay Magazine, 25 W. asth Sc., New York City. Verna—How like the spring! How I can sit here calmly and answer questions about films, with the sun shining on the reddish gold hair of my stenographer, and the warm wind wafting itself through the open window —naturally—and the beautiful dull bricks of the opposite office building being shown Here’s Real Scandal URING the investigations in the Tavlor murder case, when each day the sensational news- apers would come out with fresh “clues” and scandals only to cast them aside the day following for new ones, & certain noted motion picture star was approached by re- porters of a Los Angeles daily with an interesting proposition. They wanted him to “disappear” over the Mexican border so that the paper might run a sensational story fixing the guilt temporarily upon him. Of course, they said, he could return immediately and be cleared by ‘an alibi. The tdea behind the proposition was that the star would get a lot of front page publicity and the newspaper would get a corking new yarn to excite the fans—and, consequently, sell the paper But they picked on the wrong star. The gentleman they chose— we will call him Mr. M.—hurled the reporters out of the room. Another paper got wind of the stunt and attempted to interview Mir M,, but he refused on the ground that too much sensational stulf had been woven about the unfortunate tragedy We recite this episode to show the lengths toward which certain Papers went in an attempt to vilify the motion picture Industry and its people. There are probably other instances which have not come to light. up by the beautiful blue sky—it is almost too muchit is almost too much, I hon- estly don't see how I do it, Oh, I may get a slight vacation. I may take a Sunday off, in August and go down to the beach, That is, I hope to. J am a simple fellow, with conservative tastes, yet I confess to a fondness for hot dogs and sands and salt water in August. It’s my peculiarity. What? Oh, yee—Alice Joyce has retired from the screen for good, it seems. Vilagraph knows her no more. She married James Regan, Jr. SunsHine Sve.—Your optimism is fright- ful. It’s slowly but surely making a con- firmed pessimist out of me. Mary and Douglas inhabit a house in Beverly Hilt, named by some exuberant press person “Pickfair.” I'm eure Mary and Douglas, having at least one sense of humor between them, could never have actually approved the p.p.’s choice of names. Mary and Douglas were in New York about three weeks to attend a trial. Mary won, She and Mother. They would. Elaine Hammer- stein was born in 1897. She is not married, although she has been the heroine of the usual number of reported engagements, Grorce H—I never heard Bull Montana called Jack before. But then [ haven't heard of lots of things, and nothing ever surprises me. , However, I think Bull ts more suitable to Mr. Montana. Eddie Polo was born in 1881. His latest serial is made for hie own company, not Universal, and is called “Captain Ridd.” Jackin.—I likewise bows, my dear. Caro- lyn Van Wyck its a lovely lady, 1 don't know much about women’s dressee but I know what I like, and it seems to me Mics Van Wyck wears wonderful clothes, Norma Talmadge has brown eyes—very soft, very appealing—and very humorous Norma doesn’t take herself too seriously, Maybe in her case it would be better if she did, because her pictures haven't been all they should be, although Norma's work is always sams peur et sans reproche, (This is no place to drag in that classical allusion, but I love it, so IT always use it on the slightest provo- cation.) (Continued on page 72) COMmco@aolxs a