Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01
fChs Daily Movie Magazine
MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
By HENRY NJ. NEELY

II started. although l haven't yet be-
come reconciied to the discontinuance
Of your Close Ups.
Il had been wondering while looking
NJ the Bachelor Daddy where had
scene Wheat before. Was ii West of
Pittsburgh or Down on the Farm?
Seriously. though. did admire
Whcats acting. and | have seen him
on the legit. although | cant recall in
what pay. lie has an ingratiating
personality and should fit into Elliott
) Dexter roles splendidy. lie has the
added charm of humor not found in
H"Xter's interpretations as Il rule.
And while speaking OF the lesser
lights who '!eserve greater candle
power. may say word for Grace
Morse and Lucien Littlefield: Thank
you.
The latter. not unlik" Theodore
ko>Ioff. is i'm mems" in every role in
which hc is cast Miss Morse iS distin
guish"d in my mind aS the only actress
who shows her cars. Rut she has other
'alcnts IL we'll.
1T seems to be- the fashion tu recall
old times Well. ! remember the first
time | ever attended the movies. then
called motion pictures. My imurcS-
sion was that there was nothing magi'
cal about them. II was simply tiOch
vt actors back of sheet with n
strong Eight throwing their shadows ON
IT, This effect was heightened by the
poor photography and projection. which
gave the images the appearance ot
slhoucttcs
Later became fan. but no,
until II very great advance had been
Al. ali 4, g ia h,,~
particularly the musical acccmpani-
ment.
"At thr theatre | regularly attended
this Improvement consisted of the addi-
tion If one II, drummer to the Or
rheStra. formerly consisting Of piano
and pianist. The figure | does not
begin 10 express his utility. He was
equipped with more devices and para
ph"rnaia than an itinerant pcddler.
and made just as much noise. without
any more reason.
1T was to that accompaniment that
| first saw and learned to appreciate
such actresses and actors nS the follow
ing: Fred Mace. Mabel Normand.
Ford Sterling. and later Charles Chap
, lin Of the old Keystone Comedies Flor
ence LaBadie. Harry Benham. Jamer
Cruze. Marguerite Snow. Boyd Mar
shall. Muriel Ostriche. and Baby Helen
of the Thanhauser Company: Vivian
Rich. Jack Warren Kcrrigan. Jack
Richardson. Edward Coxen. sydney
Ayres. Charlotte Burton, George Pero-
lat. Harry Won Meter. Winifred Green.
wood. George Field. and Pauline Bush
of the American FLYING A Company:
Walter Edwards. Thomas Chattcrton.
dred Morris ithcn about twelve years
old. Thc'ma Salter. Shorty Hamilton.
Chas. Ray. Jos. Dowling and others of
the Kessel and Baumann forces lKB.
Rroncho. and Domino and Irene
Hunt. William Nigh. Alfred paget.
Raoul Walsh. George Walsh. Miriam
Cooper. William Garwood. Donald
Crisp, Antonio Moreno. j. W. John
stone. Wallace Reid, and our Mu-
tual Girl of the Reliance Majestic.
/ Comment No. |. on Laurence
Wheat. Your mention Of Elliot Dexter
again forces me to admit that he IL
one Of my few zeal favorites on the
screen. Of the crowd of old timers
you mention. Fred Mace is dead. Nigh,
II. 4. Walsh. Borzage. Cruze and Crisp
directors; Miss Cooper. Miss Dalton,
Miss Harris. Ray bowling, Sterling.
Kerrignn. still in the game. think
you re wrong in classing Moreno with
some Of the others; as ] remember he
came Bit later.
Irene Hunt has appeared as late as
Punch shorty Hamilton has acted
] imagine is now retired | havn't any
record of Alfred Paget since he played
in Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
and "Whrn II Girl Loves several years
ago; .ohnstonr is still going, however.
having played here recently in Car
digar' and back II BIT further IN 1.-The
E"ntuCkians' | haven't seen Thelma
Salter since "liuckelberry Finn" when
she was quite grown up girl. There :
period between twelve and seventeen
when some of our best screen iuvcn-
Hes disappear 10 auUirc Il bit of cdu- =
cation; Paulin" i'lsh. | believe, mar
ried and retired; Marguerite Snow, who
Is Tor. 10 put IL more safely as !
haven heard recently was) the wife
of Jimmy Cruze. played with Conan in
Broadway Jones, four or five years
ago. and has also appeared in Felix
O'Day" and Lavender and Old Lace"
| have no record Of any pictures with
Florence Ln'adie in long time AM,
would appreciate some word about her
Fan column is splendid. Your fine
criticisms and opinions are doing much
to give your readers better under
standing and appreciation Of pictures
SO, do not waste space on weights and
ages. please
Sometimes | like pictures that yor
d" not place in good standing and just
once hated It picture that yol
criticized fay"rably. 1t was 'Dr
Caligari
Nov you must be right. because you
have the knowledge and experience tC
give YOU judgment am merely re.
preventative of the average movie goer
! believe, | nm not intellectual.
know nothing of the technical side oi
pictures, have only my feelings
and | felt that DIR Caligari was re.
, Voting. II made me want fresh all
and nice normal people and straight
scenery. What merit did YOU find ii
| it? Understand. am not criticizin,
, your opinion. Mr.. Nicely. Snccrcl,
. want to know wherein my judgment
was wrong.
. And then, did like Orphans o.
: the Storm. The horrors were piIet
! on pretty high. but do you realI,
\ mean that Lillian Gish and Schild
kraut and several other principals were
not sincere.
Perhaps have not read all that yo,
have said about these two pictures
Sometimes. to my regret, I miss tn
! column. But if you think it of sufii
cient interest to your other readers
should like TO know from just wha
basis you criticize these two pictures.
0 Peter lbDetson' was the mos
= beautiful thing ] have ever seen-eXccp
! --In ynn raU,emhor Nrha DI,,o D;,J,