Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-02
4 cChs Daily Movie Magazine
THE MOVIE FANS LETTER.BOX
Bv HENRY NJ. NEEr.Y
sEx. Yeomanctte" writes:

must be very busy man will
Letter Box and your dramati
ws. Arc you also the guiding spiri
Lin 'ricks as you were last time
y do you do 1t and manage to re.
your wonderfully keen sense o
!cr! I'm not going to guess your
or ask you II you are Cynthia
enything like that, for I've met YOU
~ once. Honest!
want to ask you Just two uues
S1ons that I've been most anxious I,
xnow ever since I saw Harold Lloyd il
- sailor Made Man Can you tell
- II the naval officers III the seen,
where Harold. Lloyd Gin his dream
9omes on deck for inspection as tn,
ADMIRAL were real naval officers and
4lso do YOU know the name of the bat :
ewagon' on which the scenes were
Y esen! was once in the navy myself
na am very much interested in any.
ynln9 pertaining to the navy. 1nci
Sutany i liked the picture immensely
hanks muchly for the information II
tou can supply it,
(Well. as to the first part. I'm not
cynthia. And it makes the real Cynthia
vary angry to have the fans think l am
--es several have done--bccause the
foal Cynthia is very estimable young
woman and I'm neither estmable. young
nor a woman. Yes: the Lloyd pictures
were taken aboard n genuine battle
Wueon-the U. s. s. Frederick and the
Osctfers were the genuine articles. II
was corking good picture. wasn't It!
Lloyd uses so much intelligence in his
things and his comedy is always in good
taste. which is something you cant say
1or many comedians
'sMae Murray Fam writes-"Time
ond again have wanted to write to
2our column and tell you how much
liked it, but I just couldn't muster
up enough courage. First Of all. l
I think your column is great, and you
well, il l met you, / think l would
Gay a lot Of nice things to you.
want to know why you are so
much against Mae Murray. l think
1he Is wonderful in every detail. l
saw her personally last week and / like
her all the more. think she can act
Why do people think she can't? Is
love blind in my case?
''How old is she? Also Hope Hamp-
ton-do you like her? I think you
take more interest in the ones you see
personally. I agree with you in, re-
fav0rites. What is the matter with her
lately? I don't like what Rudy says
about the American women. / would
like to come again if l may
(You bet you may. And why does
i take courage to write to me! l
didn't know l gave the impression of
1eing such a terrible ogre.
Why am | against Mae Murray! My
dear fan, I wouldn't be against her
q any one else if she were doing work
1Aat was admirable. But do you think
Mae Murray's stuff leaves you any bet
you saw It? Does she give you the i'm
pression Of genuine sincerity as an
/. artist? Do you class as acting her
1ncessant mincing steps and her artiti-
cial shrugs and grimaces and her pouts
and shippers and her generally silly
attitude toward life in general? don't.
And ! m afraid don't think much more
! q Hope Hampton than / do of Mae
Murray. But you are wrong in think
I'd / take more interest in those whom
! know personally. Just few days
0tewart-and l spent a very delightful
4 evening with her and her mother and
her brother in their New York apart
ment before they went West. And my
personal admiration for Norma Tai
madge is almost unbounded. yet / was
pretty frank in saying some unpleasant
things about her recently. What did
Rudy say about American women: /
wouldn't believe it if I were you. He
has too much sense to do a thing like
that-no matter what he may think in
the innermost inside of his head. Mae
:, Murray doesn't give her age, by the
wat.)
"Scenarist' writes-'I 'Inasmuch as
you gave my first letter to your depart
ment such careful consideration, / am
Z taking the liberty of writing you again.
Yrusting that you will ut least read II
through. Your column is very inter-
ssting, and to miss reading it even one
night Is like missing meal-something
very, very seldom do.
Have you seen Pola Negri in In
trigue.' During the course of the ac-
tion Robert Durand, Prefect of Police
y receives a letter from the Minister OF
This same Robert Durand. at luncheon
uses his spoon with an inward instead
ok an outward motion while eating soup
. thing directly in opposition to the
rules of etiquette. How such gross er.
rors can be overlooked by directors il
more than l can understand. but as
this is foreign picture, perhaps thai
accounts for it (Jest?
II recently saw Hope Hampton il
s0tardust,' suggested by Fannie Hurst
novel of the same name. and. judgin.
By her performance in this play. / pre-
< diet n very brilliant future for thi
winsome little star. Don't yout Mis-
Hampton also appeared in person, unt
she Is possessed of pleasing person
nifty and an exceedingly sweet voice.
"One of your readers condemned
Betty Blythe for the costumes she wor,
7 in doing the Queen Of Sheba Castin,
all insinuations aside. wish to stat
= that quite n number of people went T.
see The Queen of Sheba not for tn
artistic qualities it contained but TO
vhat is termed by them 'immora
I: Veenes.' How any one can fail to enjo
q picture Of the character of The Queel
n u Gheba' is certainly beyond compre
II hension. To my mind. this play is
u NJ Masterpiece Of art, thing to which tn
notion picture public is SLOWLY bu
unrely becoming educated.
IT am informed that Bebe Daniel
1 will soon cos star with Rodolph Valen
tinO in new picture. DO you happe
L to know the name of it, Rodolph /
acting with quite few different femal
stars, but l doubt whether the Ayres
combination l'rhe SheikD ca
~ surpassed. Is Robert Warwick sti
In the movies? / haven't seen him fo
quite while.
3 si "a parting word about Marion Da
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