Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-28
THE MOVIE FANS LETTERBOX
BY HENRY NJ. NEELY

=. NJ. r. writes: 'I'll acknowledge
that my letter did sound rather emo.
tional when read it in print, but ]
assure you that ] was calm when ]
wrote it--bitterly and hopeIessly calm.
l only wish that your inference were
correct. that this we're something that
| could get out of my system aud
then forget it!
'But know that shall meyer 60
to sec Il De Rochefort picture Hif the
company exercises Its injunction to keep
Valentino off the screen for two years,
simply because It would be like going
to funeral or opening up um Old
wound, and I never do either Of those
things for pleasure.
4 have u very soft spot in my heart
for Rudy. but | don't think I have
soft spot in my head in regard 10 the
subject. / can at least see clearly
enough to realize that he is probably
partly at fault In his present trouble. IN
any question Of this kind there is !isu
ally wrong and right on both sides:
And devOutly hope that thousands ot
American women are not writing TO him
in such way as to add fuel to tine
fire Of bitterness and misunderstand'
ing.
The whole tragedy might have been
averted had his employers had the tine.
ness OF feeling. the human insight and
the professional consideration that
would have prevented them from treat L.
ing sensitive. high. strung, refined
Italian like a .Dago'; or had he pos.
sesscl cool, calm, Anglo. Saxon judg'
ment. :,
ut is maddening just TO have to Sit
back 50 helplessly, unable to do any
thing to avert what to many of us VIII
be n great personal loss.
Isn't It strange how some OF u:
older women really feel toward Nalen'
tino! But ! think his new wife under
stands the psychology Of the situation
when she says that all women love tht
man that appeals to their maternn
instinct and that Rudy instinctivvel!
does this. for he is fundamentally Jus'
Il big boy.
"For The fans who have been ask
ING for Valentines address, be can
OF course, be reached by mail through
the office of his attorney, Arthur But,
lcr Graham, % West Forty.third
street, New York City. Do you thlna
IL uuwisc to give that address!'
(Yes, it's very unwise; that's why
I'm giving it,
Gentle Julia writes: ~ had sworn
of was going TO save my sfamr
money toward buying Christmas pres
ents for my rich relations. but the lot :
ters from sorrowins sisters we're toe
much for n,c. I-hoo- hoo. 90 90 90 90"
will either have 20 stop buying the pa.
nor because II l get it | always read
volr Columnl or else YOU Will have te
stop publishing all this about \a'eh'
tino.
"Not SEQ him for two years!
shall have faded away like the dow "'
the morning-or doesn't dew fade! not
sec how II is--those letters from thosf
heart broken lades-1 don't even kno"
whether dew fades. g.,
"Two years is a long time TO lool
forward to. unhappy sisters. but thlhs
how much better than il he vas gon'
| forever aud never more should we u
nnthrnllcd by his beautiful eyes ant
nice, shiny black hair and his agility
"ror. whether you like him or not
Mr.. Neely, you must acknowledge tina
hc displayed marked agility IN SOM
scenes In Blood and Sand. And II
suy this for hini--with all the adu'a
tion he receives from American fan
cites. @ hc has had only two American
wives, when he might have had half
hundred. ,..
from n man eulogizing his great talen
as a lover and dcploring, the, fact, tha
he had quarreled with his bread AM