Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-28
THE MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
~ HENRY NJ. NEELY

am think of are questions and then
-, fans know that tha. is the only way
.f drawing out your own delightful
.,0wnoints. DO you object il | con-
tlnue:
"First Of all, would like to vote
,toe Murray the most affected actress
m tho screen after seeing broadway
pose.' Thomas Mcighan the most re-
,i,hle. Glorin Swanson most unreal,
Nav McAvoy the Cutest, Norma Tall
rodge the finest. and. after reading
porrbyn Stanluws' declaration of the
worst flaws hr could find in twenty Of
my not stars, ! am at loss to choose
,be prettiest \ doggonc dirty trick, I
calls it..
II think the stars ar" nearing n
crisis where only the fittcst will sur
rirc the test Every year wc lose old
fsyoritcs through their lost box Office
,npeal. and new faces arise. Then
Occasionally the dropped star or starlct !
rcanpcars in Il minor role as the sister,
good friend or adventures. Don't |
,ou think of those forgotten players
NJ tho screen who return to their first
lovef
III. VI. ~. a heated discussion al
most arose in school today. resulting
from ancient history as to whether the
balcony or tho orchestra is the more de-
sirablc for viewing movies from the
nhysical eye standpoint. Of course.
ihc professor always sat in the balcony.
He rot tho razzbcrry. Players were
discussed. and. we'll. just wish you
had been there to enjoy the fun.
with jealous feelings for the
"Lady Who Goes to the Movies" with
you. and saddcst appeals to bring the
Valentino controversy to an end,
close
All right. You all know by this
time that Valentino will be here Friday
afternoon and evening so he may end
the controversy himself. On the other
hand. he may start il all over again.
I wonder which it will be!
Scientifically. your professor is right.
The middle of the balcony is the best
place and gives the least distortion.
But, for near sighted old fogeys like
myself who have to go about pccring
impotcntly through thick lenses. the
balcony is too far away and we have to
tolerate distortion in order to see dc.
tails.
T.C. writes: II surely was glad to
Sec what you said about Wally. He
has always been a favoritc of mine
from away back in the days when he
had wavy hair and acted in Westerns
with sweet little Dot Davenport long
before his son appeared on the scene.
"It is too bad he lot himself go.
but really think that this break
down will save him. by making him
realize what he was doing to himself
II wonder if any one realizes how
hard he has been working these last
three Years. just consider the NUM-
her of pictures he has made in that
time and. although | have read Of
various stars resting before starting a
new Iirturc.' I don't recall his name
being among them.
"What's the difference whether he
was Il good actor or not think he
Mas--Grl YOU think he was sometimes.
lie was lo%ablc and clean and he stood !
for Young Amcrica.' When he made
love To- Il Girl he did it like gentle
man and not like another popular young
man who fairly radintcs animaliSm.
"lou may not suspect it. but am
not much for movies. think Jack
DonahUc is the funniest man in the
world and viii Rogers is the best I
actor. .
{. :. writes: "For quite some time
hnv" known some of tho facts about
Wally's' Illness. \ friend of mine, n
splendid young man. who is also a
close friend of Reds. was expecting
visit from him Mt about the time he
was first reported ill., This man wrote
Immediately to Mrs. Reid. who has
written him twice. telling the true facts
Of the case. had been hoping against :
hope that these facts would not be
made public, hut perhaps, after all. it is
Just as well that 1t has come out, for
y may give him Il better chance 10
fight.
THE very fact that 'Waly' has vol
UNFAIRLY given up this very bad habit
shows his splendid courage and will =
lnwer, and for that alone. regardless
"t ANYTHING else, he deserves our love
and admiration.
Il was very glad that on the day
hc vas reported to be near death. at
least in the later editions of the EVE
MING PUBLIC LEDGER, there were not
u" startling headlines and sensational
rlmors that appeared in some Of the
other newspapers. This ! believe to
nH largely. If not entirely. due to you.
"hom | admire mostly for your fair
ness and understanding of human ma.
ture.
lf Wally' Is going to win this
nSht-and ] believe he will--he does
Need the help of all of us, whether
we have liked him in the past or not. ,
tie mas given 10 ME personally and to
thousands OF others real pleasure many
times after hard days work. when
Just such recreation was needed. We .
'ould always send our kiddies to see his
Ic'ares without the slightest hesita-
non because of the type of pictures
Hnd the clean acting. will not allow =
nnF one TO say one word to me about
nun mat Is in the least way slurring or
nasty.
should like TO take this oppor- ,
tuhi'y to tell you how much good your
..oNMh has done nc. ] see pictures
f,1m truer perspective than 7 did
prto,e reading your page. tnfortu- =
IateIy everybody does not read the
sNENlNG PrBLIC LEDGER, aud for that
Jason l wish that every newspaper I
w me country had Just such II space =
,ondu'ted by Just such Il conscientious
nhu scrhpulous man as you are, who
wIn'd strive to educate his readers and
sp ,h'm 10 get the very best out of -
'ns pictures shown. 4
4, The trouble with most pcoplc is that
,nsy forget all about the kiddics who
inoh' i"he up the vast audiences of the
wSi Wal p''tur" houses. These children,
,r. .o ar" to b" the future generation, get
cas- cas- OF 'h'lr Impressions, and in many