Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-19
THE MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
Nv HENRY NJ. NEELY

Less ~ ,,hors. words are used instead of
ns,ud ns%dsr., pas and machine guns. The
Pw,,o divides into two sections, one
puvl Tor Jim Jam and Sally Dudhead
roos.h .he other half opposing them. You
tnu olonp, in the g,Iise of Joan of Arc
cos' .ttemnt TO lead the scattered forces
n The right direction. ,
.Wvben the column started you
...usd TO be rather an aggressive per-
Won certainly did slam! Now at
w. . vo,, are really lamblike. and seem
tl'Ihes tlhs anxious to avoid slapping and bit
ioo ~ course, 1t may be due to indi-
!nst. !sst.,on or perhaps to fatigue caused
Z. roading so many letters.
p'o,1on,t lose your pep and don't allow
Al. knockers to bother you. Brace up
.ns .na 90 TO It! Stand by your colors !
snu vp. sre n clever chap-you know how
lou ovoid trouble. You let one fan
w.,lon another and you stand by and
,.atch them. 1t Is a good stunt to do
.his now and then, as it gives you
shsnce TO rest up and get your breath.
~ seems to be customary to write
.,a osk Won to solve movie problems.
Hare is mine; see what you can 40
""I ~ decided months ago that l would
.,o,d nil punk plays and see only
.be ones that are really worth while.
" commenced to make note of the plays
nsntioned in your column and the varl-
nus remarks about the actors. etc. =,
EVERY now and then counted the
xotes. and perhaps I find that BOLIVIA
p]onson is in the lead Immediately
decide to see her in the new play. be-
Sore going to the movies l glance at the
latest edition Of the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER and find there are three votes
ssainst the lady and four new votes IN
favor Of Carol Cloyd, which places MIN
At the head Of my list.
~ consult the billboard at the movie
house and find that Carol will appear
as leading man in next week play.
I wait until next week-the opening
dsy arrives, clasp my money IN my
hand. dash to the candy store Tor
box Of crackly peanut brittle and then
start for the movies: Before buying
INV ticket I glance ut the LEDGER--and
ye gods five votes against Carol ana
your zippy criticism stating that his
new play Is mess. :. .,
''Instead of going to the movies l
s,owly wander home, where I sit on
the front steps and crunch the brittle
while I read the bargain sales listed
IN the LEDGER. Can't you persuade
the fans to agree for n week or two!
Seems to me that III never get to the
movies at this rate!
II save q certain amount of my sal
sry for movie tickets and the bank is
\ overfowing. l had to spend some of
1 the money to make room for this week s
j contribution Now the bank is crammed
full and there is thirty five cents left
over. don't know whether l should
buy another bank or spend the money
for candy What do you advise me to
DOR
Tim afraid you re up against it. If
you want to avoid punk pictures alto
Iether you'd better devote your eve
nings to the Dorcas Society and the
church sewing circle. 1t is really out
ragcOus Of you to ask me to make my
readers agree unanimously. If they did
I'd have to work for living.
The "portrait" you inclose is n mar
velous approximation to genuine like
ness of me, considering that you have
never seen me. Only you place five
hairs on the head where I have but
three. and my mustache is curly and
white, and not black and straight, as
you show IT,
Tessie Mallct writes: II hear that
foreign producers are studying the ad-
vanced American box Office methods,
but Lubitsch missed good bet or
two when he didn't call his picture
THE Loves of Faro and play a
sure thing by cutbaclis (or cut upsl .
to modern gambling joint with all
itc n, ornool
IN No big spectacle picture can be
celled feature unless it take swing
)through a couple Of ages, knocking off
9 few high spots as it merrily, dizzily
leaps from age to age.
That old fashioned entertainment in
DE Miles massacre was awfully
naive. Did you notice that young man
IN bear skin trying to make a glggling
young ancient fapper tipsy, by squeez-
ing bunch Of Belgian grapes all over
her face, and missing hcr mouth most of
the time: Imagine any of the girls
standing for that stuff today
And poor, sensible Tommy Meighan
mad TO stand in the courtroom and use
as an example.
=, But there was one fine example of
d'rectorinl foresight. Where the Pa
tilcian comes cowerinSly graceful down
me steps to the Buffalo Bill barbarian
notice how she dragged her long velvet
gown on tn" steps so when the Bar
'aN.hn draCs her up, she won't skin
F'' lovely knees? But it ought to be
worth any ones time to see 1t II coulla
times. DE Milo is Offering $4,000 to
shy one proving the auto accident n
but he isn't placing money on
anything else J"
NIhing | like most about your letters.
Jesse, is that ! don't have to answer
I'm in II ] had enough correspondents
Hke you, Id just be reader of the
Letter BOX and draw salary for it. ,
raymond Brennan writes: "That
william ). Hart. the we'll known