Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-24
THE MOVIE FANS LETTERBOX
BY HENRY NJ. NEELY

"Bright Eyes" writes: ''As you al.
ready suspect. I am one Of your daily
readers and admirers of your interest.
ing topics and answers in the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER, and gosh, maybe I
don't agree with you on lots of things.
Reading every evening of what good
picture Peter Ibbctson' was had to see
It, and when did sec It said to myself
Gee, what good taste Mr.. Nicely has.
Then certainly did dislike 'Satur-
day Night and was glad to read that
you did not Nike it, because a girl that
j went 10 see II with said that she en-
.joyed 1t immensely. for as for one thing
] live near a lot Of rich and I hardly
think it's poetry they like in fact. most
people say II the poor did what the
richer class did they would be chased
- from the country. So you can see how
money does cnlishtcn people for praise,
which thev don't deserve. Some DO,
though. Now for my list Of favorite
stnrs: Richard Barthelmess. Constance
Talmadge. Harrison Ford. Wallac.
Reid. Elsie Ferguson. Ala Nazmova.
Dorothy Dalton. Marjorie Day. and last
but not Least Harold Lloyd. Mr.. NecIr.
why don't they ever write of how good
way Down East was: think 1t Is the
best picture ever published. Is il be-
cause It Is suc. Il long time since /;
was made?
'They never write and admire Rich
ard Barthemcss. and ! think he IS
great don't YOU? Will YOU please let
me have Richard Earthelmcss' home adj
dress. and Gareth Hughes, also little
history of Gareth Hughes.
,t,t
know that you must have some joD.
Although I will give YOU some moro
work. for when ! am in town l will
rome to see you. May /?
THE reason You don't see anything
In the column about Way Down
Fast" these days is that films, even
the finest Of them, are the most tran
sient things In the word. They burst
first play the larger houses; then they
simmer down n bit and drift out into
the suburbs. where those that missed
them downtown have n change to see
them; then they go way out into the
country districts. and the city fans seem
to forget them entirely unless they hap
pen to be so good that the company
which made them decides, at later
date, to reissue them. l have watched
and admired Richard Barthelmess since
he made his screen debut with Nazimova
in "War Brides saw him steal sew
eral scenes away from Marguerite Clark
in the inmitable "Bab" series. and
finally achieve the goal of all movie
stars through his work in Griffith Pic
lures. You cannot say enough about
him, as far as | am concerned. Ad-
dress Barthelmess, care Of Inspiration
Pictures. 56j Fifth avenue, New York
City, and Gareth Hughes, care Of Me.
tro Studios. Hollywood. Calf. I'm
sorry. but I haven't their home ad'
dresses.
Hughes was born in Llanelly, Wales,
in 1897 was educated there and IN
and "Everyman" on the stage, and In
the films has appeared with Clara Kim
ball Young In Eyes of Youth with
Marguerite Clark in Mrs. Wigs OF
the Cabbage Patch" with Florence
Reed in Woman Under Oath" and
featured in Sentimental Tommy,'
'.The Chorus Girls Romance, THE
Lure of Youth. " 'Iifc's Darn Funny"
"Garments of Truth" Little Eva As
cends" and The Hun,h." He is five
feet FIVE inches tall. weighs 125 pounds
and has fair complexion, brown hair
and blue eyes,
Anne writes: 1T has been nearly
two years now since I moved to little
6outhern town. After the quiet life Of
the Northern cities the excitement Of
Main street here is intense. One of my
real plea sures is reading the EVENING
FUBIIo LEDGER from 'kver to kiver,
and incidentally often get a good laugh
from your columns. ] am glad they
have stopped disclosing all the secrets
81 movie land. I'd much rather be
fooled than know exactly the why's and
vherefores of Il scene---woudnt youf
Although In your work guess you can
treasure no illusions about the movie
Dms or people.
ssI wonder why there Is such cry
ins need for more film plots? Why
4 f6on't they screen more Of the standard
Voeks? Don't you think that Toll
o1oi's Anna Karenina' would be won
Sarf Think of the possibilities of the
6oll scene and the hunting and horse
VAeing ones--not to mention the whole
( ~ Of the story. which | am sure the
Snblle would keenly appreciate,
tsWhat do you think Of Pola Negri's
i ir111nR end .Nasimova? Why have you
Y r tAa ret Of the critics taken such
4 00na os8inst the lattere think
4 ~ 4 splen1h emotional actfess.
rev NH Elaae ferguson