Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-04

M IA Of Life" She recently signed Q
\ Stact with the Selig -Rorke company
& can be addressed at their studios
-ssf Hollywood; Calf,
y e. Pace-Ill publish a picture OF
( Ocftase Palmer as soon as l can get
efound to II. Yes, she's the girl who
was raised in Macon Ga,
N Mile Tavorite writes---"I have
been reading the Letter Box for some
time and ] think 1t Is about time
wrote few lines. am very much
interested in motion pictures and thea
sfes and read the criticisms Of both
I pictures and plays regularly. Now.
|. cont see why so many fans and critics
roaqt Cecil II. De Mile SO much. Az
Q director. I think De Mile ranks
next to D.. W. Griffith. placing Mr..
Gri@th as the foremost.
why do people criticize Saturday
little overdrawn as a story, but eyen at
that have heard few good comments
on the acting of the cast How many
people knew very much about Edith
Roberts or Leatrice JOY? ! venture to
say their next pictures will be much
''In THE Affairs of Anatol. ! think
every star did better acting than in any
thing else they have been in: Take: for
instance, Gloria Swanson. Wallace Reid
and Elliott Dexter in The Affairs and
then see them in Don't Tell Every.
thing which has De Mile title. but It
can easily be seen that it lacks DC
Miles direction. ,
''Y would not miss Cecil 3. De Mile
picture unless something teri BILE hap Z.
paned. I have seen them all. from 'Oid
Wives for New to Saturday Night,
only missing Fools Paradise. Could
you tell me who the girl was who PLAYED
The maid to Gloria Swanson in The
Aifairs'? I will end by saying that 1
would like to see Rodolph Valentino un :
dsr De Miles direction, as think he
= brilliant actor
III was Julia Faye who played that
maids part. If you are such a De
Mile ndmirer. you surely ought to see
ssTool's Paradise" for it is the best
thing he has done in a long time''
.'The Mink" writes: Il succumb.
knew / should eventually so-why not
III think AT the End of the World,
.Eootlights' and The Marx OF zorro
, ever seen. and they weren't 'nroduc-
tiQus,' either do not like Douglas
fairbanks; I always feel like striking
the grin from his face, but that picture
TsAbout Mary Pickford: I believe a
lot Of people honestly didn't like her:
but were afraid to admit it. A case of
The Emperor's New Suit
IT hope ] shall never again see such
. picture as 'Suds. Life is drab enough
a. II Is Most of US, when we 80 to-
face and sets; that's why we so;
"What you said about Mary Miles
Ninter's curls was good. ] had sur ,
mised long ago that The Answer Man
wasn't always strictly truthful
IT have read at various times and
IN various places that Gloria Swanson
hair was red. brown. mahogany lwhat-
ever that isl and black. Now 1 take
the glorious Swanson and the rest at
their screen value and let 1t 60 at that.
'"I wonder do the fans really believe
all they're told about their favorites
NFor instance, do they believe that Pris-
Z. ella Dean uses q certain hairnet. Mae
Murray certain shampoo and Mabel
Normand certain soap? Why do the
celebrities do It? think it rubs off
some Of the star dust. Why do people
speak of stars as Rudy, Doug,
s 'WSlly,' etc.. when they have probably
never seen lin person) the party SC
familiarly addressed? =.
'sDear Mr.. Nicely, am really curl
sus. Has any one asked for the pho
togyaphs of Eddie Polo, Fritz Lieber
and George Arliss? They are all I'D
(Yes; they have. And three have
asked for pictures of Ben Turpin. Bu
Z I'm tell you something funnier thar
{hSt. About hundred have asked mi
% print my own picture! OF course
YOU can't gel, the real humor OF that
but If you could only see me-
4 v, HI. HI think you are very
foolish little girl to rave that way ove1
Valentino and I'm not going to prin
{ your letter. Twenty five pictures o
him, indeed! His birthday is May &
Now suppose you'll be sending him :
birthday card n everything. What
tie matter with all you girls. anyhow
How do you oil get that way? Ever!
dAy when ! go through my mail. :,
wonder whether every girl In Phiisdel
ten you what type of girl he likes, bu
I'm sure he wouldn't like the kim
that write these letters about him t
me. No man with common sense would
So. Now ] suppose you'll hate me an
never write to me again.
Mary Pickford is twenty nine year
old. Yes. she had quite stage caree
before she went into pictures. Sh
q started on the stage at the age Of five
K Ghe has been married twice: no chill
dfen. Address her simply Hollywood
Calf. She was born in Toronto
..Frenchy''-Ive never heard {
Y Pauline Starke's mother playing in pic
fdyes; don't think she ever did. Yei
y thAts her real name 80 far as know
ssThe Miracle Man" is still playin
here and there throughout the country
though ! don't think 1t has been
~ Philadelphia for a long time. ia 90
"a - II again, too, II some ,enterprisiu
manager would only have keen enous
9erssht T. p,d put i Do on bt ss;ns,, ss,isvs wi!
would "Humoresque." The best way
- IL is to get all your neghbors an
your family to write to the manage
Z, n your nearest movie house and see
YOU can't stir up enough sentiment
convince him that II would be goo
Hrainess to revive it. You can put n
down for a couple Of seats II you SUI
"a. NJ. Anderson otherwise "Bron
~ Yilly"-Quit pictures some time al
s Sd rather unsuccessfully backed son
H5sical comedies. Don't know what he
\. ssSSf urice Costello is in vaudeville.
u seeg6tly played in 'Conceit" for Bel